Entrance to the National Library of Ireland (as seen from the National Museum of Ireland).
Eighteen researchers and academics from Ireland, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Canada addressed the conference theme with papers on freedom of speech during conflict ranging from the French Revolution of 1848 and the Paris Commune of 1871 to the First and Second World Wars and right up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. We learned about the power of caricature in newspapers and periodicals during wartime and the difficulties of keeping the press going during wartime censorship and how samizdat publications survived.
The keynote speech, entitled 'Liberty and Licence: the rise of the political press in Europe from the Enlightenment to the age of mass journalism', was delivered by Prof Hugh Gough, Emeritus professor of history at University College Dublin (UCD).
2016 Conference poster. We are grateful to Plantu for allowing us to reuse his cartoon.
The 2016 conference was held in association with the Embassy of France in Ireland, the Embassy of Germany in Ireland, and the National Library of Ireland. Thanks to all of these organisations for their support and assistance in helping to make the conference such a success. This is third NPHFI conference I have organised as secretary. I wish the new secretary, Dr James O'Donnell, every success in the role.
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