Join me & the rest of the Sharing Lands team at 2025 Famine Summer School which is being held at the National Famine Museum, Strokestown, co. Roscommon between 30th May and 1 June 2025.

The theme of the 2025 Famine Summer School is “Humanitarianism and Hunger”.

From Indigenous and settler communities in North America to India and the Sultanate of Ottoman Empire, as well as Great Britain and in Ireland, private individuals and groups across class divides raised funds and risked their lives in a humanitarian response to Ireland’s Great Hunger (1845-1852) that often contrasted with official responses. The 2025 Famine Summer School explores the comparisons and contrasts between the historical context and the challenges of humanitarian responses to the Great Hunger and famines in the world.

Tickets and further information can be found here: Famine Summer School