GFA 25 - Cultural memory and the Good Friday Agreement

Cultural Memory and the Good Friday Agreement

6:00pm - 7:30pm / Thursday 26th October 2023 / Venue: VENUE TBC 1-7 Abercromby Square
Type: Lecture / Category: Department
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25 years ago, The Belfast Agreement was signed. It had taken 25 years to get from the Sunngingdale Agreement to this peace settlement. The new accord was built on self-determinism and parity of esteem and would become known as The Good Friday Agreement. Signed between two governments and 8 political parties, how did this political behemoth affect those who had to live within its terms? What would the cultural memory and legacy of this defining document be?
Moya Cannon - Irish poet
Michelle Lenehan - Multidisciplinary Artist, Music Producer, and singer-songwriter
Stephen Sexton - poet, and Lecturer, Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University, Belfast
Greg Quiery - Liverpool-based poet and historian originally from County Down

This event is part of Liverpool Irish Festival, please go to https://www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/ for a full listing of this year's events.

The Institute of Irish Studies is thankful to the Consulate General of Ireland (Manchester) for supporting this event.