About the 2018 Lecture

‘India and Ireland: Connected Imperial Pasts’

Jane Ohlmeyer, Trinity College Dublin

4.00pm, Saturday 26 May 2018

King’s College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

Ireland and India were both British colonies, this talk will explore the ways that they were interconnected, from Gerald Aungier, the Irish founding father of Bombay in the 17th century to the 2017 election of Leo Varadkar, the son of an Indian born doctor, as the Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, of Ireland. Explore these fascinating connections and learn about this lesser known aspect of Britain’s Imperial past.