You are invited to ‘Leaving, crossing,
arriving’ 19-21 May 2014, funded by the AHRC as part of our
‘Digitising experiences of migration’ project to connect migrant letter
collections around the world - see http://lettersofmigration.blogspot.fr.
Events include:
A half-day symposium at Coventry
University on Monday 19th May 2pm-5pm), to discuss the outcomes of the project,
the digitisation and mark up of historical correspondence, and the
importance/challenges/opportunities of interdisciplinary research in diaspora
studies (see:
A project exhibition at the Herbert
Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry, including activities and lunchtime concerts
with Joe O’Donnell –
1.00-2.00 on
May 19th and 21st (see:
‘News from Home: Themes and Functions
of Letters to Irish Emigrants in Colonial Australia’ on May 19th, 6.30pm -
7.30pm – a talk at Coventry University by David Fitzpatrick, Professor of
Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin and author of Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts
of Irish Migration to Australia.
To find book a place in the symposium
and/or at the evening talk, see http://www.coventry.ac.uk/leavingcrossingarriving.
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Emma Moreton
Dept. English and Languages
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry CV1 5FB
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emma-l-moreton
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