TLRH | Voices of the Past: Celebrating our Legacy

Recorded October 22, 2020. Voices of the past, stories for the
future: a Research Showcase from the 1641 Depositions Project On
the 10th anniversary of its launch and almost 380 years since the
outbreak of the 1641 Rebellion, the 1641 Depositions Project
celebrates its legacy and impact in a virtual research showcase
this October 22nd, 2020. A flagship transdisciplinary digital
humanities endeavour, the project has transformed our understanding
of how the controversial events of the mid-seventeenth century are
recorded and remembered. Join us in recognizing and understanding
how the 1641 Depositions project benefited multiple partners and
stakeholders within and beyond academia. We will hear from
colleagues in computer science, education, policy, industry and the
project funders, as well as special guests who launched the project
10 years ago. This showcase will also mark the forthcoming launch
of the final 7 volumes of the 1641 depositions in November 2020 by
the Irish Manuscripts Commission, and will be hosted by Prof Eve
Patten, Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub and chaired by Prof
Jane Ohlmeyer. Speakers Dr Mary McAleese, former President of
Ireland and Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin, launched the
results of the project in 2010 during her presidency, and will
reflect on history and identity, and on the importance of bowing to
the past without being bound by it. Professor Andrew Thompson, UKRI
and University of Oxford, former Executive Chair of the Arts and
Humanities Research Council (AHRC, 2018-2020), will reflect on the
Project's impact from the funding perspective. Marie Wallace, Data
Strategist at IBM, will provide her perspective of the relevance of
the 1641 Depositions Project for IBM and her own experience with
working with academia. Dr Eamon Darcy, an early modern scholar who
worked on the 1641 Depositions Project, will reflect on the
development of the educational resources in partnership with Bridge
21. Professor Vinny Wade, CEO and Director of the ADAPT Research
Centre, will bring his perspective as a Project partner in computer
science. Professor John Walter, from the University of Essex, will
reflect on the Project's contributions to scholarly and archival
research. Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/