The talk will discuss Ireland and the Jews in history and literature with emphases on such key figures as James Joyce and Dublin Lord Mayor, Robert Briscoe, as well as investigation of Roman Catholic anti-Jewish attitudes in past and present.
Owen Dudley Edwards, FRSE, FRHistS, FSA (Scot) grew up in Ireland, and studied and worked in the USA and Scotland. From 1968 he taught at Edinburgh University (Department of History).