Irish Reunification by 2030?

Is Ireland ready for reunification in the next five years?

This in-person discussion hosted by the Committee on Global Thought will focus on the likelihood of Irish reunification by 2030, and how Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain are preparing for the historic possibility.

Our panel of experts in modern Irish politics will also discuss the remaining challenges for reunification and the lessons policymakers can learn from other reunification processes.

Speakers

• Adam Tooze, Chair of the Committee on Global Thought
• Stephanie McCurry, Columbia University R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History in Honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Brendan O’Leary, Chair and Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and author, most recently, of Making Sense of a United Ireland (Penguin 2022)
• Niall ó Dochartaigh, Professor of Political Science, University of Galway, and author of Deniable Contact: Back-channel Negotiation in Northern Ireland (Oxford 2021)

Co-sponsors

• European Institute
• History Department
• Political Science Department
• English Department
• SOF/Heyman
• Institute of Global Politics