In Conversation: Curating the Conflict
Online
Wednesday 18th March 2026
In Conversation: Curating the Conflict
Location: Online (Zoom)
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Join us for an online discussion to introduce our new special exhibition. Our event speakers will explore how the Conflict in and about Northern Ireland has been represented historically in exhibitions and how Healing Through Remembering has approached developing its exhibition within this wider context.
Registration for this event will close 1 hour before the event, and a Zoom link will be sent out shortly afterwards.
Speakers:
Elizabeth Crooke
Elizabeth Crooke is Professor of Heritage and Museum Studies at Ulster University and Course Director of postgraduate programmes in museum and heritage studies. Her research and teaching explores the purpose and relevance of museums in society.
Karine Bigand
Dr Karine Bigand is a Senior Lecturer in Irish Studies at Aix-Marseille University in France. She works on the representation of Irish history in museums, with a particular focus on the conflict in and about Northern Ireland. She has been involved with the Everyday Objects Exhibition since its inception in 2012.
Louise Purbrick
Louise Purbrick is a writer and activist based at the Royal College of Art, London. She complied the Healing Through Remembering's Without Walls: A Report on Healing Through Remembering’s Open Call for Ideas for a Living Memorial Museum of the conflict in and about Northern Ireland, 2007 and has been a member of Healing Through Remembering since 2005.
Áine McKenny
Dr Áine McKenny is the Interim Curator at The Peace Museum. She is a cultural historian researching conflict, memory and exhibitions. Her doctoral thesis analysed the representation of women’s experiences of the Northern Irish Conflict in exhibitions, and included research on Healing Through Remembering and the Everyday Objects Exhibition.
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Healing Through Remembering:
Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict
The Peace Museum
5th March – 24th May 2026
From March- May 2026, The Peace Museum is hosting ‘Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict’, an exhibition developed by Healing Through Remembering.
Healing Through Remembering is a member-led organisation working on how to deal with the legacy of the past as it relates to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland.
‘Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict’ brings together many views and experiences of the recent conflict in and about Northern Ireland. The Exhibition reveals both unique and everyday stories through a range of loaned objects and their accompanying labels, all written in the words of those who own them. It does not aim to agree on one single version of history but instead lets people from various backgrounds speak for themselves.
The Peace Museum hosting the exhibition will be the first time it is displayed in England. This is an opportunity to bring conversations around the legacies of conflict to local audiences and to develop a deeper understanding of these histories.
This event is a partnership between Healing Through Remembering, Royal College of Art and The Peace Museum.
Location: Online (Zoom)
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Join us for an online discussion to introduce our new special exhibition. Our event speakers will explore how the Conflict in and about Northern Ireland has been represented historically in exhibitions and how Healing Through Remembering has approached developing its exhibition within this wider context.
Registration for this event will close 1 hour before the event, and a Zoom link will be sent out shortly afterwards.
Speakers:
Elizabeth Crooke
Elizabeth Crooke is Professor of Heritage and Museum Studies at Ulster University and Course Director of postgraduate programmes in museum and heritage studies. Her research and teaching explores the purpose and relevance of museums in society.
Karine Bigand
Dr Karine Bigand is a Senior Lecturer in Irish Studies at Aix-Marseille University in France. She works on the representation of Irish history in museums, with a particular focus on the conflict in and about Northern Ireland. She has been involved with the Everyday Objects Exhibition since its inception in 2012.
Louise Purbrick
Louise Purbrick is a writer and activist based at the Royal College of Art, London. She complied the Healing Through Remembering's Without Walls: A Report on Healing Through Remembering’s Open Call for Ideas for a Living Memorial Museum of the conflict in and about Northern Ireland, 2007 and has been a member of Healing Through Remembering since 2005.
Áine McKenny
Dr Áine McKenny is the Interim Curator at The Peace Museum. She is a cultural historian researching conflict, memory and exhibitions. Her doctoral thesis analysed the representation of women’s experiences of the Northern Irish Conflict in exhibitions, and included research on Healing Through Remembering and the Everyday Objects Exhibition.
-
Healing Through Remembering:
Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict
The Peace Museum
5th March – 24th May 2026
From March- May 2026, The Peace Museum is hosting ‘Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict’, an exhibition developed by Healing Through Remembering.
Healing Through Remembering is a member-led organisation working on how to deal with the legacy of the past as it relates to the conflict in and about Northern Ireland.
‘Everyday Objects Transformed by the Conflict’ brings together many views and experiences of the recent conflict in and about Northern Ireland. The Exhibition reveals both unique and everyday stories through a range of loaned objects and their accompanying labels, all written in the words of those who own them. It does not aim to agree on one single version of history but instead lets people from various backgrounds speak for themselves.
The Peace Museum hosting the exhibition will be the first time it is displayed in England. This is an opportunity to bring conversations around the legacies of conflict to local audiences and to develop a deeper understanding of these histories.
This event is a partnership between Healing Through Remembering, Royal College of Art and The Peace Museum.
