Gulliver's Travels at 300: A Symposium

28 Oct 2026

An interdisciplinary symposium to mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" with experts from the School of English, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Computer Science, and Keynote speaker Sarah Harte, columnist with the Irish Examiner.

To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", professor Vittorio Bufacchi of the Department of Philosophy put together an interdisciplinary symposium with experts from different disciplines across UCC. The speakers included Dr Clíona Ó Gallchoir, Professor Claire Connolly, and Dr. Mary O'Connell from the School of English; Dr. Joel Walmsley and Dr. Emma Dore-Horgan from the Department of Philosophy, professor Barry O'Sullivan from the Department of Computer Science, and the keynote speaker Sarah Harte, columnist with the Irish Examiner. At the end of the symposium the SATLE funded project Gulliver and the Language Machine was launched by Dr O'Connell and Dr Quirke. This project aims to use the text of Swift's work to help students in English understand the Academic Integrity Policies of our Department. BA in English students Gwen-Jane Agius and Lara Pedrosa Martins both spoke about the project at the event.

This event was supported by the Collective Social Futures Major Events Award. 

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v.bufacchi@ucc.ie