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HTAI organises an annual in-service conference for history teachers, which is funded by the In-Career Developement Unit of the Department of Education and Science.

Each conference examines historical themes of interest to classroom teachers. They are organised by local branches on a rotating basis.

 
Year
Branch
Title
Keynote Address
 
1994
Waterford
History in Schools: Challenges and Opportunities

Dr John O'Brien, UCC:
Substance and Topicality

 
1995
Galway
Expanding Horizons in the History Curriculum

Prof. Gearóid ÓTuathaigh, UCG:
Cultural Nationalism in Modern Ireland

 
1996
Navan
History: Past, Present and Future

Professor Joe Lee UCC:
Why We Need History

 
1997
Cork
The Scattering: The Global Irish Diaspora

Professor Declan Kiberd UCD:
Culture and Exile: The Global Irish

 
1998
North Connaught
1798: the Local and the National

Professor Tom Bartlett, UCD:
Tone and 1798

 
1999
Kerry
People and Places

Dr Mary Daly, UCD:
Interpretations of History: Ireland in the Twentieth Century

 
2000
Dublin
Documenting the past, preparing for the future
Dr Pauric Travers, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra
 
2001
Cork
Using History

Mr Mitchell McLoughlin, Sinn Féin
Professor Joe Lee, UCC:
Reinterpretating History

 
2002
Waterford
Celebrating History

Professor Roy Foster
University of Oxford
Intimate Enmities: Antagonisms in Irish History

 
2003
Galway
The Challenges of History Teaching

Professor Nicholas Canny, UCG:
The Challenges of history teaching

 
2004
Dublin
New Directions in History at Second Level

Dr. Robert Kirkpatrick, DES
Dr. Padraic Harvey, SEC
The Way Forward for History Teachers: some insights

 
2005
Cork
History at Second Level:good practice and effective teaching
Professor Donnacha Ó Corráin, UCC
 

2006

 

2007

Limerick


Midlands

 

Taking History into the Future

 


History for a Changing Ireland

Dr. Martin Mansergh
Senator and Historian
Reflections on the 1916 Rising

Dr Diarmaid Ferriter,
A Life of Turbulent Self-Assertion: A reassessment of the career and legacy of Eamon de Valera

 
2008

Waterford

 

Bridging the divide with Northern Ireland:
the challenge for History teachers

Mr Steven King
Revisiting Past Events: the Challenge of Northern Ireland