Professor Andrew Cottey, Department of Government and Politics - Wednesday 15th May, 5-6.30pm
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- 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
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- Dr Siobhan O’Sullivan - Agency and ageing in place in rural Ireland
- Launch of new research cluster on 'Life Writing'
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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Europe’s Liberal Peace: Liberalism in Illiberal Times’
15 Apr 2024Happening On 15/05/2024 -
When the Ghosts of History Speak: Endangered Community Archives and Collaborative Anthropology in Times of War
16 Apr 2024Happening On 17/04/2024Dr Tatiana Vagramenko - Wednesday 17 April 2024, 5-6pm
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UCC ranked in top 100 universities worldwide for performing arts
10 Apr 2024- UCC’s position in the Performing Arts rankings recognises it a world leader for study and research in the Performing Arts including music and sonic art, theatre and interdisciplinary practices.
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Marriage bans and motherhood in twentieth-century Ireland
08 Apr 2024Happening On 11/04/2024Thursday 11 April 2024, 16:00 (4 PM) - Dr Jennifer Redmond (Maynooth) and Dr Deirdre Foley (TCD)
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Bharat Samaj Puja: Studying a Theosophical Ritual
10 Apr 2024Happening On 10/04/2024Wednesday 10 April, 5-6pm - Mriganka Mukhopadhyay
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Mairead McGuinness delivers Philip Monahan Memorial lecture at UCC
09 Apr 2024- Commissioner McGuinness discussed the reality of working in European Union institutions.
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Remembering Professor Chris Williams, Head of UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
08 Apr 2024- University community mourns the loss of Professor Chris Williams.
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UCC hosts international conference on ethnomusicology and traditional music
04 Apr 2024- The conference brings world-leading experts together to explore the study of music in social and cultural contexts, including in times of war and migration.
- Ethnomusicology embraces music from around the world, old and new, traditional and newly invented, and applies research for social improvement.
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University College Cork to host a celebration of Artists in Residence
03 Apr 2024- The event will celebrate and showcase the university’s Artists in Residence across film, literature, theatre and music.
- It will explore their outstanding contributions to the cultural landscape in collaboration with national and international communities, creative and cultural partners.
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CurrentLee Arts Festival to host ambitious programme of events
02 Apr 2024- One day festival at Cork Opera House to celebrate Cork’s vibrant arts and culture scene.
- Artists and culture creators will join forces to present work across all genres.
- The festival is produced by the students of the MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing students at the Department of Theatre (School of Film, Music & Theatre), UCC.
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What's next for American democracy? Experts to address UCC public seminar
14 Mar 2024- Declining trust in institutions and false claims about election fraud will be examined during the free public seminar.
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Lyric Poetry and Conceptual Blending
11 Mar 2024Michael Booth
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The Afro-American Patrolmen’s League and Community Protection in Chicago (1968-1983)
11 Mar 2024Happening On 14/03/2024Dr Matthew O'Brien, University College Dublin (UCD)
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Challenging and changing sexual and social inequalities: Professor Maggie O’Neill
08 Mar 2024- Q&A with Professor Maggie O'Neill, Professor of Sociology & Criminology and Director of UCC Futures – Collective Social Futures, and ISS21.
- Social justice is at the core of her work, with a long history working in interdisciplinary ways across sociology, biographical sociology and arts practice to create change.
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"I challenge systemic oppression and exclusion of women at every level"
08 Mar 2024• On IWD, UCC highlights Wuraoluwa Ayodele, Nigerian lawyer and women's rights activist, currently pursuing a Masters in Women’s Studies at University College Cork.
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UCC launches new Masters in Irish Traditional Music
05 Mar 2024- UCC Traditional Music Society, UCC Harp Ensemble and Bobby Gardiner performed at celebration.
- Starting in September 2024, UCC's MA in Irish Traditional Music provides a practical and theoretical immersion in Irish Traditional Music practice and scholarship.
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Gazes between Humans and Non-Humans
01 Mar 2024Happening On 05/03/2024BA Anthropology Programme, and SENSA Lab (Laboratory for Semiotics, Ethnosemiotics, Nonfictional Studies and Audiovisuality) -
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Prof Francesco Marsciani (University of Bologna) -
Gender and Human-Animal Transformations from a Khasi Christian Context
04 Mar 2024Happening On 06/03/2024Study of Religions Department Dr Margaret Lyngdoh
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Contemporary Naturalist Climate Fiction and Physical Injury
01 Mar 2024Happening On 06/03/2024Alan Gibbs - English department
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(Re)Sacralizing Stones: Spiritual Engagements with Megaliths in Belgium
27 Feb 2024Dr Yael Dansac
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The Irish Parliamentary Party and its successors: lessons for parties in times of transformative change
27 Feb 2024Happening On 29/02/2024Dr Martin O'Donoghue, Max Planck Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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20th and 21st-century genre fiction and Ireland
23 Feb 2024Happening On 28/02/2024English | John Connolly
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New online masters to train next generation of social justice leaders
22 Feb 2024- Online flexible programme offers students the opportunity to develop specialist expertise in social policy and social justice.
