Events taking place with the assistance of HII Seed Funding
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Identities and Histories in and around South Tyrol / Alto Adige
Dates: 2-3 October 2010
Venue: Room H204, UCD Humanities Institute
In 2009 Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino celebrated and commemorated Andreas Hofer. The way the Tyrolean people’s hero, rebel and freedom fighter is remembered in public challenges traditional views and reveals emerging new discourses of memory and reflections on the past, both in the writing of history and in the creation of literature.
This two-day international conference, which will be conducted both in Germand and in English will focus on:
- Memory traditions and cultures in Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino
- The past, present and possible future roles of historical and literary writing in the context of changing political and societal environments
- Comparisons to other multilingual and multicultural regions in Europe
- Models of regional and individual identities in Tyrol, South Tyrol, Trentino
- Minorities and majorities in South Tyrol
- South Tyrol between tradition and modernity?
- The notion of South Tyrol as a model of autonomy
Please click on the links to view the programme and the list of abstracts. For further informaiton please contact the conference organiser Dr Georg Grote, UCD School of Languages and Literatures on georg.grote@ucd.ie
The Role of Death, Burial and the Afterlife in Shaping Human Identity
Date: 25 - 26 September 2010
Venue: Room H204, UCD Humanities Institute
Session 1: Defining ourselves in the face of death
Session 2: Last rites, consolation and remembrance
Session 3: Death and mourning in history adn the arts
Session 4: Death in the media
Session 5: Reflections of the self in burials and remains
Session 6: Performing death
Session 7: Death and the Irish identity
Session 8: Creating and utilising memory
Please click on the link for a copy of the full programme of events for this two-day conference which includes a list of all delegates and bios.
First International Conference for 'Mass-Customization' for Language Teaching and Learning
Date: 26 - 27 August 2010
Mass-customization in industrial terms refers to the possibility of producing fairly standardized goods for a mass market while at the same time tailoring them to the individual customer’s preferences and needs by allowing for a certain degree of choice. Third level education has undergone similar developments with the introduction of modularization which enables students to create their individual study programme through a free selection of elective modules in addition to mandatory core modules.While language instructors in particular have always tried to cater for their students’ individual differences, preferences and needs, these “customizations” have generally been limited to certain situations or students. Applying the idea of modularization within language classes would create a situation in which teaching and learning can be truly customized for all attendees regardless of class size.
You can download a Programme of events full by clicking on the link. Registration is €100 or €70 for students which includes all lunches and the conference dinner. Registration and fee payment may be made by the conference website Mass-Customization Conference
UCD Chronology Day
Date: 6 August 2010
Venue: H204, UCD HII Seminar Room
UCD Chronology Day is a day of talks and discussion for archaeologists and palaeoecologists, covering advances in scientific dating methods. Please click on this link for a copy of the poster. This event, which has been funded by UCD Humanities Institute seed funding, is being organised by Dr Graeme Warren and Dr Steve Davis of the UCD School of Archaeology. If you are interested in attending please email hii@ucd.ie
Visualising Ireland: Visualising Gender
Date: 5 June 2010
Venue: H204, UCD HII Seminar Room
This event, funded by UCD Humanities Institute seed funding, involves speakers from UCD, IADT, DCU, NUI Maynooth and TCD. It will take place from 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. To register please contact Dr Emma Radley or Dr Susan Cahill. Please download a copy of the poster - the programme will be posted shortly
The Advent Project ten years on: Early Medieval Chant and Ritual in Rome
This inter-disciplinary symposium, to mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of James McKinnon's The Advent Project, has been organised by the UCD School of Music and the Faculty of Theology, NUI Maynooth and supported by the UCD Humanities Institute and the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute for the Study of Irish History and Civilisation.
The Advent Project: The Later-Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper published posthumously in 2000 remains a major contributor to our understanding of the formation of the medieval chant tradition in Rome. McKinnon's work has stimulated much debate in musicological circles during the last decade but appears to have made little impact in liturgical and ritual studies. The organisers of this symposium hope to stimulate a fruitful dialogue and discussion between chant scholars, historians and liturgists and also welcome participants from other disciplinary backgrounds with an interest in early medieval Rome.
