Three-day tickets €25/15 – Book Now
Wednesday single day ticket €15/10 – Book Now
Thursday single day ticket €15/10 – Book Now
Friday single day ticket €15/10 – Book Now

Conference dinner, Thurs 14th April, 6pm €28 – Book Now 

‘Conflict, Migration and Identity in Modern Ireland: Global and Transnational perspectives’ offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the fascinating relationships between conflict, migration and identity in modern Irish history and culture. This conference will explore the Irish experience within transnational and global trends and contexts, and will feature lectures, talks, performances and masterclasses on the histories, sociology and literatures of migration, conflict and identity by world-renowned Irish and international academics, artists and commentators, includingProfessor Joe Lee (New York University), Professor Bridget Anderson (University of Oxford), Professor Joe Cleary (Maynooth University) andProfessor Enda Delaney (University of Edinburgh).

Set within the context of VISUAL’s spring exhibition programme of Irish and international work which explores questions of contemporary cultural identities in response to the centenary of the 1916 Rising, the programme includes Recreating the Pastoral, a major solo show by Yinka Shonibare MBE, Post Colony by Gareth Kennedy, new work by Clodagh Emoe in collaboration with Spirasi, a NGO that works with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants; The Great Wall by Tadhg O Sullivan; and Antiphon, an improvised musical performance in response to the season’s themes, by musicians Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Iarla Ó Lionáird.

The conference is free to all students currently registered at Carlow College and Trinity College Dublin.  For all other participants, there is a registration fee of €25 /15 to cover the three days of the conference.  For those wishing to register for a single day, the registration fee is €15/10.  The registration fee includes access to all performances related to the conference, plus lunch.  For those wishing to attend the conference dinner on Thursday 14th at 6pm, there is an additional fee of €28.  Registration will be live shortly, and any queries or pre-bookings can be directed to boxoffice@visualcarlow.ie.

Our Accomodation Partner is the four-star Seven Oaks Hotel, five minutes walk to VISUAL/ Carlow College and nine minutes walk from the train station, with free parking, access to leisure centre, plus babysitting services available for a fee. The Hotel is offering a special rate for ‘Migration 1916 Conference Delegates’, please request this when booking. For reservations call 059 913 1308

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Photo credits: Yinka Shonibare – Cannonball Heaven, 2011. Image courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery