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The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies held part of its 2015 Postgraduate and Early-Career Scholars\u2019 Conference in Armagh Public Library.<\/p>\n
The Society exists to promote the study of the eighteenth century, not only as it was experienced in Britain but also throughout the world. \u00a0It encourages research into all aspects of history, literature and culture of the long eighteenth century.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s conference theme was \u2018Connections\u2019. The Library hosted three panels of speakers on the subjects of textual conversations, romantic texts and of servants and patrons. \u00a0Professor Moyra Haslett from Queen\u2019s University, Belfast gave the keynote speech on \u2018Ephemera and the archive: reading female sociability in the eighteenth century\u2019 to complete the second day of the conference.<\/p>\n
Patricia McCann, one of the conference organisers from Queen\u2019s University, Belfast, said, \u201cThe Armagh Public Library is a wonderful venue in which to have part of the Postgraduate and Early-Career Scholars\u2019 Conference, and we were delighted when the library agreed to let us hold part of the conference there. The library contains such an impressive collection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century books, and is the perfect place to host a conference which encourages research into all aspects of the eighteenth century.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carol Conlin, Assistant Keeper of Armagh Public Library, said, \u201cThis conference has reinforced the strong connection between Queen\u2019s University Belfast and Armagh Public Library. \u00a0We also hope to welcome back conference delegates to study in this eighteenth century library, just as our founder, Archbishop Robinson, would have wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"