Launch of MA in Comparative and World Literature
- 19 Dec 2011
Professor Liliane Weissberg and Dr. Gert Hofmann at the lecture on 12 December 2011.
Guest Lecture and Book Launch - Monday 28th November 2011
- 11 Nov 2011
A Guest Lecture by Professor Tim Youngs and a Book Launch were held on Monday 28th November 2011.
Chicano Conference, UCC. 24th and 25th June 2011
- 25 Jun 2011
The Chicano Conference, organised by the Hispanics Studies Department within the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, was held in UCC on 24th and 25th June 2011.
Book Launch in the Department of German
- 14 Jun 2011
The editors of the volume "German and European Poetics after the Holocaust. Crisis and Creativity", Gert Hofmann, Rachel MagShamhráin, Marko Pajević and Michael Shields, present their work to the academic public, pictured here together with Maeve Conrick, Head of School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Graham Allen, Vice Head of College, who delivered the presentation speech.
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Timothy Unwin, Adjunct Professor, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- 16 May 2011
Dr. Maeve Conrick, Professor Tim Unwin and Professor Grace Neville at the Council Room for the Inaugural Lecture.
Book Launch - Cork's World Theatre
- 17 Jan 2012
Book Launch of World Theatre: Translation-Adaptation-Production / Welttheater: übersetzen-adaptieren-inszenieren
IRCHSS New Ideas
- 23 Jan 2012
Congratulations to the staff in the School who were awarded with IRCHSS New Ideas Grants recently: Dr. Patrick Crowley, Professor Patrick O'Donovan and Dr. Laura Rascaroli.
IRCHSS New Ideas
- 22 Mar 2012
The making and breaking of limits
The making and breaking of limits is a research workshop in the humanities that will take place in University College Cork on 23 March 2012 in the Meeting Room, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, from 11.30 to 4.
Mary Ryan Scholarships
- 23 Jan 2012
Dante Lecture Series
- 07 Feb 2012
The Department of Italian, the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the College of Arts, Celtics Studies and Social Sciences UCC are pleased to announce a second series of five public lectures on the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
Las Orillas de la Cosas, Reflections on the work of Juan Rulfo
- 23 Feb 2012
Guest Lecture by WOLFGANG LÖRSCHER at 5 p.m. Tuesday 8th May 2012
- 03 May 2012
The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures would like to invite you to the following lecture:
"Current Issues in Translation Studies"
By PROF. DR. phil. habil. WOLFGANG LÖRSCHER, Dean of Faculty of Philology, University of Leipzig
At 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday 8th May 2012 in ORB 1.23
Body and Awareness Conference
- 25 May 2012
Body and Awareness. The Discourse between Anthropology and Literature
International Conference in Zadar, Croatia. 25-27 May 2012
Cork's World Theatre - Performance, Publication, Film
- 24 May 2012
IRCHSS New Ideas collaboration with European University Institute
- 08 May 2012
Dr. H.H. Stewart Literary Scholarships 2011
- 18 Oct 2011
Congratulations to Niall Colbert, Undergraduate Award winner
- 15 Nov 2012
Imagining Contemporary Algerias: Communities, Nation-State, the Maghreb and the Mediterranean, International Workshop, UCC, 7-8 September 2012.
- 08 Aug 2012
Imagining Contemporary Algerias:
Communities, Nation-State, the Maghreb and the Mediterranean
International Workshop, University College Cork, Ireland
September 7-8, 2012
IRCHSS funded Workshop takes place in Paris
- 02 Jul 2012
Transitions in Comparative Studies
- 14 Jun 2012
Feminism: Activism: Modernism conference. 14-15 September 2012 in UCC.
- 14 Sep 2012
Golden Age Research Symposium, UCC, 23-25 November 2012
- 20 Nov 2012
H.H. Stewart Literary Scholarships 2012
- 18 Oct 2012
Alphaville Inaugural Conference, UCC, 7-9 September 2012
- 04 Sep 2012
Certificate in Arts (Italian, Portuguese and Hispanic Studies)
- 25 Jul 2012
Poetry Kitchen - fundraiser for Cork Penny Dinners
- 02 Dec 2013
This Thursday December 5th there will be a fundraiser for Cork Penny Dinners in G27 (O'Rahilly Building) at 6pm.
My Inner World an Exhibition by Daniel Weinstock. 7 January - 29 March 2013. Boole Library, UCC.
- 10 Jan 2013
My Inner World an Exhibition by Daniel Weinstock.
The Violent Border - Research Symposium, 15 February 2013.
- 07 Feb 2013
The Violent Border - Research Symposium, 15 February 2013.
Cork Celebrates Sant Jordi
- 25 Apr 2013
Cork Celebrates Sant Jordi - A Catalan Cultural Encounter.
17.30 - 19.15, Saturday 27th April 2013 at the Cork City Library.
Vient de paraître aux Éditions Honoré Champion
- 19 Jul 2013
Édition critique par Jeanne Brunereau
752 p., relié.
ISBN 978-2-7453-1926-5.
