Richard Bourke: Political and Religious Ideas during the Irish Revolution

Richard Bourke, Professor in the History of Political Thought at Queen Mary, University of London, will deliver this free public lecture on the role of political and religious ideas during the Irish Revolution (1913-1923). Professor Bourke has written extensively on Irish and intellectual history, ranging from the eighteenth-century philosopher Edmund Burke to the Irish Troubles. Soon to take up the prestigious Chair of the History of Political Thought at the University of Cambridge, he is currently working on a history of democracy.