- Welcome from the Head of College
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- Atlas of the Irish Revolution
- False Memories for Fake News in the Irish Abortion Referendum
- Atlas of the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852
- Hidden Galleries
- Movie Memories
- Between Two Unions: The constitutional future of the islands after Brexit
- Archive
- A Socio-Economic Study of Cork City Northwest Quarter Regeneration (CNWQR)
- Children’s Voices in Housing Estate Regeneration
- Cork Folklore Project
- Deep Maps: West Cork Costal Cultures
- Developing research to deliver high impacts in homelessness service provision by Cork Simon
- Moving On Ireland
- Project DaRT - Discussions and Reflections on Translation
- The Cork Folklore Project’s Memory Map
- The World-Tree Project
- The Augustinian Friars in Late Medieval Ireland
- (Re)Sounding Holy Wells
- Spotlight
- Speaking the Predicament: Empowering Reflection and Dialogue on Ecological Crisis
- Participatory arts for advocacy, activism and transformational justice with young people living in Direct Provision
- Make Film History Wins FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Award
- Dr. Marie Kelly (School of Film, Music & Theatre) co-edits : Scene 8 Volumes 1 and 2 (2021) – Special Issue: ‘Performance and Ireland’ (Intellect)
- The significance of humanities scholarship in challenging times
- Dr Sarah Foley, a Lecturer in the School of Applied Psychology, was awarded an NUI Grant for Early Career Academics in 2020
- NUI Awards Grant for #DouglassWeek: 8th-14th February, 2021
- Humanities for the Anthropocene
- Forgotten Lord Mayor: Donal Óg O’Callaghan, 1920-1924
- Architectural Space and the Imagination: Houses in Literature and Art from Classical to Contemporary
- Dr Siobhan O’Sullivan - Agency and ageing in place in rural Ireland
- Launch of new research cluster on 'Life Writing'
- What keeps us going?
- Through the lens of the secret police: Images from the religious underground in Eastern Europe
- Dr. Amanullah De Sondy - The Pocket Facts Guide for Jewish, Christian and Muslim People 2020
- Issue 19 of Alphaville published by The Department of Film and Screen Media
- Digital Edgeworth Network
- Make Film History: Opening up the Archives to Young Filmmakers
- Establishment of monthly online reading group on Abolition and Decarceration
- Dr Anne Marie Devlin (Applied Linguistics) published a special issue on Study abroad and the Erasmus+ programme in Europe
- Dr. Barbara Siller (Department of German), has co-published an edition on literary multilingualism.
- Postgraduate Researchers from MA in Medieval History produce Mapping Cork online exhibition
- Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art: Process and Practice, (Eds.: Bernadette Cronin, Rachel MagShamhráin and Nikolai Preuschoff
- (Non)Spectacular Infrastructure: Enacting Resource Circulation in Stages, Studios and Communities
- Dr. Clíona O’Carroll (Department of Folklore) has received an IRC New Foundations grant
- Dr Catherine Forde from the School of Applied Social Studies has been awarded an IRC New Foundations grant
- Elderly (non)migrants’ narratives of home: A comparative study of place-making in Ireland and Slovakia (EMNaH)
- Dr. Ken Ó Donnchú, lecturer in the Department of Modern Irish, has received an IRC New Foundations Award
- Decolonizing Irish Public Heritage
- EMBRACE - Exploring Mobility: Borders Refugees and Challenging Exclusion
- Dr. Marica Cassarino (School of Applied Psychology) awarded Royal Irish Academy and British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Network Funding
- CACSSS Postdoc wins Charlemont Grant
- Childhood, Religion and School Injustice by Karl Kitching
- New Collaboration between UCC, RTÉ and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cork Movie Memories - Dan O’Connell and Gwenda Young (Department of Film and Screen Media
- Chronicles of COVID-19/Cuntais COVID-19’ initiative: testimony collection by Cork Folklore Project
- Dr. Rachel MagShamhrain (Head of Department of German) has published a co-edited collection on Adaptation
- Professor Caitríona Ní Dhúill (Department of German) has published a new monograph
- Two School Postdoctoral Fellows Awarded Royal Irish Academy and British Academy Funding
- Funding Success for Dr Joanna Hofer-Robinson
- New Collaboration between UCC, RTÉ and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- CACSSS Postdoc wins Charlemont Grant
- Applied Social Studies team win ESWRA Outstanding Publication Award 2020
- CACSSS postdoc is awarded Maurice J. Bric Medal of Excellence at IRC’s Researcher of the Year Awards 2019.
