The concept of thresholds allows us to examine not only the engagements and encounters between fields, forms and subjects of knowledge in interdisciplinary ways, but also to examine the ways in which knowledge
itself is constituted and constructed within disciplines, forms and subjects. The aim of this theme is to give voice to the negotiations of what counts as knowledge and the kinds of innovations as well as accommodations that are made at these thresholds of knowledge.
Thresholds of knowledge are always negotiated, always in process, and humanities scholarship both contributes to, and analyses, the forms and values of ‘knowledge’ both synchronically and diachronically. This research group aims to build on the rich disciplinary expertise of scholars throughout the College, as we face the ongoing challenge of the humanities to make sense of the increasingly chaotic world in which we live.
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Theme Members
- Martin Brady
- Michael Brophy
- Danielle Clarke
- Lucy Collins
- Sarah Comyn
- Derval Conroy
- Catherine Cox
- Nicholas Daly
- Helen Dixon
- Siobhan Donovan
- Aude Doody
- Katherine Fama
- Ursula Fanning
- Porscha Fermanis
- Anne Fuchs
- Mary Gallagher
- Jane Grogan
- Jorie Lagerway
- Francesco Lucioli
- Naomi McAreavey
- John McCafferty
- Sarah Moss
- Maire Ni Annrachain
- Cormac O'Brien
- Emer O’Beirne
- Niamh Pattwell
- Siofra Pierse
- Gillian Pye
- Jeanne Riou
- Giacomo Savani
- Douglas Smith
- Michael Staunton
- Joseph Twist
- Lucy Collins
- Regina Uí Chollatáin
- Michael Wiedorn
Projects, News and Events
On the Threshold of Memoir and Fiction
Join acclaimed writers Sarah Moss and Emilie Pine in conversationNew releases March 2021
Find out more about current and upcoming 2021 book releases from members of the Thresholds of Knowledge research community or members.Forthcoming Publications 2021
Read here for a list of 2021 publications (in press), including edited volumes, critical editions, chaptersand articles relating to Thresholds of Knowledge.
Upcoming Events
Follow this link for listing of talks, conferences and workshops pertaining to Thresholds ofKnowledge taking place this semester and find out what we are planning for Autumn 2021.