- Graduates work in diverse areas including international NGOs, local government and human rights organisations.
- Find out more about the Masters and meet Faculty on a webinar on 2 March.
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Conference celebrates postgraduate research advances at UCC
21 Feb 2024- Conference will showcase diverse postgraduate research activity at UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences.
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UCC postgraduate course to support linguistic and cultural inclusion in Irish schools
20 Feb 2024- Education professionals will develop skills required to support English as an Additional Language students.
- Multilingual learners can face significant challenges in their learning, with some students struggling to effectively communicate their basic needs.
- According to census 2022, there are almost 54,000 students whose mother tongue is not English or Irish in Irish primary schools.
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The Mystery of the Missing Revolution: Belgium, Poland and Ireland in 1830
12 Feb 2024Happening On 15/02/2024Dr Róisín Healy, Department of History, University of Galway
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's "contrary child" and the Kristevan law outside the law: A review of two novels by Katherine Paterson
08 Feb 2024Happening On 14/02/2024Wed. Feb 14, 3-4pm
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Cork Folklore Project to host celebration of sustainability in song and story
08 Feb 2024Happening On 10/02/2024- The event will feature Traveller artists, sustainability activists and UCC environmental researchers.
- It will explore how past practices of reuse, recycling and thrift can shape a sustainable future.
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The Difficulties of Disarmament during the French Wars of Religion; The Role of Antoine de Crussol, the Duc d'Uzès
29 Jan 2024Happening On 01/02/2024Dr David Nicoll (History, TCD & UCD)
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UCC Puttnam Scholars at Cork International Film Festival
04 Dec 2023The UCC Puttnam Scholars 2022/23 recently screened their short film ‘Close Shave’ at Cork International Film Festival.
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Festival of Social Sciences
27 Nov 2023Last week, The Festival of Social Sciences, UCC Futures – Collective Social Futures first event took place. The festival comprised a full day symposium showcasing social science research across UCC, an engaging evening of music and spoken word performances and a book launch.
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UCC English lecturer speaking at Yeats Nobel Event in Seanad Chamber
23 Nov 2023Happening On 23/11/2023Dr Adam Hanna, Lecturer in Irish Literature in the School of English and Digital Humanities, will be speaking at an event in Seanad Éireann to mark the centenary of the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to W. B. Yeats.
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CACSSS at 68th Annual Cork International Film Festival
22 Nov 2023Happening On 22/11/2023UCC is the official Academic Partner of the 68th Cork International Film Festival, and the university has collaborated across many stands of this year’s festival.
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TOWARDS THE GLEN : A performance walk through the Glen River Park
21 Nov 2023Happening On 22/11/2023Tue 21 Nov @ 2pm & Wed 22 Nov @ 2pm
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Social Work Awareness Week 2023
20 Nov 2023Happening On 22/11/2023UCC Event with TUSLA Child And Family Agency
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Almost a century later, a restored film classic returns to Cork
14 Nov 2023Happening On 21/11/2023A classic film from the silent era will have a gala screening in Cork next week – almost 100 years after it first captivated Leeside audiences in one of the city’s former cinemas.
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The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism
14 Nov 2023Happening On 23/11/2023Professor Ana Lucia Araujo, Howard University (USA)
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Voicing Bodies, Voicing Histories: Elaine Mitchener’s Sweet Tooth
10 Nov 2023Happening On 23/11/2023Konstantinos Thomaidis
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Centre for Local and Regional Governance – Annual Public Lecture Series
07 Nov 2023Happening On 09/11/2023The eighth annual public lecture series of the Centre for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) takes places in UCC on the night of Thursday 9 November, under the theme of ‘In Defence of Councillors’.
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Film Artist in Residency talk - Maximillian Le Cain
31 Oct 2023Happening On 14/11/20236pm, Tues 14 November
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Book Launch: 'Why Cicero Matters'
27 Oct 2023Joe Humphreys (Irish Times)
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Japan’s State library reaches rare agreement with UCC
20 Oct 2023- Access granted to one of the world’s largest libraries.
- Major step in deepening of relations between Ireland and Japan.
- Tánaiste and Japanese Ambassador to attend opening.
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Mapping Climate Change: The Knitting Map & The Tempestry Project Kohler Gallery, Lawrence University WI
06 Oct 2023Sept 22 – Nov 17, 2023
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Guiding Bells – Professor Mel Mercier and the Irish Gamelan Orchestra
06 Oct 2023Happening On 06/10/2023This October, Professor Mel Mercier will lead the Irish Gamelan Orchestra (IGO) and special guests in GUIDING BELLS, a musical celebration of his contribution to artistic life and education in Cork and Ireland.
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New exhibition at UCC explores the Irish connections of esteemed Polish genius
04 Oct 2023- New exhibit celebrates life of Professor Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish genius of Logic, philosopher, and post-war refugee in Ireland.
- Ambassador-Designate of the Republic of Poland to Ireland, His Excellency Professor Arkady Rzegocki attends exhibition launch.