- Past postdoctoral researchers in the College
- Dr Mastoureh Fathi
- Dr Michalis Poupazis
- Dr Richard Mason
- Dr Martin Wall
- Dr Rebekah Brennan
- Dr Tatiana Vagramenko
- Dr Anca Maria Șincan
- Dr Agnes Hesz
- Dr Gabriela Nicolescu
- Dr Kinga Povedák
- Dr Declan Taggart
- Dr Anne-Julie Lafaye
- Dr Ken Keating
- Dr Laura Maye
- Dr Martina Piperno
- Dr Brandon Yen
- Dr Annie Cummins
- Dr Rebecca Boyd
- Dr Sean Hewitt
- University Staff Recognition Awards
- CACSSS Welcome new MSCA Funded Fellows
- College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences opens a research facility on Wandesford Quay
- IMMERSE
- CACSSS Wins Big at UCC 2018 University Staff Recognition Awards
- Upcoming Events
- Event Archive
- CACSSS Research Highlights 2012 - 2020
- Research News Archive
- IRC awards funding to 3 projects in the Dept of Archaeology: DAEICS - Digital Atlas of Early Irish Carved Stones (PI Dr Tomas O’Carragain)
- IRC awards funding to 3 projects in the Dept of Archaeology: NEW PASTURES (PI Dr Katharina Becker)
- CIPHER project shortlisted for Times Higher Ed (THE) Award
- CACSSS Researcher funded through HEA North South Research Programme with UU to explore Critical Epistemologies Across Borders (CEAB)
- Leabhar Nua ar an bhFiannaíocht/New Publication on the Finn Cycle
- Cork and Belfast north south prison-university classroom partnerships secure funding from government’s shared island initiative
- Women of the Borderlands: A Walking Biographical Study of Women’s Everyday Life on the UK/Irish Border funded through the HEA North-South Partnership
- Ultonia - Cultural Dynamics in medieval Ulster and beyond: a shared inheritance
- IRC awards funding to 3 projects in the Dept of Archaeology: IPeAT - Irish Peatland Archaeology Across Time (PI Dr Ben Gearey)
- Dr Edward Molloy, School of English and DH - wins Maurice J. Bric Medal of Excellence in IRC’s Researcher of the Year Awards 2020.
- Professor Claire Connolly (School of English and Digital Humanities) appointed to the Irish Research Council
- Dr Máirín MacCarron FRHistS wins the NUI Irish Historical Research Prize 2021
- ERC Hidden Galleries project publishes The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe
- CACSSS researchers to host EPA funded online workshop
- €1.5 million ERC Starter Grant Award for Researcher in Dept of Music, School of Film Music and Theatre
- Three PhD students in Applied Psychology commence projects funded through SFI research centre Lero
- CACSSS Researcher co-authors paper for Science on the ‘ecological’ survival of rare manuscripts and texts
- 2021 Research Awardees recognised
- New Foundations Call 2022 open
- C21 Editions
- University College Cork and the Arts Council have appointed Alan Gilsenan as the 2019/20 Film Artist in Residence.
- School of Applied Psychology hold an open house showcase for People and Technology Research Group
- CACSSS Researcher secures major IRC Laureate award for project GENCHRON to explore gender, chronology and time in the Medieval world
- CACSSS Researcher secures major IRC Laureate award for project Cyber Social
- New York Times reports on CACSSS Researcher Dr Alexander Khalil’s (School of Film, Music & Theatre) collaborative music and neuroscience work
- project MUSLIMWOMENFILM project selected for publication in the ‘Results in Brief’ section of the European Commission’s CORDIS website
- GendeResearchIreland Symposium: Reflections on Institutionalising Gender Equality in Higher Education
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Study International
Angelica DeYott was an undergraduate student in the US when she heard of University College Cork (UCC). “I had a professor who received his PhD at UCC,” she shares. “His successful career gave me the confidence that the degree I earned at UCC would also put me on a successful path.”
