Irish Civil Rights in Song

• Friday, September 22
• 12:00 PM
• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Room 38-39
• 121 Wall Street
• MAP
• FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join Darran Anderson and Bonnie Weir as they discuss the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland that came to be known as the Troubles, and how this movement and the people in it found their voices, stories, and songs by delving into and reimagining the past.

Bonnie Weir is the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education and a Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs. She is the founding co-Director of the Program on Peace and Development at Yale University. Bonnie’s research focuses on political violence and post-conflict politics with a focus on Northern Ireland. Her current projects investigate whether and how sectarianism affects political behavior and the consequences of minority rights provisions.