News & Announcements

03 Oct 2025
Dr. Amanullah De Sondy on RTÉ s ‘Today’ TV programme discussing AI and New Lingo
Dr. Amanullah De Sondy, Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam was live at Cork’s RTÉ studios on RTÉ's TV show ‘Today’ for ‘Talk of Today’ discussing our contemporary high ‘content’ culture, AI actors, religion and new lingo added to English dictionaries on Friday 3rd October 2025.
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30 Sep 2025
Celebrating the Hindu Festival of Navratri
Dr. Amanullah De Sondy, Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam attended Cork Indian Community's Navratri celebrations.
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22 Sep 2025
Dr Tatsuma Padoan's new special issue "Dialogues between Continental Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology" is now published
This special issue for Semiotic Review, entitled "Dialogues between Continental Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology" and edited by Dr Tatsuma Padoan (SENSA Lab, Study of Religions Department, UCC) with Prof Constantine V. Nakassis (Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago), aims at creating a dialogue between Linguistic Anthropology in North America and Continental Semiotics in Europe and South America by exploring common themes and possible points of convergence.
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15 Sep 2025
Dr Danny Forde Discusses Ancient Irish Stillness at Gougane Barra
Photo by Jamie O’Sullivan on Unsplash In this RTÉ Brainstorm piece, Dr Danny Forde reflects on what the monastic tradition of St Finbarr can teach us about slowing down in a fast-paced world.
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