- “He was a refugee like the Ukrainians today”.
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Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future: Core challenges for Irish Welfare, North and South
02 Oct 2023Happening On 17/10/2023Mary P. Murphy, Maynooth University and author of Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future (2023, Policy Press)
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Conversation between Jenny Butler and Rossana Henriques in response to Anton Vidokle’s film Autotrofia (2020)
28 Sep 2023Happening On 30/09/2023 -
Being Outside Ourselves: A New Sartrean Account of the Self-Body Relation
25 Sep 2023Happening On 26/09/2023 -
Kristin Linklater - Book Launch
25 Sep 2023Happening On 26/09/2023Tuesday 26th September, 6.30 - 7.30 pm
Everyman Theatre bar, 15 MacCurtain Street, Cork, T23EO94
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Pádraig Ó Riain: 'Turas eile le Fionnbharra' Con Ó Drisceoil: 'Áibhéi
25 Sep 2023Happening On 25/09/2023 -
This House, A Home by Angela O’Callaghan, MRes Student
20 Sep 2023Happening On 22/09/2023Over at Cork Opera House, This House, A Home is an audio performance created as part of a Masters by Research studentship with UCC and Cork Opera House by Angela O’Callaghan, in collaboration with the Lantern Project and its participants.
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UCC Trad Soc hold a Traditional Irish Music Concert to celebrate Culture Night 2023
20 Sep 2023Happening On 22/09/2023Friday 22nd September is Culture Night and it’s a fantastic opportunity to explore and enjoy cultural attractions in Cork and beyond. From dance and theatre to food and heritage there is a virtual cornucopia of events to choose from.
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Launch of the book: Transmitting memories in Rwanda: From a survivor parent to the next generation
14 Sep 2023Happening On 05/10/2023Department of French
- Munyurangabo Benda, Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham, UK
- Caroline Williamson Sinalo, UCC, Ireland
- Claver Irakoze, Aegis Trust, Rwanda
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CACSSS Student Jack Fitzgerald is the first UCC Student Intern at Project Children
25 Jul 2023Earlier this summer, second-year BA Irish and Economics student Jack Fitzgerald packed his bags and travelled to the USA for an exciting internship courtesy of Project Children. Jack is of 14 current interns in this unique programme spread across New York, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
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Professor Adrian Favell awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant
13 Jul 2023- Expert in international migration studies secures €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant.
- The grant will support a global study of international migration and mobility.
- The UCC project highlights the importance of humanities and social sciences research in a rapidly changing world.
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Integration and inclusion of migrant children in education
14 Jul 2023Happening On 15/09/2023IMMERSE End of Project Ireland Conference
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Launch of Double Space Issue 2
13 Jul 2023Congratulations to the editorial team of Double Space, who have just launched the journal's second issue.
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CACSSS Theatre graduate’s star is on the rise!
06 Jul 2023We are delighted to see Department of Theatre graduate Leah McNamara starring in a leading role in the upcoming Sky Max series, Then You Run.
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MRes Studentship Opportunity UCC School of Film, Music and Theatre and Cork Opera House including an Original Artistic Product
04 Jul 2023The School of Film, Music and Theatre at University College Cork, Ireland, is seeking a candidate for an MRes – Masters by Research -- Studentship as part of our working relationship with Cork Opera House.
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CACSSS conferral of first graduates of MA Digital Cultures from DEBI
27 Jun 2023The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences at University College Cork conferred the first group of graduates from the Digital Egypt Builders Initiative with an MA in Digital Cultures on Saturday 17th June 2023. Eighteen students were conferred at a conferring ceremony in Cairo.
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UCC Department of Theatre alumni shine at Cork Midsummer Festival
23 Jun 2023The Cork Midsummer Festival is in full swing, with many multidisciplinary arts events underway. We are delighted to see so many Department of Theatre alumni of past and present programmes creating and presenting work at the festival this year.
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UCC students collaborate on town health check reports
22 Jun 2023A collaboration between UCC students, the Heritage Council and Cork City Council was recently celebrated at the launch of two Collaborative Town Centre Health Check (CTCHC) summary reports.
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UCC launches the Film, Music and Theatre Doctoral School
22 Jun 2023The School of Film, Music and Theatre, which hosts a collective of world-leading experts in the creative arts, recently launched the exciting Film, Music and Theatre (FMT) Doctoral School.
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UCC scholarship recognised as academics elected to Royal Irish Academy
26 May 2023Two professors from University College Cork (UCC) were today elected to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the highest academic honour in Ireland. The UCC professors newly elected to the RIA are Professor Maggie O’Neill and Professor Chris Lynch.
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UCC Artists in Residence - A Celebration
29 May 2023UCC Creative is once again hosting this event for the first time since the pandemic
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CACSSS Student awarded prestigious Iveagh Fellowship Programme
09 May 2023Diane Sheey, BA Arts International student, is one of five national awardees of the prestigious Iveagh Fellowship Programme for 2023
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