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- Home
- MA in Women's Studies
- PhD in Women's Studies
- Teaching and Supervision Team
- History of Women's Studies at UCC
- Research and Events
- Conference Archive
- (09/10 -06-2017) Women's Voices in Ireland
- (02 -03-2017) Women's History Month Herstory Salon
- (19-06-2016) BodyStories Conference
- (04-09-2015) Performance, Politics, Protest
- (13-06-2017) Women and Austerity Conference Saturday 13th June
- (13-09-2017) Women and the media: feminist concerns
- (06-03-2014) Preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
- (01-03-2017) Paying the price to the uttermost farthing? Women and World War
- (15-06-2017) Irish Feminist Activism and the Arts
- (15-06-2012) Women in Politics: from Quotas to Representation
- (25-02-2012) From X to A B C: 20 Years On
- (18-09-2010) Moving in from the Margins
- (09-05-2009) Irish Feminisms and the Future
- (24-05-2008) Exploring Mothers: Discourses, Representations, Practices
- (09-06-2009) Mothering in Contemporary Ireland
- (17-06-2006) Buying Sex is not a Sport
- (27-05-2006) Irish Feminist Futures Postgraduate Conference
- (21-05-2005) If I knew then what I know now
- (12-03-2025) PG7044 International Women's Day Event: Jumping Generations - Revisited
- Graduate and Postgraduate Research
- Staff Research
- Conference Archive
- Graduate Opportunities
- MA students' blog posts
- Relevant Links
- Contact Us
A multicultural team with a variety of research interests and fields of expertise
An interdisciplinary team with a variety of research interests and fields of expertise
*Note that this website is currently being updated.
Women's Studies MA & PhD programme director and Chair of the Board
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Dr Evelien Geerts, Lecturer in Gender, Women's Studies & Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Areas of expertise: 20th & 21st century (Continental European) political philosophy; intersections of political, feminist & environmental philosophy (with an emphasis on the environmental posthumanities, Deleuzoguattarian, new materialist & posthumanist approaches); and critical theory (including critical pedagogies). https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/evelien-geerts/
Women's Studies Board members (alphabetical order)
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Dr Yasmine Ahmed, Department of Sociology and Criminology. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/yasmine-ahmed/
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Dr Céire Broderick, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/ceire-broderick/
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Dr Fiona Buckley, Department of Government and Politics, Areas of expertise: gender politics, gender quotas, women and political executives, gender and elections. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/fiona-buckley/
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Prof Louise Crowley, School of Law, Areas of expertise: family law, divorce law, domestic violence. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/louise-crowley/
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Dr Amanullah De Sondy, Study of Religions Department, Areas of expertise: Islam, Muslims, religions, masculinity and race. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/amanullah-de-sondy/
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Prof Nuala Finnegan, Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, Areas of expertise: gender and literature in Mexico, gender violence and femicide, global feminisms. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/nuala-finnegan/
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Dr Bahriye Kemal, School of English & Digital Humanities. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/bahriye-kemal/
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Dr Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, Department of Sociology, https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/gema-kloppe-santamar
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Dr Liz Kyte, Women's Studies Unit, Areas of expertise: histories of Irish feminisms and radicalism, women's history, and feminist biography.
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Prof Maggie O'Neill, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Areas of expertise: biographical and participatory research methods, sex work, migration. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/maggie-oneill/
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Dr Catherine O'Sullivan, School of Law, Areas of expertise: law and literature, feminist legal theory, criminal law, social constructionism, female criminality.
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Prof Silvia Ross, Department of Italian, Areas of expertise: motherhood and literature, ecofeminism, representations of conflict and gender in literature, Italian feminism, space and gender. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/silvia-ross/
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Dr Vanessa Rutherford, School of Education, Areas of expertise: girls, gender, embodiment and body image, education and learning, teaching and power. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/vanessa-rutherford/
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Dr Lydia Sapouna, School of Applied Social Studies. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/lydia-sapouna/
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Dr Kylie Thomas, Radical Humanities Lab & School of History. https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/kylie-thomas/
Teaching team
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Rola Abu Zeid O'Neill, PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, Coordinator of Diploma in Women's Studies and Diploma in Development and Human Rights Studies, Areas of expertise: memory, conflict, gender and violence, social justice.