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Ailise Bulfin

@ailise-bulfin.bsky.social
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Popular culture from 19thC to now: catastrophe | war | environment ERC PI: Child Sexual Abuse in Fiction csa-in-fiction.com @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social Book: Gothic Invasions: Imperialism, War & Pop Fiction people.ucd.ie/ailise.bulfin1

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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Calling people who work with survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Focus Group on what support professionals think about fiction depicting CSA - how the fiction may affect survivors and their work as support professionals Sign up here (Info & Consent form) www.canva.com/design/DAHC4... CSAReps@ucd.ie
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The workshop includes flash-talk presentations followed by Q&A sessions, with a roundtable discussion on the connections between violence, health, and the (health) @sophiefranklin.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Congratulations to Sophie on organising an excellent, thought-provoking workshop on Violence, Health and the (Health) Humanities last week. Making connections across a range of Humanities approaches to researching violence and musing on what a Health Humanities framework affords.
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Our wonderfully talented advisory board member @hazelklarkin.bsky.social is hosting online writing classes every Saturday in February see links below for details lnkd.in/eQ3DePFz, @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social lnkd.in/eG3zWm4y
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Looking forward to this event @theflyingchild.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social www.theflyingchild.com/events-list
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Events | The Flying Child
Join The Flying Child Events to hear the voices of those with lived experience and their professional allies. Challenging stigma and embracing the mantra “Society’s shame, not mine,” these events crea...
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
CSAReps latest podcast with Dr Susan Leahy @unioflimerick.bsky.social interviewed by Aleksandra Milenović is now available on our website csa-in-fiction.com/podcasts/ @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social, @drcisme.bsky.social, @theflyingchild.bsky.social
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
CSAReps is also delighted to announce we will present at The Conference of the International Society for the Study of Narrative conferences.au.dk/narrative2026 @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @sophiefranklin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
CSAReps Project is delighted to annouce we will present at the SCSMI conference in June in Amsterdam @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @sophiefranklin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social www.scsmi-online.org/conference
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We are delighted to welcome our newest board member. John (Baker)Gregor. John has been a professional actor for over thirty years,working in theatre, television, short film @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Preventing childhood sexual violence requires collective action. Growing Up Safe, a new guide from @ToZeroOrg / @tozeroorg.bsky.social, provides messaging guidance and practical tools to shift narratives toward prevention, collective action, and hope. 👉https://bit.ly/ToZeroGuide #GrowingUpSafe
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
CSAReps team were delighted to be able to contribute to the development of this new guide from ToZero. All children deserve to grow up safely. Childhood sexual violence is preventable — we just need to change how we talk about it. @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @tozeroorg.bsky.social
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Ruth Beecher @ruthbeecher.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Web: shra.bbk.ac.uk/blog/recovery-history-oral-history/
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Recovery History Oral History – Sexual Harms Research Alliance
I’m Ruth Beecher and this is my colleague Katie Elliott. Over the last few months, we’ve started recording the life histories of survivors of childhood sexual abuse for the Recovery Histories project....
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Recovery Histories @recovery-histories.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Yesterday we posted posters and cards to survivors’ organisations across Ireland, Wales, Scotland & England with the hope that we will reach people who are not on social media and who might like to record their oral histories with us. We will preserve them & value them. Let us know if you can help.
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We are hiring a part time Research Assistant to work on the @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social, ideally to start in January 2026, please see link for details & email me with any questions ailise.bulfin1@ucd.ie universityvacancies.com/university-c...
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Research Assistant, UCD School of English, Drama Film, Temp | University Vacancies Ireland
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
If you would like to donate to a fantastic cause, this is it!!! @theflyingchild.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congratulations Shelley 💕
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Thank you all once more for your heartfelt presentations at our CSAReps Project Launch event last week and to all the wonderful attendees who joined us and our CSAReps Project Team @brenrooney.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social, David and Emilie
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
@ailise-bulfin.bsky.social Thursday 1st May 2025 at Dept of Justice, "Irish Attitudes to Tackling Child Sexual Abuse. A Whole of Society Approach". What an inspirational event to attend. Well done to all involved! @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Join us for Day 2 of this event Program: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
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CSAReps Project Launch event
Launch event for the Investigating Fictional Representations of Child Sexual Abuse in Contemporary Culture project (2 afternoon sessions)
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Starting this afternoon! Program: www.canva.com/design/DAGlc...
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Reminder
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Reminder & program: www.canva.com/design/DAGlc...
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Reminder
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Dear All, Please see programme for CSAReps Project Launch www.eventbrite.ie/e/1280573031...
