Keynote Speakers
Whitney Battle-Baptiste | Beryl Pong
Plenary Panelists
Gargi Bhattacharyya | Mairead Enright | Eva Haifa Giraud
What potential do the humanities hold today – and how might research and praxis animate these visions? Ours is an epoch of violence and apparent breakdown, with long-term sources. But it is also an era of unexpected conjunctures and new possibilities. The foundations of contemporary politics, economics and society reconfigure around us as inherited visions of the future are transformed and revaluated. Technological change and transformations disorient all stable reference points.
We ask: “What forms of thought and practice can meet such a moment?”
To be radical means to grasp things by the root. In practice, to be radical requires an aspiration towards a better future coupled with a commitment to act towards it. The Radical Humanities Laboratory at University College Cork is a space for post- and anti- disciplinary practice. It places critical and experimental work from the humanities at the heart of fundamental research.
The Radical Humanities Laboratory: Radical Futures invites scholars, scientists, artists, activists, archivists, and policy shapers, to engage in conversations about the roots of present crises – ecological, political and social, and how collective futures might be better understood, transformed and lived differently as new potentials and trajectories emerge.
Paper Programme
Wednesday May 8th
| Time |
Location |
Event |
| 11:00 |
The Hub, entrance lobby |
Registration and lunch |
| 12:45 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room |
Welcome to Radical Futures |
| 13:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room
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Keynote 1: Prof. Whitney Battle-Baptiste (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) |
| 14:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room |
Panel 1a: Gendered Violence, Abuse and Trauma in Ireland
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The Hub, Lucy Smith Room |
Panel 1b: Dead Technologies
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 6 |
Panel 1c: Over the Blue Horizon: Radical Future Connections to Oceans and Waters
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 9
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Panel 1d: Creative Methods in Radical Research
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| 15:40 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room and Main Quadrangle, West Wing |
Coffee Break |
| 16:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room |
Plenary Roundtable: What are radical futures anyway?
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| 17:00 |
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End of Day 1 sessions / Walk to Granary Theatre |
| 17:30 |
Granary Theatre |
Creative performance session; full details of works and artists showing to follow.
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| 19:00 |
End of Day 1 |
Free evening in Cork |
Thursday May 9th
| Time |
Location |
Event
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| 09:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room |
Panel 2a: Inside/Outside: Resistance and the University
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The Hub, Lucy Smith Room |
Panel 2b: Radical Living in the Midst of Ruins in the Middle East
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 6
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Panel 2c: Radical Arts in an Age of Crisis
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 9
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Panel 2d: Citizenship and the Public Sphere
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Boole Lecture Theatres, Boole 2 |
Panel 2e: Histories for the Present
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| 10:40 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room and Main Quadrangle, West Wing |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room |
Panel 3a: Design for the Long Now
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The Hub, Lucy Smith Room
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Panel 3b: Decolonising Utopia: Imagining Radical Futures Rooted in Radical Pasts
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 6
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Panel 3c: Arts Practices and Care
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 9
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Panel 3d: Labs, Forecasts and Futures
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| 12:40 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room |
Lunch |
| 13:00 |
The Hub, Shtepps |
'Funding Opportunities at the Wellcome Trust' - Dr. Peter Kilroy, Research Manager, Discovery Research, Wellcome Trust |
| 14:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room
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Keynote 2: Dr Beryl Pong (University of Cambridge)
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| 15:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room and Main Quadrangle, West Wing |
Coffee Break |
| 15:20 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room
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Panel 4a: Radical Reflections on Socially Engaged Arts Practices
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The Hub, Lucy Smith Room
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Panel 4b: Walking, Talking, Filming, Feeling Illness
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 6
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Panel 4c: How to resist? On publishing creative experiments in radical environmental humanities
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Main Quadrangle, West Wing 9
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Panel 4d: Socio-Technical Futures and the Inner Self
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| 17:00 |
The Hub, Dora Allman Room |
Closing Reflections & Reception Join the members of the Radical Humanities Laboratory for an open conversation on Radical Futures. Refreshments will be provided.
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| 18:00 |
End of Day 2 |
Accommodation
We have some rooms available at a preferential rate at Lancaster Lodge. It is a nearby hotel, much used by the university. There are also limited rooms retained at the Kingsley Hotel and the River Lee Hotel.
NB: Please use the code ‘Radical Futures Conference UCC’ if booking any of these.
Note that these are all limited in scope and will only be held for another week or so (From March 26th), so do book soon if this seems like a good option.
There are two reasonably close Maldrons, one in Shandon and one on the South Mall.
On Western Road itself, very near the university, there are quite a lot of independent guesthouses, such as Audley House or Anam Cara. You can find lots more of these by just looking on google maps and doing the usual due diligence on review sites etc.
There is also a new Premier Inn in the city centre.
