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8 & 9 Dec 2023 | Conference: 'Diaries in the Twentieth Century: Testimony, Memory, Self-Construction'

In the final decades of the century, diaries were written in an individualistic and expressivist society which increasingly blurred the boundaries between reality and fiction. They could thus become the chosen medium for postmodernist literary experimentation and invite a form of self-construction which is a precursor of (but remains very different from) the instantly public self-accounts of present-dayblogs and vlogs.

This two-day conference aimed to observe these and other evolutions of the twentieth-century diary, exploring their interplay with traditional assumptions about the diary as a repository of memories, an outlet for feelings, as an embodiment of the self, and a concrete means for its preservation.




7 Dec 2023 | Roundtable: “Women and Labour: Interdisciplinary Perspectives”

This roundtable offered interdisciplinary perspectives on the topic of women and labour in emerging scholarship. It involves UCD Postdoctoral fellows from different schools in the College of Arts & Humanities who are researching an aspect of the topic from different disciplines and with a transnational approach. 

Confirmed speakers:
Dr. Carlie Collier (UCD School of History), Dr. Katherine Calvert (UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics), and Dr. Dervla MacManus (UCD School of Philosophy). 

Event organiser: Dr Bianca Cataldi (TNH Research Lead, UCD Humanities Institute)

 


16 Nov 2023 | 'Early Modern Italians in Ireland' Symposium 

What significance has Italy – and Italians – to the history and culture of early modern Ireland? What perspectives on Ireland and its inhabitants are offered by soldiers such as Alessandro Bertone, or Anglicized Italians such as Lodowick Bryskett? What does it change of our understanding of early modern Ireland to know that one of the earliest fortified houses constructed in the period was built to an Italian design (as Jane Fenlon has contended), or that Italians drew several of the most popular published maps of Ireland?

This symposium was an exploratory one, aiming to bring together and build on what we know of early modern Italians in Ireland, both people and texts. All are welcome, particularly early career scholars! 

Kindly supported by the College of Arts and Humanities seed funding, and Transnationalising the Humanities (Humanities Institute, UCD) seed funding

Event organiser: Prof. Jane Grogan (UCD School of English, Drama and Film)



7 & 8 Sept 2023 | Multilingualism in Ireland - Roundtable and workshop

Thursday, 7th September 2023 (HI H204) & Friday, 8th September 2023 (Newman, D301)

The Linguistics department at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics is honoured to host the first Multilingualism in Ireland conference, September 7th–8th 2023. The conference will be held in person with the opening roundtable and closing multilingual poetry reading broadcast live on YouTube. Between these two key events, there will be a series of presentations on aspects of multilingualism in Ireland, including acquisition, policy and communities.

This conference will focus on the many languages of Ireland, be they national languages Irish, English and Irish Sign Language or the many migrant languages used every day. Linguistic diversity in Ireland has been documented over the years, but a dedicated event and subsequent publication has been lacking in the recent past. As Ireland has once again become a net-immigration state (CSO 2022), we must think of how we support language users in multilingual communities. This conference will bring together leading names in academia, youth organisations, the arts and advocacy to consider Ireland through a multilingual lens. The conference will thus further our understanding of how and when different languages are used in Ireland, but also highlight the immediate application of our knowledge to the concrete usage contexts in various multilingual communities.

Organisers:
(opens in a new window)Dr Stepehen Lucek (UCD School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics) and the Universität Rostock

Sponsors: UCD Humanities Institute | UCD College of Arts & Humanities



25 Apr 2023 | PhD Masterclass in Cultural Memory & Roundtable discussion

(opens in a new window)ProfessorGunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir (University of Iceland) gave a PhD masterclass on cultural memory. It was followed by a roundtable discussion @ 5pm by the Ireland-Iceland Network organised by (opens in a new window)Professor Fionnuala Dillane.



3 Mar 2023 | 'Transnationalising the Classroom' Symposium

The Humanities Institute at University College Dublin invites participation in a pedagogically focused symposium on “Transnationalising the Classroom.” The Humanities Institute’sTransnationalising the Humanities research strand demonstrates the significance of transnationalism in fostering innovative, interdisciplinary perspectives and attending to topics in the humanities with appropriate complexity and nuance. These benefits can apply to the classroom. This symposium will explore and encourage transnational approaches in pedagogy across the humanities.

Symposium organiser: Dr Vanessa Iacocca | IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, School of English, Drama and Film & HI Resident Scholar

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