An inaugural performative lecture celebrating the work of Professor Jools Gilson, hosted by the Future Humanities Institute.
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A Bit of a Song and Dance: Heart, Nervous System and the Changing of the World
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Radical Futures Conference
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Radical Futures, the inaugural conference of the Radical Humanities Laboratory, took place on 8 – 9 May.
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UCC to lead HORIZON MSCA Doctoral Network in text and cultural analytics
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Researchers at University College Cork will contribute to a new project which has received over €2.8m in funding under the HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MCSA) Doctoral Networks scheme. The project, called CASCADE, will train a cohort of early-stage researchers in text and cultural analytics.
Find out more at: https://www.horizoncascade.net/
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Networking “Gems” of Global Hip Hop Knowledge
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Burning Up With Rilke: Elegy, Ecology, Action
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Seminar with Professor Caitríona Ní Dhúill (Department of German, SLLC / ERI) on the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke and its significance in an era of ecological crisis.
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CASCADE Project ESR Training Camp takes place at the University of Sheffield
18 Sep 2026
The fourth and final CASCADE Training and Research Camp took place on 1st September at the University of Sheffield. In the impressive surrounds of the Sir Frederick Mappin Building, the CASCADE ESR cohort and their PhD supervisors convened to engage together in a programme of activity focused on the theme of ‘Working with Industry and The Public’.
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Second Living Seawall installed in Cork Harbour
24 Sep 2026
A second Living Seawall has been installed at Paddy’s Point, Ringaskiddy, building on the first installation at Kennedy Pier, Cobh, in September 2025. After one year, the Cobh installation is showing increasing colonisation by marine life, providing an opportunity to track how biodiversity develops on these novel coastal habitats.
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New CSO Collection of Census 1926 Articles from UCC Symposium Published
09 Oct 2026
A new collection of articles published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) explores Irish society and culture through the lens of the Census 1926 returns. The collection is based on presentations delivered at a Census 1926 symposium hosted by the School of History at University College Cork (UCC) in May 2026, which brought together leading scholars from across history, demography, statistics, genealogy, archival studies, cultural studies and linguistics
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Dr Sarah Bezan Explores the Digital Futures of De-Extinction at Vienna Festival
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How do digital technologies shape our understanding of extinct species and the futures we imagine for life on Earth? These were among the questions explored by Sarah Bezan in her invited presentation, Digital Cultures of Species Revival, delivered as part of Vienna Digital Cultures at Foto Arsenal Wien in May 2026.
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Celebrated John McGahern Biographer Professor Frank Shovlin to Visit UCC
02 Nov 2026
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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