IMMA Reading Group: Art and the Age of Self-Determination
To register your place please refer to the ‘Registration Details’ section further down this page.
In the lead up to IMMA’s International Research Conference 100 Years of Self-Determination, 9 – 12 November 2022, this reading group will provide an opportunity to discuss some of the key texts and ideas that underpin the conference.
Led by Dr Stephen O’Neill, this reading group will interrogate the idea of ‘self-determination’ as it developed globally and in Ireland over the twentieth century, with a particular focus on how these concepts came to influence literary and artistic expression. Taking in various manifestoes and artworks that responded to the ‘moment of moments’ in the immediate interwar years, as well as the historical events that unfolded in these years, the sessions will question the use and utility of the concept for artists creating work in the age of self-determination.
This reading group will be of particular interest to artists, students, curators, researchers, cultural and political theorists and anyone who has an interest in the history and representation of self-determination.
Texts will be circulated in PDF format in advance of the session. Purchasing texts is not essential to participation but information can be provided on where participants can acquire texts and publications locally if you wish to do so.
For further information or to register contact Dr Stephen O’Neill at [email protected]