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Events Summer/Autumn 2026

Date Talk Title About the talk Topic Location / Room More Info
25 May 2026 International workshop and concert at UCC celebrating its joining the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies International workshop and concert at UCC celebrating its joining the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies Arts and Humanities The Hub, Dr Dora Allman Room /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/international-workshop-and-concert-at-ucc-celebrating-its-joining-the-global-coalition-of-ukrainian-studies.html
25 May 2026 Census 1926: Capturing a Social and Cultural Moment On 25 May 2026, University College Cork will host a one-day symposium to mark the public release of the first full census conducted in Independent Ireland Arts and Humanities Aula Maxima /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/census-1926-capturing-a-social-and-cultural-moment.html
1 May 2026 Psychedelic Mysticism: Ritual, Religion, Weirdness and Integration This one-day research workshop will bring into conversation a selection of international experts from different backgrounds, to make an original contribution to the emerging field of the psychedelic humanities. Lapps Quay, Banking Hall /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/psychedelic-mysticism-ritual-religion-weirdness-and-integration.html
26 May 2026 New Paradigms in Ukrainian Studies: History, Politics, Culture, and Religion New Paradigms in Ukrainian Studies: History, Politics, Culture, and Religion Arts and Humanities O'Rahilly Building, CACSSS Seminar Room /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/new-paradigms-in-ukrainian-studies-history-politics-culture-and-religion.html
28 May 2026 Death Rituals and Death Technologies: Questioning the Old and the New The aim of this conference is to locate the emerging rituals that come with new death technologies, as well as consider the unique value that new death technologies can bring to old rituals. Arts and Humanities Main Quad - North Wing, North Wing Council Room /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/death-rituals-and-death-technologies-questioning-the-old-and-the-new.html
7 May 2026 Experiencing the Climate Crisis through Literature The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat but an ongoing, lived reality. Despite the extensive body of scientific data documenting its causes and consequences, quantitative knowledge alone often fails to foster deep understanding or sustained affective engagement Arts and Humanities O'Rahilly Building, 1.24 /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/experiencing-the-climate-crisis-through-literature.html
11 May 2026 When Are We? Time in the Light of Contemporary World Crisis When are we? is a question we want to raise in the midst of a time of uncertainty, violence and precariousness Arts and Humanities The Hub, Dr Dora Allman Room /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/when-are-we-time-in-the-light-of-contemporary-world-crisis-.html
21 May 2026 Map Matters. Cartographic Approaches to Cultural Production Across Languages Map Matters: Cartographic Approaches to Cultural Production Across Languages is an international hybrid conference exploring how maps, mapping practices, and spatial thinking shape the study of literature, media, history, language, memory, and cultural production. Arts and Humanities Food Science & Technology Building, Teams (20-21/05); Food Science Building 4.58 (22/05) /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/map-matters-cartographic-approaches-to-cultural-production-across-languages.html
11 Jun 2026 New Perspectives on Visual and Literary Caribbean Ecocriticisms The hybrid symposium ‘New Perspectives on Visual and Literary Ecocriticisms’ aims to provide a space to reflect on the present and future of Caribbean Studies, Eco-poetics and Archipelagic Thought and Practice within and beyond academia. O'Rahilly Building, 1.32 /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/new-perspectives-on-visual-and-literary-caribbean-ecocriticisms.html
28 Oct 2026 Gulliver's Travels at 300: A Symposium A symposium to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' O'Rahilly Building, Seminar Room /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/gullivers-travels-at-300-a-symposium.html
11 Sep 2026 New critical perspectives on conspiracy theory and mis/disinformation discourse This one-day research workshop will explore new critical perspectives on conspiracy theory and mis/disinformation discourse. O'Rahilly Building, Seminar Room /en/future-humanities/eventsschedule/new-critical-perspectives-on-conspiracy-theory-and-misdisinformation-discourse.html

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