Wednesday, February 18th, 7pm
We tend to think memory is solely about the past and our relationship to it. In this talk focusing on Irish history, Margo Shea will explore how our understandings of past are not only very much about the present we experience, but the future we imagine. Using Derry, Northern Ireland as a case study, Shea shares how memories of the past laid a foundation for the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland that led to the Troubles and how memory has shaped the Northern Ireland peace process. Weaving together local histories, landscape studies, community folklore, oral history and other sources, she will illustrate how people maintain their agency amid political and cultural conflict and how memory contributes to reimaging a peaceful society.
Margo Shea is Professor of History at Salem State University, where she teaches public history, Irish history and world history, oversees the public history graduate certificate program and supervises internships for History majors. At the heart of her work is a commitment to sharing the tools of public history for all, focusing on ways that center listening in our explorations of the past and do not ignore the larger structures around which memory and identity take and change shape.
We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program.
Speaker Series every 3rd Wednesday, 7pm.
Including a temporary exhibit of related artifacts from the Society’s collections.
Tapley Memorial Hall 13 Page Street, Danvers MA.
Danvers Historical Society: 978-777-1666 or E-mail to dhs@danvershistory.org Donations appreciated.