The next #AskLetters1916 Twitter chat will take place on Monday 20 April 2015 from 5.30 – 6.30pm (GMT). The chat will be hosted by Dr Brian Hughes, a postdoctoral researcher in Trinity College Dublin and former Associate Editor of the Letters of 1916 project. This month, the chat will focus on letters which were written 99 years ago – Easter Week 1916.
LETTERS WRITTEN IN THE DAYS AROUND THE EASTER RISING 1916
The twitter chat will focus on a number of letters written in the days leading up to and after the 1916 Rising. We have selected a range of letters – from official correspondence to more personal and poignant. To read the letters, please click here.
All you have to do is read them in advance and join in the discussion from 17.30 on Monday 20 April!
Join Brian and the Letters of 1916 team for what promises to be a fascinating look at letters written during tumultuous times, 99 years ago.
Monday 20 April 2015, 17.30 – 18.30GMT: #AskLetters1916
Tweet the team!
The people behind Letters of 1916 are on Twitter:
Professor Susan Schreibman | Twitter: @schreib100
Karolina Badzmierowska | Twitter: @karolinabadz
Emma Clarke | Twitter: @clarke__emma
Richard Hadden | Twitter: @oculardexterity
Shane McGarry | Twitter: @irishgeek79
Linda Spinazze | Twitter: @codices_hunter