Sprawling across a quarter of the world's land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain's empire was the largest in human history.
Pulitzer prize winner and Harvard professor Caroline Elkins, Irish historian and journalist David McCullagh, and oral historian and artist Aanchal Malhotra, in conversation with Jane Ohlmeyer, uncover the political and intellectual movements that challenged one of the largest colonial powers of history.
Entry is free! Register now to attend. (link in bio)
22 - 31 May, 2026
Belfast, Armagh, Dundalk, Dublin
Island of Ireland
#JLFIslandsofIreland #JLFInternational #IslandofStories
When the world as you know it is suddenly divided by a line on a map, what do you do next? Through a mixture of memoir, storytelling, and social history, this panel examines those who left and those who stayed behind after the partitions of Ireland and India. How people resisted or integrated under new political dispensations, or the extraordinary, and sometimes epic, journeys of those who moved to make new homes for themselves and their families, are also the focus of this layered conversation.
Entry is free!
Register now to attend. (link in bio)
22 - 31 May, 2026
Belfast, Armagh, Dundalk, Dublin
Island of Ireland
#JLFIslandsofIreland #JLFInternational #IslandofStories
A huge thank you to our fantastic Consul General in Austin, his great team, Kelsi Tyler & the wonderful audience for a really emotional screening of From that Small island. 🙏🏼
Once again folk loved the story telling, cinematography, soundtrack & production values.✨
And then there were the waymos 😳🤣
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The histories of the island of Ireland and the Indian subcontinent are woven together in many ways, but perhaps the key thread tying them together is the common experience of empire. William Dalrymple, Nandini Das and Jane Ohlmeyer join Christopher Kissane to explore how our histories are entangled through trade, faith, collaboration, and resistance. Tracing the movement of soldiers, administrators and ideas across imperial networks, they examine how Irish and Indian experiences illuminate questions of identity, power and belonging, and how these shared histories continue to shape the modern world.
Entry is free! Register now to attend. (link in bio)
22 - 31 May, 2026
Belfast, Armagh, Dundalk, Dublin
Island of Ireland
#JLFIslandsofIreland #JLFInternational #IslandofStories
A magical evening in Hollywood at the LA screening of From that Small island in the iconic Linwood Dunn cinema. Heartfelt thanks to the incredible audience, our amazing team at the consulate @irelandinindia & to David Nihil who had us all in stitches!
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A really productive few days working in the glorious @thehuntingtonlibrary - the rolls Royce of research libraries. The exciting news is they are building housing for their fellows.💚
A fabulous few days meeting the wonderful staff & students @loyolamarymount . A huge thank you to Vicki Graf for the warm welcome to the magnificent campus. @irelandinla
