Colloquium 90th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Germany and Ireland
Event
22 May 2019
This colloquium will see and hear the following distinguished speakers discuss 90 years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Germany.
Proceedings on the evening will be as follows:
6.00pm – 7.15pm
H.E. Michael Collins, Irish Ambassador – Opening of the Colloquium
Dr Gisela Holfter, Centre for Irish-German Studies, UL – Introductory Remarks
Video address by Simon Coveney TD, Tánaiste and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Dr Róisín Healy, NUI Galway – Diplomacy before Independence
Dr Michael Kennedy, RIA – The commencement of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Germany: 1919 to 1929
7.30pm – 8.30pm
Dr Mervyn O’Driscoll, UCC – Developing Relations and European Partnership, 1929-2019
Dr Joachim Fischer, Centre for Irish-German Studies, UL – Irish-German relations in the European Union: Cultural and language aspects
Dr Gisela Holfter and Prof Bettina Migge – On editing Ireland in the European Eye (Dublin: Royal Irish Academy 2019)
Launch - Ireland in the European Eye by H.E. Michael Collins
Followed by Wine Reception
Organiser
Embassy of Ireland in Berlin in cooperation with the Centre for Irish-German Studies, UL
If you would like to attend - there are a very limited number of spaces left and do please register your attendance HERE