She was right. As Ireland’s first five-star university and in the top 2% of universities worldwide, UCC is well-used to providing an education that paves the way for innovation, change, and impact. Much of this has to do with its host of world-class educators — many of whom have not only contributed to groundbreaking research but led or been a part of real-world social change.
Take UCC’s School of History. As one of the largest departments in the Arts and Humanities faculty, it offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that span medieval, early modern, modern Irish, European and international history. Outside of this, it is a leading international centre for postgraduate research in international relations and European studies, as well.
Angelica, a lover of European history, found this an enthralling prospect. After some research and guidance from her professor, she decided to pursue the MA in History at UCC, which she found “perfect for [her]”.
This 12-month programme — or 24 months for part-time students — is composed of four separate historical themes: medieval, media, Irish and international. Here, students are grounded in a range of topics important to the development of our world as we know it. These include revolution and regime change, cultural heritage, Ireland’s relationships and encounters with the wider world, identity and nationalism, radicalism and social unrest, war and pace, and more.
So far, Angelica is enjoying her time at UCC — which is in large part due to the opportunity to learn from such prominent historians. However, these same staff members make the same efforts to maximise every student’s learning experience. They do so by adopting a student-centric approach to teaching through small class sizes and maintaining an approachable atmosphere about the school.
“UCC’s School of History staff are wonderful and always willing to answer any queries,” she shares. “I have really appreciated how involved they are in promoting history in the community.”
Sheila Hanley a student at UCC, adds that it is this student-first approach that allows her to explore topics that stem from individual interests. “On a personal level, I wanted to be part of a collaborative environment where students are encouraged to pursue their academic interests,” she says.
Sheila is pursuing the MA in International Relations. This is a one-year programme that explores the contemporary world through the lens of the past. It explores issues surrounding war and peace, the international order, international crises, counter-insurgency, terrorism and foreign policy.
“For those hoping to explore international relations theory in conjunction with broad, thematic consideration of contemporary affairs, the MA in International Relations offers a compelling course of study,” says Peter Prindiville, a former student now working at Georgetown’s Office of Government Relations as Manager of Strategic Initiatives.
“The combination of taught modules and dissertation also allows for practical application of course content to areas of particular interest. This range of intellectual activity over the course of only one year — theory, contemporary affairs, and research — makes for quite the fulfilling experience.”
Career readiness is central to an education at the School of History. The MA in History offers students the option of work placement within media, heritage, or publishing roles in the private or public sectors. The MA in International Relations does so through a dissertation component, where students conduct research on a topic of their choice.
They are surrounded by a multicultural environment with bright-minded students from all over the world. “I appreciate being surrounded by peers who are working toward careers in the International Relations field,” says Sheila. “My classmates come from a variety of academic and cultural backgrounds which adds to the invaluable learning experience.”
Living in the heart of Cork city, listed in the “Lonely Planet” guide as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit, enriches this experience further. At this “liberal, youthful and cosmopolitan place,” “happily traditional” dimensions add loads of charm, from the Irish and the buildings likewise, to this bustling university city with no shortage of contemporary facilities.
The whole of Western Europe are just a short flight away from Cork’s International Airport. The unspoilt landscape of the Wild Atlantic Way just minutes away from campus too.
The result of such great features? Happy, fulfilled graduates who go on to work in government and civil service, trade, industry, non-governmental organisations, investment, international organisations, diplomacy, the media, and academia.
“At UCC, I have the opportunity to greatly expand my International Relations knowledge,” says Sheila. “With this increased understanding of the field, I will pursue professional positions in research organisations or private sector companies that are in need of my unique skill set combining Intelligence — which I studied at the undergraduate level — and International Relations.”