Presenter: Dr Malcolm Campbell
Title: The Great Irish Famine at Home and Abroad
Abstract: The Irish Famine from 1845-1852 produced a profound crisis that resulted in the death or emigration of millions. In addition to causing a massive decline in Ireland's population, it recast Ireland's political and economic future and profoundly shaped migration to North America, Australia and New Zealand. This talk investigates the causes and consequences of Ireland's decade of despair including its effect on the Irish around the world.
Date:
This History workshop will run on Tuesday 1st September from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and include a tea / coffee break.
About the expert

Dr Malcolm Campbell
Malcolm Campbell is Professor of History at the University of Auckland where he teaches the history of Ireland, Australia, and the British empire. Born and raised in Sydney, he completed his PhD at the University of New South Wales before coming to Auckland in 1992 to take up a lectureship at the university. Professor Campbell has held visiting appointments at the Australian National University, the University of Washington, and Trinity College Dublin. He has published three books and numerous articles on the history of Ireland and Irish emigration, most recently a study of Irish mobility and settlement in the Pacific World from the late eighteenth century.
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