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Memory and Reconciliation

UCD academics are collaborating across disciplines to investigate how written histories, oral memory, and cultural practices can inform us about the world we live in today. By examining legacies of colonialism, conflict, migration and marginalisation, and the role and responses of society and state, our researchers are contributing to a more sustainable and inclusive future.

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At a glance...

€1.27M
Dr Ríona McCongáil awarded European Research Council (ERC) grant to investigate youth engagement with minority engagement.
Top 50
UCD English Language & Literature is ranked in the top 50 in the QS World University Subject Rankings.
€1.5m
Dr Fangzhe Qiu awarded European Research Council (ERC) starting grant of €1.5m for his project developing digital techniques to analyse medieval Irish texts
MoLI
Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), a collaboration between UCD and the National Library of Ireland launched in 2019.

Creating Impact

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In recognition of its world significance and outstanding universal value to culture, the Irish Folklore Commission Collection 1935-1970 at UCD is inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. UNESCO recognised Folklore Collection
In recognition of its world significance and outstanding universal value to culture, the Irish Folklore Commission Collection 1935-1970 at UCD is inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
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Our researchers documented the memories of people who lived in the Henrietta Street tenements from the 1930s to the 1970s, these findings have enriched the 14 Henrietta Street museum. Dublin Tenement's Museum
Our researchers documented the memories of people who lived in the Henrietta Street tenements from the 1930s to the 1970s, these findings have enriched the 14 Henrietta Street museum.
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The SOS project explores the experience and reception of boat refugees since the 1940s, through interviews with refugees and examination of oral histories, state archives and media coverage. Histories of Boat Refugees
The SOS project explores the experience and reception of boat refugees since the 1940s, through interviews with refugees and examination of oral histories, state archives and media coverage.

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