The Department of German and CASiLaC are delighted to host a series of lectures with Peter Waterhouse from 19-20 November.

We have a wonderful line-up of contributors and events taking place over the week Monday 24 November - Friday 28 November.

On 6 November a half-day symposium on the themes of homemaking, bordering and belonging was hosted by Collective Social Futures in collaboration with the ISS21 Migration and Integration Cluster and the Department of Sociology & Criminology.

This interdisciplinary symposium brought together scholars of politics, psychology and social sciences to discuss some of the new difficulties that democracies face, and to consider some possible ways forward.

This half-day event explored how we know and interpret difficult, recent pasts in the North of Ireland, focusing on two main themes: institutional abuse; and gendered experiences and sexual violence.

This symposium explored complex and contentious questions about the future of university legacy medical collections. It was a hybrid event that attracted disciplinary-diverse and international participation. 

In this one-day event, national and international speakers shared research on a range of topics pertaining to physical education and activity, both inside and outside the formal education system. Key themes included: inclusion/overcoming barriers to inclusion; the role and impact of technology; policy to practice alignment; and teacher education and professional development. 

The new Collective Social Futures seminar series opened with a presentation from visiting academic, Professor Mairead Dunne. 

On 28 May the Living Well with the Dead Research Collective hosted a workshop with Nina Lykke, Professor Emerita of Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sweden and co-founder of the International Network for Queer Death Studies.