First
Monday Talk
Under
the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans Joined the Fenian Revolt
and Sparked a Crisis Over Citizenship
Lucy Salyer is an Associate Professor in the History Department
and Justice Studies Program. She will discuss her recently released book
which recounts the gripping legal saga that ensued when forty Irish-American
freedom fighters sailed to Ireland in 1867 to join the rebellion against
British rule. They failed to win Irish independence, but, instead,
sparked an international conflict that dragged the United States and Britain to
the brink of war and brought sweeping changes in the national and international
law of citizenship.
If you plan to attend, kindly RSVP to humanities.center@unh.edu or 603-862-4356. Thank you.
The Center for the Humanities hosts First Monday events at
the Three
Chimneys Inn in Durham. These center around short,
informal talks by faculty members, designed to give colleagues a window into
their work. We reserve time at the end for questions and
conversation.