Ian Leask keynote on Toland

Dr Ian Leask, Lecturer in Philosophy, was recently invited to give a keynote lecture at the Moore Institute, NUI Galway, as part of the university¡¯s research project ¡®Representation of the Jews in Irish Literature¡¯. Organised to take place on Holocaust Memorial Day, Dr Leask¡¯s paper focussed on the early modern Irish philosopher John Toland, giving particular attention to Toland¡¯s arguments for Jewish naturalization but also addressing aspects of Toland¡¯s wider ¡®Hebraica¡¯.

 Dr Leask¡¯s session was chaired and introduced by Professor P¨®l ? Dochartaigh, NUI Galway¡¯s Registrar and Deputy President, who has written extensively on the holocaust and its legacy.