Cork Lifelong Learning 2019

Cork Lifelong Learning 2019

Cork’s Lifelong Learning Festival is an annual event which takes place in Cork City (& county) each year in springtime. The festival promotes and celebrates learning of all kinds, across all ages, interests and abilities. The festival’s motto is 'Investigate, Participate, Celebrate', and the public can do that by taking part in workshops or classes, watching demonstrations, trying out new skills, and seeing others; from the young to the old, show off what they are learning.

Members of the UCC LGBT+ Staff Network will be delivering talks as part of UCC's contribution to the festival. 

Visit the Cork Lifelong Learning Facebook page for more information on the festival itself. 

The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: male convict sexuality in the 19th century

  • Title of the talk: “The Love That Dare Not SpSpeakereak Its Name: male convict sexuality in the 19th century”
  • Speaker: Dr Barra Ó Donnabháin, Lecturer in UCC’s Department of Archaeology and Co-Chair of the UCC LGBT+ Staff Network
  • Date, time and venue: Monday 8 April, 5pm-6pm, West Wing 8, UCC Main Campus
  • Practical details: No booking required; the capacity is 20 people and the room is wheelchair accessible

Barra will deliver an illustrated talk on male convict sexuality in the 19th century, specifically in relation to findings from archaeological excavations he has led, since 2012, at the Spike Island site.  Barra is co-author of Too Beautiful for Thieves and Pickpockets: A History of the Victorian Convict Prison on Spike Island (published by Cork County Library, 2016). 

Discovering LGBT Irish History: 1970s to 2019

  • Title of the talk: “Discovering LGBT Irish History: 1970s to 2019”
  • Speaker: Dr Diarmuid Scully, Lecturer in UCC’s School of History and Events Officer of the UCC LGBT+ Staff Network
  • Date, time and venue: Tuesday 9 April, 5pm-6pm, O’Rahilly Building, room 255, UCC Main Campus
  • Practical details: No booking required; the capacity is 30 people and the room is wheelchair accessible

Diarmuid will give an illustrated talk about the history of LGBT + people in Ireland from the 1970s to 2019, focussing on key issues and events. How can we find out about LGBT+ Irish history? What can we learn about changing attitudes to LGBT+ people ? About their own experiences?  And why is it important to find out about this history? Diarmuid teaches a Case Study on modern and contemporary LGBT Irish Identities in the School of History.

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