Free Autumn Talks Programme 2017
Including: Michael Jackson, Philip Orr, Dr Henry Jeffries, Prof Johnston McMaster, Rev Dr Martyn Cowan and Piet Chielens.
Autumn Talks Programme 2017: Tuesday 3 October – Saturday 28 October
The Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum presents its fourth series of autumn talks, which is designed to complement our exhibition programme relating to the Great War period and the Reformation (opening October 2017). Three talks relate to the First World War, with a focus on 1917 and Irish experience at the battles of Messines and Passchendaele, while a further three explore the legacy of the Reformation, from 1517 onwards.
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Details
All our autumn talks are FREE. Tickets are issued on a first come basis and are available from:
Reception, Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum, Market Square, Lisburn, BT28 1AG
Tel. 028 92663377 or Email ilc.reception@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk.
Talks are held in the Assembly Room, Lisburn Museum, and start at 7pm* sharp. *The morning open session on Saturday 28 October will be presented by In Flanders Fields Museum experts: 11am-12pm.
October
03oct7:00 pm9:00 pmTalk: Back over Old Ground by Michael Jackson7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Time
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Talk: Back over Old Ground by Michael Jackson World War One researcher Michael Jackson discusses the cases of soldiers executed during the Great War. British soldiers were executed under the 1881
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Talk: Back over Old Ground by Michael Jackson
World War One researcher Michael Jackson discusses the cases of soldiers executed during the Great War. British soldiers were executed under the 1881 Army Act and 1911 Indian Army Act, for what were considered ‘battlefield offences’. Examples of these are cowardice or desertion which we now know may be influenced by the stress of battle. Michael looks at twenty-first century attitudes to a seldom discussed episode in history. He reviews the revisionism behind the 2006 Armed Forces Act which pardoned British soldiers executed for such battlefield offences. Using case studies, he poses the question, Was it modern thinking which powered the debate or the unfairness of the High Command in the Great War? Michael aims to create a lively discussion.
09oct7:00 pmFilm: A Man for All Seasons (1966) Cert 12A7:00 pm
Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm
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Film: A Man for All Seasons (1966) Cert 12A With a screenplay by Robert Bolt based on his 1960 play, this biographical film stars Paul Scofield who won a Best Actor
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Film: A Man for All Seasons (1966) Cert 12A
With a screenplay by Robert Bolt based on his 1960 play, this biographical film stars Paul Scofield who won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VIII. Exploring Sir Thomas More’s experiences, the film examines issues surrounding religious and social change and matters of individual conscience at the time of the Reformation. The film reflects a rapidly changing time when Henry VIII was awarded both accolades of Defender of the Faith by Rome (1521) and Supreme Head of the Church of England (1534). A Man for All Seasons launches Lisburn Museum’s talks commemorating the 2017 quincentenary of the Reformation.
Time
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Talk: The Battle of Messines, Why it Still Matters Today by Philip Orr Local historian, playwright and author Philip Orr explores the mixed military fortunes which Irish troops experienced whilst fighting
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Talk: The Battle of Messines, Why it Still Matters Today by Philip Orr
Local historian, playwright and author Philip Orr explores the mixed military fortunes which Irish troops experienced whilst fighting together on the Western Front. Philip also examines how both in the wider world at war and here at home, massive political and economic changes were underway that would shape the twentieth century.
11oct7:00 pm9:00 pmTalk: The Reformation in Ireland by Dr Henry Jefferies7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Time
(Wednesday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Talk: The Reformation in Ireland by Dr Henry Jefferies As a Reformation scholar and author, Henry uses his talk to explore the responses in Ireland to the Reformation in the sixteenth
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Talk: The Reformation in Ireland by Dr Henry Jefferies
As a Reformation scholar and author, Henry uses his talk to explore the responses in Ireland to the Reformation in the sixteenth century. He explores how the Reformation in Ireland was promoted by English royal policies, setting the Reformation in a wider British context, to offer an explanation as to why the Reformation failed in Ireland though it succeeded dramatically in England and Scotland.
Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Talk: Reformed Always to be Reformed, the Reformations then and now by Professor Johnston McMaster Johnston is a Senior Research Writer with the Ethical and Shared Remembering Project. He discusses his
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Talk: Reformed Always to be Reformed, the Reformations then and now by Professor Johnston McMaster
Johnston is a Senior Research Writer with the Ethical and Shared Remembering Project. He discusses his recent publication which outlined the Reformation as a long lasting revolution in European history. Johnston discusses what ‘reformed theolog’ might look like in relation to other globalised religions.
24oct7:00 pm9:00 pmTalk: Luther and his Legacy by Reverend Dr Martyn Cowan7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Time
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Talk: Luther and his Legacy by Reverend Dr Martyn Cowan Martyn is a lecturer in Historical Theology, Union Theological College, Belfast. His talk looks at the repercussions of the Wittenberg event
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Talk: Luther and his Legacy by Reverend Dr Martyn Cowan
Martyn is a lecturer in Historical Theology, Union Theological College, Belfast. His talk looks at the repercussions of the Wittenberg event of 31 October 1517. Loved by some, loathed by others, this talk provides an accessible introduction to the real Luther, who is without doubt one of the most important figures in religious history. Martyn will trace events that brought about Luther�s own personal reformation and explain how the ideas that sprang from it led to transformational events in Western history that have shaped not only our religious context but the wider culture in which we live today.
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(Friday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Talk: The Irish Contribution to the Great War in Belgium, Piet Chielens, In Flanders Fields Museum Piet’s talk gives an overview of the part played by Irish regiments from the first
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Talk: The Irish Contribution to the Great War in Belgium, Piet Chielens, In Flanders Fields Museum
Piet’s talk gives an overview of the part played by Irish regiments from the first month of the war. His focus is on the roles taken by the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) divisions in 1917 and of the Ulster Division in 1918, from the German Spring Offensive to the Final Advance in Flanders. Piet is joined by his colleague Annick Vandenbilcke.