| 28 Oct 2026 |
Gulliver's Travels at 300: A Symposium |
A symposium to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' |
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O'Rahilly Building, Seminar Room |
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| 20 Nov 2026 |
Against Automation: Resisting AI Futures in Teaching and Research |
The Radical Humanities Laboratory is pleased to announce a half-day workshop, Against Automation: Resisting AI Futures in Teaching and Research, from 10am to 3pm on November 20th in ORB G27 (CACSSS Seminar Room). |
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O'Rahilly Building, G27 Seminar Room |
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| 7 Oct 2026 |
Karrabing Film Collective Screening + Talk by Prof. Deane Williams (RMIT, Melbourne) |
A Day in the Life (Karrabing Film Collective Australia, 2020, 32min) The Family and the Zombie (Karrabing Film Collective Australia, 2021, 30min) |
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Kane Building, Film and Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building B10B (Basement) |
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| 4 Nov 2026 |
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Martin Howard |
Join us for an inspiring evening as Prof. Martin Howard delivers his inaugural professorial lecture, The Psychology of Language Learning: Exploring Motivation Dynamics at Individual and Societal Level. |
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The Hub, Shtepps |
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| 18 Nov 2026 |
The Deep History of Commercial Cattle Farming in Europe |
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O'Rahilly Building, CACSSS Seminar Room G 27 |
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| 4 Dec 2026 |
Frank Shovlin visits UCC to discuss his celebrated biography of pioneering Irish writer John McGahern. |
The School of English and Digital Humanities at University College Cork will welcome leading literary scholar Professor Frank Shovlin for a special public discussion on his acclaimed new biography of renowned Irish writer John McGahern on Friday, 4 December in the Dr Dora Allman Room. |
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The Hub, Dr Dora Allman |
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| 20 Nov 2026 |
Theatre, community and telling stories |
The central theme of this talk is the use of theatre and oral storytelling as forms of working with local community and the development of methods through which documentary sources and local cultural heritage enter contemporary public circulation. |
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The Hub, Áine Hyland |
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| 3 Nov 2026 |
In the Haze of History: Recounting the Sharpeville Massacre |
Entitled 'In The Haze of History: Recounting the Sharpeville Massacre' by Kylie Thomas of the School of History & History of Art and the Radical Humanities Laboratory. Kylie writes about photography, violence and history; about LGBT and anti-racist activism; and about South African politics and society during and after apartheid. Her most recent book is Afterimages of Apartheid: Photography and Resistance (2025). |
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O'Rahilly Building, 1.24 |
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| 24 Nov 2026 |
Lecture by Derek Hook and Book Launch |
This talk will highlight a handful of such concepts (including the zone of nonbeing, Fanon’s idea of disruptive temporality, and the role of the colonial voice) with the dual aim of making them accessible and critically useful to us today. |
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The Hub, Dr Dora Allman room |
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| 12 Nov 2026 |
At the Edge of Time: Old Believers and the Crises of History |
This talk approaches the problem of crisis and historical time through the experience of Russian Old Believers in Romania, a community that lived through successive crises throughout the 20th century, which challenged the continuity of faith and communal life. |
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O'Rahilly Building, Seminar Room |
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