10th Nov
EVENT

Declan Mills; The Death of the Rake

(UL Student Centre, Glacial Room)

"Join UL History Society at 6pm in the Glacial Room of UL Student Centre on Tuesday the 10th of November where we will be hosting the latest instalment of our ongoing seminar series,'The Death of the Rake: The Invention of the Modern Action Hero as a Political Exercise in Early-Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Declan Mills'Early 18th-century Britain is mostly remembered for the Act Of Succession, the ‘Rage of Party’ and the War of the Spanish Succession. However, it also saw the invention of the modern fictional action hero, developed as a propaganda tool in the ongoing war of ideas between the Tories and the Whigs. This seminar will examine how and why that happened, what contemporary criticisms existed of these new ideas, and how this development has impacted fiction - and our ideas about political elites - to this day.’Declan Mills has a BA in English & History and an MA in History, and is currently on career break from a PhD in History. During his time in UL, he taught early modern Irish and European history, ran the 2014 IHSA conference, and was President of History Soc and ULFM, as well as editor of History Studies, Socs Officer, and ULPSU VP. Since leaving UL he has written policy for the Social Democrats and worked on Catherine Connolly’s comms team in the 2025 Presidential election. He currently sits on ULPSU Advisory Board and is Outreach Manager for the literary journal 'Unapologetic'Hope to see you there!"

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