22-24 May 2025 | ‘From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis & Polycrisis: Epistemological Perspectives & Interventions’ Symposium
Dates: 22nd-24th May 2025
Times: DAY 1 2-5:30pm | DAY 2 9am-6:30pm | DAY 3 9:45am-2pm
Venues: DAY 1 MoLI | DAYS 2 & 3 HI Seminar Room H204 / top floor
- Attendance on any or all three days of the symposium is free but registration is required; please register using the Eventbrite links below
The UCD Humanities Institute (HI) is delighted to announce our first major event as part of the ‘From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis and Polycrisis: Epistemological Perspectives and Interventions’ project. This interdisciplinary symposium analyzes the profound shift from the modern idea of crises as an exceptional state requiring urgent crisis management towards permacrises and polycrises as the ontological condition of a world at risk in the 21st century.
The three-day symposium will be hosted by the HI from 22-24 May. The first day will take place on Thursday 22nd May at the Museum of Literature, Ireland starting at 2pm. On the second day, Friday 23rd May, the symposium moves to the HI where we are formally launching the ‘HeART of Gaza,’ an exhibition of children’s art co-curated by Féile Butler (an independent architect based in Ireland) and Mohamed Timraz (owner of Café Grey based in Gaza, Palestine). The final day, Saturday 24th May, will also take place at the HI.
Dates | Venues | Times | Eventbrite registration links
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DAY 1 | 22 May 2025 | Museum of Literature Ireland | 2-5:30pm
(opens in a new window)Eventbrite link DAY 1 -
DAY 2 | 23 May 2025 | UCD Humanities Institute | 9am-6:30pm
(opens in a new window)Eventbrite link DAY 2 - DAY 3 | 24 May 2025 | UCD Humanities Institute | 9:45am-2pm
(opens in a new window)Eventbrite link DAY 3
Led by the UCD Humanities Institute, the project involves a wide network of national and international partnerships, including the (opens in a new window)Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), the (opens in a new window)Centre of Excellence in Intercultural Studies (Tallinn University, Estonia), the (opens in a new window)Arsenal Municipal Gallery and (opens in a new window)Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań, Poland), (opens in a new window)Paris Lodron University, Salzburg (Austria), the (opens in a new window)University of Stavanger (Norway), and the Irish NGO (opens in a new window)Fighting Words, among others.
Thank you to our funders. We are grateful to the UCD Strategic and Major Initiative Scheme for supporting this symposium.