{"id":9276,"date":"2020-04-22T10:05:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T09:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/?p=9276"},"modified":"2020-08-14T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:00:23","slug":"from-the-vaults-the-irish-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/from-the-vaults-the-irish-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"From the vaults: The Irish Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Ian McBride\/ Katherine O&#8217;Donnell\/ Tom Stoneham<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Listen to the recording <a href=\"https:\/\/media.rawvoice.com\/lse_europeaninstitute\/richmedia.lse.ac.uk\/europeaninstitute\/20190311_irishEnlightenmentFinal.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8Dqv_TwLLzg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though often overlooked in discussions of the Enlightenment, Ireland was a vibrant centre for intellectuals of many stripes. Jonathan Swift, Edmund Burke, George Berkeley, and many others made lasting contributions to literature, philosophy, politics, and science. How did the turbulent political times of eighteenth-century Ireland affect this intellectual landscape? Is there something distinctively Irish about this writing?\u00a0We discuss the thought and times of this remarkable group of thinkers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertford.ox.ac.uk\/staff\/professor-ian-mcbride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian McBride<\/a><br \/>\nFoster Professor of Irish History, Hertford College, Oxford<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/people.ucd.ie\/katherine.odonnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Katherine O&#8217;Donnell<\/a><br \/>\nAssociate Professor in History of Ideas, UCD<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/twcs1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Stoneham<\/a><br \/>\nProfessor of Philosophy, University of York<\/p>\n<p>Chair<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/clare-moriarty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clare Moriarty<\/a><br \/>\nIRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin &amp; Fellow, Forum for Philosophy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In association with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bshp.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Society for the History of Philosophy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recorded on 4 March 2019 at the LSE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/ac\/ERKS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian McBride, Katherine O&#8217;Donnell, and Tom Stoneham explore the Irish Enlightenment and its turbulent politics. 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