Workshops, Conferences & Guest Lectures

4-5 September 2025 | IHA Annual Conference 2025: 'Feeding the Soul: Transnational Narratives of Food and Belonging'

Dates: Thursday, 4th September and Friday, 5th September 2025
Time: DAY 1: registration & welcome: 8.30am; conference: 9am - 4.45pm | DAY 2:  9am - 4.30pm
Venue: Humanities Institute (H204 / top floor) 

• Attendance is free but registration on EVENTBRITE is essential | Book your tickets (opens in a new window)HERE

This two-day conference, supported by the Irish Humanities Alliance (IHA) and the UCD Humanities Institute (University College Dublin) seeks to explore the role that food plays in transnational fictional and non-fictional literary works, film, and visual arts.

Keynote Speakers:

• (opens in a new window)Dr. Raúl Matta(Centre de Reserche Institut Lyfe, France)
• (opens in a new window)Dr. Tania Aguila-Way(University of Toronto)
  

Download draft conference programme HERE

Steering Committee:
Dr. Bianca Rita Cataldi (University of Galway), Dr. Sarah Comyn (UCD), Prof. Anne Fuchs (UCD), Dr. Megan Kuster (UCD), Prof. Sonja Tiernan (IHA).

Date: Thursday, 2 October 2025
Time: 2.30-4pm
Venue: Humanities Institute (H204 / top floor)

In a time of noise and multi-tasking activities, it has become particularly difficult to sit down with a book and focus on our reading. This might be a problem, considering that reading is such a fundamental part of our career as graduate students, early-career academics, and academics. For this reason, every two months, on a Thursday from 2.30 to 4 pm, the UCD Humanities Institute offers a safe and quiet space to read together… in silence! The aim is to share our love for reading and for our research without feeling the pressure to talk about it. There is only one rule: bring your book or e-book along (it doesn’t matter which one) and enjoy with your fellow readers!