Friday, 12th, 6pm (GMT): A Transatlantic Antiracist Lineage: Race and Rebellion in the Lives of Thomas Addis Emmet and Nancy Cunard: Roundtable with Dr. Muiris MacGiollabhuí and Dr. Anne Donlon, hosted by Dr. Maurice Casey (EPIC Museum).
The careers of the Irish republican lawyer Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) and the British author Nancy Cunard (1896-1965) were separated by a century yet shared many parallels. Both Emmet and Cunard were involved in transatlantic movements shaped by the politics of race. For Thomas Addis Emmet – whose life straddled the 18th and 19th centuries - the anti-slavery movement would become a constant feature of his politics in Ireland and in exile as a member of the United Irishmen. Later, during the interwar era, Nancy Cunard would emerge as one of the most dynamic organisers of the global struggle against racism. Yet these two rebels shared a further point of connection: Cunard was Emmet’s great-great granddaughter. Using this curious family link to spark a conversation, this DouglassWeek panel asks: can the lives of these two past revolutionaries speak to our present antiracist movements?”.
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