On MacCurtain Street, which has quite a few bars and restaurants, though it is somewhat on the other side of the city, there's the REZz Hotel or Isaac's Hotel.
Additional information for planning your visit to UCC is available on the UCC Website.
Getting to UCC
UCC is located in the western part of Cork city, 1 km from the city centre.
The main parts of UCC’s campus are along Western Road and College Road.
Car parking facilities at UCC are limited, so when visiting UCC, please consider using public transport.
On Foot or Bicycle
From the city centre (Patrick Street/Grand Parade), take Washington Street to the west. Pass the old Court House (on your right) and later the River Lee Hotel (on your left). At the next traffic lights, enter the UCC College Gates. The bicycle parking locations map shows the available bicycle parking throughout campus.
To walk from the city centre to UCC takes 15-20 minutes.
Local Bus
Cork Bus Station is located at Parnell Place in the city centre. The bus station is served by all Bus Eireann local and intercity services. To get to UCC, use city buses No 205 ('CIT/Rossa Avenue') or No 208 ('Bishopstown') from the bus station or at nearby St Patrick Street (outside Debenhams). The bus stop code for UCC (College Road) is 241741. Plan your travel with the bus routes serving UCC map. Also see the National Journey Planner.
Intercity Bus
There are express coach services to Dublin and Dublin Airport (operated by Aircoach and Bus Eireann) and to Limerick/Galway (operated by CityLink and Bus Eireann).
By Train
Train services by Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) to Cork stop at Kent Station. Hourly intercity services to and from Dublin Heuston Station take between 2.5 and 3 hours. There are also frequent commuter services to/from Mallow, Midleton and Cobh. City bus No 205 services operate between Kent Station and UCC.
For details, see www.irishrail.ie. Taxis from the train station to UCC cost about €10. Route from train and bus stations to UCC.
By Air
Cork Airport is 8 km south of Cork city centre. There are several flights a day from London-Heathrow or Amsterdam (bothAerLingus) and London Stanstead or Gatwick (RyanAir). For other destinations in the UK (e.g. Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester) and continental Europe see Cork Airport. Bus connections to/from the airport are provided by Bus Eireann (route No 226 to Cork Bus Station). A taxi journey to UCC will take 10–20 minutes and will cost about €12–18.
Further information on getting to ucc is available on the UCC Website.
Performances at the Granary
The Radical Humanities Laboratory Presents: Radical Futures: Performances at the Granary - An Evening of Music & Poetry
This event is taking place as part of the conference programme.
The event will take place on the first night of the conference: Wednesday, May 8th at UCC's Granary Theatre.
This is a free but ticketed event and seating is limited so please be sure to book tickets well in advance.
The evening will include performances by:
Jess Aslan
Brian Bridges
John Keston
Cárthach Ó Nuanáin
Robin Parmar
Liz Quirke
N.B. Please reserve your tickets here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/radicalhumanitieslaboratory1/1209723
Film & Screen Media Track
In association with the Department of Film & Screen Media at UCC there will also be a film and screen media track running at the conference.
Wednesday, May 8th - Theater B10.B
| Film |
Filmmaker(s) |
Length |
Showings |
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| It is Always a Hard Job Keeping a Collective Together |
Benjamin Gerdes |
43 mins |
10:00 |
12:16 |
14:32 |
16:48 |
| A Place of their Own |
Sam Vardy & Paula McCloskey |
20 mins |
10:43 |
12:59 |
15:15 |
17:31 |
| Reminiscing Future Public Fountains |
Hermano Luz Rodrigues & Mariana Pereira |
10 mins |
11:03 |
13:19 |
15:35 |
17:51 |
| A Temporary Iteration |
Fiona Kelly |
8 mins |
11:13 |
13:29 |
15:45 |
18:01 |
| Loafers |
Orla Egan |
55 mins |
11:21 |
13:37 |
15:53 |
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Thursday, May 9th - The Shtepps
| Start Time |
Film Panels and Screenings @ Shtepps, The Hub |
| 9:00 |
Benjamin Gerdes, It is Always a Hard Job Keeping a Collective Together, run time: 43 min. |
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Sam Vardy & Paula McCloskey, A Place of their Own, digital, run time: 30 min. |
| 11:00 |
Hermano Luz Rodrigues & Mariana Pereira, Reminiscing Future Public Fountains, run time: 10 min. |
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Fiona Kelly, A Temporary Iteration, run time: 8 min. |
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Orla Egan, Loafers, run time: 55 min. |
| 15:00 |
Lucy Kaye, From Where We Stand, run time: 60 min. Followed by Q & A with producers, Andrew Wallace and Adrian Favell |
Download the full film programme here: Film Track Programme Notes
UCC Campus Map
Download the above map here: UCC Campus Map pdf
Further maps covering Parking, Bus Routes, Eating Places and Shops are available on the UCC Maps page
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