Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, Queen's University Belfast

Saving Belfast’s Assembly Rooms notice of a petition and a Manifestation on Saturday at 2:30

Friends,

Our campaign to save the historic Assembly Rooms for the public and for appropriate cultural uses has reached a critical point. Indications are that the City Council is moving to acquire the building but we must maintain the momentum.

As part of this weekend's Harps Alive Festival we will stage a Manifestation outside the Assembly Rooms at 2.30pm on Saturday. We need a maximum turnout. In the meantime our petition making the case for saving the Assembly Rooms for public and appropriate cultural uses has so far gathered 1,800 signatures. We must do better. If you haven't signed up do please do so. In any case recruit your friends and associates.

Go to

Sign the Petition Safeguard and Reclaim Belfast's Historic Assembly Rooms for Public Use

ALL welcome to the following online seminar featuring CECs member Dr Sarah McCleave on 15th May at 10:00am (CET).

ALL welcome to a seminar on 17 May at 3:30 by Professor Brycchan Carey, 'The Unnatural Trade: An Ecopolitics of British Absolutism'. This is a FREE Event; no advance booking required.

Registration for the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Annual Conference 2024, to be held on 20-21 June at University of Galway, is now open.



For further information about the conference and how to register, visit

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On 26th April 7:30pm Year 3 Music students at Queen's perform an edited version of Handel's penultimate oratorio, drawing on a range of performance styles (Irish traditional, music theatre, popular/rock). ALL welcome to this FREE event. No tickets required. No photography please.

Just a notice about an event of possible interest which is being run by the Centre for Irish Studies here at Queen’s on 29 April. You can find full details here:

Irish Studies Seminar: Brian Gurrin, ‘The religious census of Ireland, 1766: Ireland’s first census’ The 1766 religious census of Ireland was arguably the greatest social survey conducted in the country during the eighteenth century. This paper will explain how the survey was prosecuted, how thorough it was, and the uses that the returns were put to. He will argue that this great survey of Ireland....

Sonorities Festival is hosting a singers' workshop with visiting conductor Bridget Cunningham on 10th April, 11:00-12:00 in the Harty Room. Bridget will be coaching 3rd-year music students who are working on Handel's Theodora; the public workshop will include pieces accompanied by electric guitar and Celtic harp. Are you curious? Drop in to have a listen. ALL welcome to this FREE event no booking required.

Harpsichordist and opera director Bridget Cunningham will feature in three events as part of Sonorities 2024. In addition to a portion of the 12 April lunch concert (see previous post), she is contributing the following:

- a FREE workshop with QUB Music students on Handel's Theodora. Wednesday 10th April 11:00-12:00, Harty Room Music Building University Avenue. No advance booking required.
- a FREE lecture 'Staging Handel's Operas' Wednesday 10th April, Harty Room Music building University Avenue. No advance booking required.

Sonorities Festival 2024 will offer a concert of pre-1800 repertory. 'Risky Early Musics' on Friday 12 April from 13:00-14:30 in the Harty Room, Music Building University Avenue Belfast. The Event is FREE but pre-booking is strongly recommended. https://sonorities.net/2024/tickets/

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Noelia López-Souto, from the University of La Laguna in Tenerife, will offer a seminar on Friday 8 March 3pm (11 University Square, Meeting room in UG). The title of her talk is José Iglesias de la Casa (1749—1791), a problematic pastoral and satirical poet. This is a free event open to the public; no advance booking required.

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CECS is pleased to co-host an exciting event with Queen’s University Languages department and the Ulster Museum: Casta – the Origins of Caste, a film screening and talk (full details: https://www.ulstermuseum.org/whats-on/casta-origins-caste-film-screening-talk). It will be held at the Ulster Museum on Wednesday 31 January, 13:00-14:30 and entry is free. A taster of the documentary film about the discovery of eighteenth-century, Latin American paintings in the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery’s collection, is available here. After the film, we will hear from Tara Munroe (Creative Director of Opal22 Arts and Edutainment, curator, historian and decolonisation specialist) who originally found and initiated the restoration of these pieces. ALL welcome; no need to book.

I thoroughly recommend Philippa Waite as a teacher of baroque dance. Her clarity on rhythm is particularly beneficial for musicians interested in this repertory.

Baroque and Historical / Early Dance Classes with Philippa Waite, UK Information about Philippa Waite's classes in Baroque dance and other forms of historical dance.