14th-17th September 2023
The Irish Labour History Society (ILHS) has partnered with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and its Northern Ireland Committee to organise its third international conference, in Dublin between 14th and 17th September 2023.
The four-day event will feature national and international expert speakers and labour movement practitioners in over 30 events in four venues: the Trinity College Long Room, Liberty Hall, the Fórsa head office and the Teachers’ Club.
It will encompass ten plenary sessions, at least 20 ordinary sessions, an oral history presentation and a voice of experience engagement with expert input from Irish, British and European academics, trade unionists, employer representatives, worker educationalists, migrant workers’ representatives, lay activists, and representatives of trades councils from both traditions on the island of Ireland.
Highlights will include the 47tth Countess Markievicz Lecture (courtesy of the Irish Association of Industrial Relations) and discursive studies reviewing social partnership, the peace process, Good Friday Agreement and Brexit, and social dialogue. Edited by John Cunningham, Francis Devine and Sonja Tiernan of Otago University, the ILHS’s 50th Anniversary book, Labour History in Irish History, will be launched as part of the conference. There will be labour history tours of Dublin as well as various social events.
You can get more information on our website: www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com. You can also register to attend the conference on the site; early bird delegate rates apply for those who register by 31st May.
We hope that your organisation will add to the success of the event by giving financial support to the conference and the publication of our 50th anniversary book. In addition, by joining our collective effort through sending delegates, you’ll have the opportunity to meet some of the pioneers who founded the ILHS in 1973, while taking part in up to four days of discussion and celebration of labour history.
Supporting this unique event may include one or more of the following:
¨ Registering Delegates by 31st May 2023
¨ Branding one of the ten plenary sessions
¨ Taking an Advertisement in the Conference Brochure
¨ Contributing to a fund to sponsor 2th and 3th level students to attend
Making a financial donation to the Irish Labour History Society Conference fund (details below)
ILHS Bank Account Details
Account Name: Irish Labour History Society,
Current Account Branch Address: Bank of Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Acc No. 19954058
Branch Code: 90-09-73
BIC: BOFIIE2D
IBAN: IE85 BOFI 9009 7319 9540 58