150 €
Interesting Article in Irish Times
- 25 Oct 2013
Oliver O' Hanlon, a PhD student in the French Department, has had two articles relating to his research published in 'An Irishman's Diary' (Irish Times).
Congratulations to recipients of the Dr H.H. Stewart Scholarships and Prizes
- 14 Nov 2013
L-R: Mairéad Jones (2nd Prize in German), Tracy Burke Bukulin (2nd Prize in Italian and Commendation in French), Andrea Lane (Scholarship in Latin), Bríd Furlong (3rd Prize in Latin), Nicole Clinton (Scholarship in Spanish)
1st International Conference: Performative Teaching, Learning and Research
- 18 Nov 2013
1st International Conference: Performative Teaching, Learning and Research.
Check out these Scholarships worth up to €10K
- 06 Dec 2013
The Quercus Talented Students’ Programme is aimed at supporting and promoting excellence in academia, sport, creative and performing arts, active citizenship and innovation/entrepreneurship for both prospective undergraduate students and students already registered in UCC.
Public lecture by acclaimed composer, Carl Davis C.B.E. Film Studies Auditorium, Windle Building, Main campus, UCC at 6pm on Monday December 16.
- 25 Nov 2013
Film and Screen Media at University College Cork, in association with the School of English, UCC, the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, UCC and the Cork Screen Commission, is pleased to announce a public lecture by acclaimed composer, Carl Davis C.B.E.
The new Culture as Performance – Performance as Culture research cluster within SLLC's Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC), was launched on November 25th.
- 01 Dec 2014
Cork based Rosalin Blue gave a taste of her work as a poetry performer. Under the title: "What is Spoken Word? What is Performance Poetry?"
The 25-minute performance part was followed by a lively discussion about different performative styles and the potential role of 'literature performance' within the modern languages curriculum at UCC.
Home thoughts from abroad: History, the Press and Diaspora
- 27 Nov 2014
Diaspora and the Press was the focus of the Seventh Annual NPHFI Conference, which took place in UCC on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November.
A Visit by John Crowley - Friday 28th November 2014
- 24 Nov 2014
The acclaimed director, John Crowley, will visit UCC on Friday 28th November 2014 at 1 pm in the Windle Building.
Launch of the BA World Languages (CK110), 6 p.m. Tuesday 25th November in Boole 3
- 17 Oct 2014
To mark the Official Launch of the BA World Languages (CK110) by Professor Caroline Fennell, Head of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, the distinguished linguist, Professor David Crystal will deliver a lecture on 'The Structure of Language'. This event will take place at 6 p.m. on Tuesday 25th November 2014 in Boole 3. All welcome.
Stage Presence: Marguerite Duras and the Theatre
- 06 Nov 2014
On 21 and 22 November 2014, UCC will welcome a group of international scholars to celebrate the centenary of the birth of French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-1996).
Congratulations to the Mary Ryan Language Scholarship Recipients 2014
- 30 Oct 2014
Photographed with Professor Nuala Finnegan, Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, were the recipients of the Mary Ryan Language Scholarships 2014, Geraldine Doolan, Aisling Ni Dhonnabhain, Ellen Patterson, Ashleigh Kavanagh and Davina Muntjewerff
Conference on Adaptation in UCC 3-4 October 2014
- 02 Oct 2014
On 3-4 October, UCC’s College of Arts is hosting a conference on Adaptation, focusing on the collaborative creative processes involved, with keynotes by Thomas Leitch (Delaware) and Judith Buchanan (York) as well as a staged interview with author John Banville.
Public Lecture by Professor Charles Forsdick - 5 p.m. Monday 29th September 2014
- 23 Sep 2014
A Public Lecture will be held to mark the occasion of the opening of the new Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC).
Echo's Voice Book Launch
- 09 Sep 2014
You are warmly invited to a wine reception to celebrate the launch of Dr Mary Noonan's Echo's Voice - The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude on Thursday 18th September at 6.15 p.m. in ORB 2.02, UCC
LX Anglo-Catalan Society Annual Conference 5-7 Sept. 2014
- 19 Aug 2014
As a pre-conference activity, part of the LX Anglo-Catalan Society Annual Conference, famous Catalan media presenter and journalist Miquel Calçada will give a Public Lecture in English, on the subject of the 1714-2014 Tricentenary commemorations in Catalonia.
The venue for this event will be the CACSSS Seminar Room, located in the O'Rahilly Building on the UCC main campus (ORB_G27). The lecture will start at 7:00 pm.
Research Symposium in Mexican and Mexican-American Studies
- 29 May 2014
This symposium invites participation from scholars working both in the area traditionally constituted as Mexican Studies and also in the area of Mexican-American and/or Chicano Studies. Its focus is deliberately expansive and we welcome proposals that will illuminate current approaches to, explorations of and pathways through these rich multidisciplinary fields that are underpinned by work in both the social sciences and humanities. The symposium aims to showcase research into Mexican and Mexican-American Studies as currently conceptualised, studied and taught in the academy. The symposium provides the opportunity to debate and discuss scholarly research and inquiry on Mexico from a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives. Interventions in the areas of cultural studies, literatures, art, theatre and performance, history, political science, anthropology, sociology and digital humanities are welcome
Symposium Book Launch
- 29 May 2014
You are invited to the Book Launch of 'Sueño' by Lorna Dee Cervantes, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday 4th June in the Cork Vision Centre.