Date: Friday, 19 February 2010
Venue: Room H204, UCD Humanities Institite
Contact: Dr Frank Lawrence, UCD School of Music
You can download a copy of the Programme and the Poster by clicking on the appropriate links.
Tara Symposium: from the past to the future
Following the publication by Wordwell of reports on Seán P. Ó Ríordáin’s excavations at the Mound of the Hostages (Muiris O’Sullivan 2005) and Rath of the Synods (Eoin Grogan 2008), the UCD School of Archaeology, in association with the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, is hosting a symposium entitled Tara – From the Past to the Future.
Featuring approximately forty papers by an international group of scholars, the symposium promises to be the most extensive review of the archaeology of Tara undertaken to date. It focuses on the data from the two excavation volumes but extends to a wider consideration of research undertaken at Tara over the past twenty years.
Dates: 23-26 October 2009
Venue: Clinton Auditorium, Belfield, UCD
Please click here for the poster, the provisional programme and the registration form.
Fishweirs and Coastal Communities in Northwest Europe: an Archaeological Workshop
This one-day workshop has been organised by the UCD School of Archaeology and funded by the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland, The Heritage Council and the IRCHSS/Éigide Ulyssess Scheme.
Session 1: Fishweirs in northwest Europe: their character, chronology and research potnetial
Session 2: Fishweirs in northwest Europe: invesitgating their secrets
Session 3: General discussion - what do we do now?
Date: 19 September 2009
Venue: UCD School of Archaeology
For the poster including a full list of papers please click here
Aspects of Second Language Acquisition - A Workshop
This workshop is being organised by Prof. Dr. Theo Harden of the UCD School of Languages & Literatures. Two experts who will speak at the workshop are Prof. Dr. Elke Hentschel (Bern) and Prof. Dr. Harald Weydt (Frankfurt/Oder).
Dates: Friday 18 September (2 p.m. - 6 p.m.) and Saturday 19 September (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
Venue: Room A318, Newman Building,. Belfield, UCD
The programme for this event can be found by clicking here
Inaugural Irish Renaissance Seminar
On 18-19 September, the inaugural meeting of the Irish Renaissance Seminar will be held. It takes place in Newman House and in the Newman building, Belfield campus and will be opened by Dr Marc Caball (UCD HII). Professor Thomas Healy (Sussex) and Dr Andrew Gordon (Aberdeen) are the invited speakers. For further details, please contact naomi.mcareavey@ucd.ie, danielle.clarke@ucd.ie or jane.grogan@ucd.ie
Dates: Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September 2009
Venue: Old Physics Theatre, Newman House, 86 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 (Fri 18 September) and J208, Newman Building, UCD (Sat 19 September)
For the full programme please click here.
The Art of Islam in Ireland Today
This is a one-day symposium organised by Professor Kathleen James-Chakraborty of the UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy. Please click here for the poster.
Date: Friday, 18 September 2009
Venue: Room H204, Humanities Institute seminar room.
Focus of Futurism - an International Interdisciplinary Conference
Organised by the UCD School of Languages and Literatures - Italian Studies
Date: 18 - 20 June 2009
Venue: Theatre N, Newman Building, Belfield, UCD
The provisional conference programme can be found here
The Museum Artefact and Cultural Space
This one-day workshop was organised byDr Christina Haywood, UCD School of Classics
Session 1: Museum artefact, ethnicity and identity
Session 2: Death and the museum aftefact
Session 3: Faking the past: forgery and replica
Session 4: Technology and education and the museum artefact
Date: 21 November 2009
Venue: Rooms K216 & K217, Newman Building, Belfield
Registration is required for this event. To register please visit www.ucdmuseumworkshop.com
Click on the links for a copy of the programme and the poster for this event.