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Professor Sameena Mulla will give a public lecture at Birkbeck on Weds 30 April from 6pm on the topic of 'Moynihan Redux: How Courts Theorize Black Families in the Prosecution of Sexual Assault.' @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @ruthbeecher.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm.... The amazing Hazel Larkin - trauma informed therapist, one of a kind, gains recognition of her wonderful work in this article @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social
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Wishful thinking won't stop 'epidemic' of child sexual abuse
Training professionals who deal with children in how to spot the signs and address child sexual abuse would change outcomes for many
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
***Reminder*** Please join us for CSAReps Project Launch on 29th and 30th of April, please see details on poster below to register. This is a free online event. @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social
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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We have a double-header next week in our HI Lunchtime Seminar Series.
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Reminder - detailed programme coming soon
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Sophie Franklin @sophiefranklin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📣 Online talk: @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social and Giulia Scapin (UCD), ‘Investigating fictional representations of child sexual abuse and using the Shared Reading method to work with people with difficult lived experience’ 📆 13:00 BST Wednesday 23rd April ✉️ Email chh@reading.ac.uk for Teams link.
Online talk as part of the University of Reading's Centre for Health Humanities' seminar series. The talk is by Dr Ailise Bulfin and Giulia Scapin (University College Dublin); and the title is: ‘Investigating fictional representations of child sexual abuse and using the Shared Reading method to work with people with difficult lived experience’. The talk takes place at 13:00 BST Wednesday 23rd April 2025. 
This talk discusses the nature and social impact of fictional representations of child sexual abuse (CSA) and using the Shared Reading bibliotherapy method. Although CSA is a critical and growing issue, it remains relatively taboo and this social avoidance negatively impacts survivors’ wellbeing and prevention efforts. Yet CSA is widely represented in fictional works (e.g. novels, TV series and films), which potentially affect both survivors’ and wider public understandings of the issue. The talk introduces the European Research Council-funded CSAReps project, ‘Investigating Fictional Representations of Child Sexual Abuse in Contemporary Culture: Myths and Understanding’, which sets out to explore these representations – which to date are quite understudied in cultural scholarship. Bulfin and Scapin will also outline the possible benefits of using the Shared Reading practice in research on child sexual abuse representations. They will present what Shared Reading is (and is not), and previous research that employed it in the medical humanities. They will then describe the potential applications in this and future research projects, for example to address stereotypical ideas against marginalized populations and normalize the discussion around child sexual abuse.   
Email chh@reading.ac.uk for Teams meeting information.
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CSAReps project @csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Our PI Ailise Bulfin and postdoc Giulia Scapin from CSAReps Project Team are presenting at the below event on Wednesday 23rd April at 13.00 GMT, Please see joining details on the poster below @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This event might be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse and the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we would appreciate a repost) @survivorsrise.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @shinybluedress.bsky.social @wrt-t.bsky.social @patriciadebney.bsky.social @taniachumphrey.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @cherylrainfield.bsky.social @childabusesurvivor.net @featsofstrength.bsky.social @gdcribbs.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @lucycogan.bsky.social @alicemauger.bsky.social @rhetorician.bsky.social @drdara.bsky.social @bianchiniginevra.bsky.social @profdarryljones.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @camillelw.bsky.social @maireadenright.bsky.social @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @ciarab.bsky.social @boddice.bsky.social @sgolightley.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This may be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse & the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we'd appreciate a repost) @mike-salter.bsky.social @ruthbeecher.bsky.social @amybeddows.bsky.social @profkarenboyle.bsky.social @joannabourke.bsky.social @victoriabates.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This might be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse and the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we would appreciate a repost) @recovery-histories.bsky.social @scsmi.bsky.social @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @clsrleeds.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @narrprof.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This event might be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse and the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we would appreciate a repost) @irishgothichorror.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social @serpinstitute.bsky.social @themhra.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This event might be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse and the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we would appreciate a repost) @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @ucl-ias.bsky.social @engagedroadmap.bsky.social @irishhumanities.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This event might be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse and the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we would appreciate a repost) @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucdspswsj.bsky.social @ucdsociology.bsky.social @ucdpress.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This may be of interest to #MedicalHumanities folks (& we'd appreciate a repost) @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @oxmedhum.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @desfitzgerald.bsky.social @sarialtschuler.bsky.social @riacheyne.bsky.social @aryaray.bsky.social @the-polyphony.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
FYI this event might be of interest (and we would appreciate a repost) @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social @clionas.bsky.social @rapecrisis.bsky.social @ciarabergman.bsky.social @soscsa.org @csasurvivors.org @nsn.bsky.social @bystander-ucc.bsky.social @mensaidireland.bsky.social @thesvri.bsky.social
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Join us for the CSAReps project online launch event Apr 29th & 30th With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr... Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Our very own in house poster designer Aleksandra Milenovic hanging posters in UCD this week to advertise our CSAReps Project Launch (@csarepsprojectucd.bsky.social) event on 29th & 30th April please see link to book tickets www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr... Please share! Looking forward to it
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Ailise Bulfin @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Join us for the CSAReps project online launch event Apr 29th & 30th With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr... Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
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