The Expression of Temporality by L2 Learners of French and English
- 20 May 2014
The International Conference, The Expression of Temporality by L2 Learners of French and English. Acquisition of Time, Aspect and Modality, takes place this week on 22-24 May at the University of Montpellier 3 – Paul Valéry.
Invitation to Book Launch in the Department of French
- 15 May 2014
On Thursday May 29 at 18.15 there will be a reception in the Department of French to mark the launch of Dr Angela Ryan's critical edition of George Sand's Un hiver à Majorque (Paris: Editions Honoré Champion, 2013).
New Directions in the Performance of Violence and Trauma in the Hispanic World
- 01 May 2014
'New Directions in the Performance of Violence and Trauma in the Hispanic World' will be held in UCC on the 8th of May 2014.
MA in Languages and Cultures
- 28 Apr 2014
Are you a recent graduate in French, German, Spanish or Italian? Are you looking to expand your skills base and boost your future employability?
The MA in Languages and Cultures provides graduates with the opportunity to work on the myriad roles of languages and cultures in today's world.
It will allow students to specialize in any of the language subjects in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures in UCC including French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese.
The programme offers a pathway to employment, to work in research and development, and to further study.
Mary Ryan Language Scholarships
- 10 Mar 2014
UCC’s College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences held its annual Undergraduate Scholarship award ceremony on Thursday, 27 February, in the University’s Glucksman Gallery, with awards across all degree programmes.
Departmental Research Seminars
- 07 Mar 2014
A list of Departmental Research Seminars organised by the Departments in the School is now available.
Research Opportunities with Languages
- 03 Mar 2014
Final Year Students: An important date for your diary: 6 - 8 p.m. Wednesday 12th March (Kane G18)
Postgraduate Conference in Italian Studies - UCC Saturday 1st March 2014
- 27 Feb 2014
The Postgraduate Conference in Italian Studies will be held in UCC on Saturday 1st March 2014. For further information please see the Italian Departments Facebook page: www.facebook.com/italianUCC
Le Marche - Talk on Wednesday 26 February at 7 pm in the City Library
- 25 Feb 2014
Dott. M Gabriella Caponi-Doherty of the Department of Italian in UCC will give a talk - 'Le Marche, a hidden treasure' - on Wednesday 26 February at 7 pm in the City Library. Free Admission. All welcome.
‘A Story of Two Revolutions’ Exhibition of Work by Patrick Altes, Thursday February 13, Christchurch Gallery, Triskel Arts Centre Cork, 17.00 – 18. 30
- 06 Feb 2014
‘A Story of Two Revolutions’ Exhibition of Work by Patrick Altes, will be held on Thursday February 13, at the Christchurch Gallery, Triskel Arts Centre Cork, from 17.00 – 18. 30
Dante Lecture Series 2014
- 16 Jan 2014
DANTE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES 2014 UCC
The Department of Italian and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures UCC are pleased to announce a fourth series of five public lectures on the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
EU Careers Ambassador in UCC
- 24 Jan 2014
The EU Careers Ambassador in UCC, Oliver O'Hanlon, wishes to highlight some events that will be taking place in UCC this term. His role as EU Careers Ambassador is to promote the idea of working in EU Institutions among his fellow UCC students.
- EU Careers Ambassador Talk - Boole 2 - Wednesday, 29 January 2014 - 6pm. He will give a talk on what jobs / internships are on offer and how to apply for them. Mary McCarthy (UCC Careers) will also speak at this event on EU Careers.
- Postgraduate Open Day - Aula Maxima - Tuesday, 4 February 2014. A stand to promote EU Careers will be staffed by Oliver and representatives from relevant EU Dublin offices.
- Minister of State for European Affairs visit to UCC - Boole 3 - Wednesday, 12 March 2014 - 1pm. The Minister of State for European Affairs, Paschal Donoghue TD, will visit UCC on 12 March 2014. He will deliver an address to UCC students, staff and graduates on the various EU career opportunities that are open to UCC graduates.
These and other events can be followed on this dedicated Facebook page and there will also be posters placed around the campus.
PROCESS AND PRACTICE: ADAPTATION CONSIDERED AS A COLLABORATIVE ART
- 20 Jan 2014
Call for Papers: PROCESS AND PRACTICE: ADAPTATION CONSIDERED AS A COLLABORATIVE ART, 3-4 October 2014, University College Cork.
Postgraduate Symposium 'Irish Revolution 1912-1923 as Viewed from Outside'
- 07 Jan 2014
The international interdisciplinary postgraduate symposium Irish Revolution 1912-1923 as Viewed from Outside will be held in UCC 13 & 14 June 2014.