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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The next talk in our Lunchtime Seminar Series is on Thurs 21 April by Prof Izabela Morska (Institute of English & American Studies at U of Gdańsk and HI Visiting Resident), ‘After Adamowicz: Assassination, Refuge, and the Fragile Ethics of Solidarity’ | HI Seminar Room/H204 at 13.10 | ALL WELCOME!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Join us for a PhD Research Showcase on ‘Irish Writing in Translation,’ convened & chaired by Dr Tim Groenland (UCD School of English, Drama & Film; Research Ireland Pathway Fellow; & HI Member) | W 15 April, 1-2pm | HI Seminar Room/H204 | tea & coffee provided | ALL WELCOME! @groenbot.bsky.social

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our next talk in the HI Lunchtime Seminar Series is on Tuesday 3 March by Dr Irial Glynn (UCD School of History and HI Member), ‘Boat refugees in a global age of (im)mobility: An historical analysis of a growing phenomenon’ | HI Seminar Room/H204/top floor at 1.10pm | ALL WELCOME!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Our ‘Festival of Ideas: Living in an Age of Permacrisis’ is SOLD OUT 🎉 Thanks for supporting all the fantastic artists and writers contributing to this arts event, which will take place at MOLI @molimuseum.bsky.social. A waitlist is available: bit.ly/49yVym1

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

⏱️ONE WEEK+ to submit your abstract to Ambra Bergamasco & Tasneem Filaih for their 28-29 May ‘Migration Beyond Emergency’ conference, a research project funded by UCD’s HI, College of Arts and Humanities & the School of Geography, College of Social Science and Law. See the CfP below for full details.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our next talk in the HI Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) is on Wednesday 18 February, 1.10-2pm, by Prof Lai Ma (UCD School of Information & Communication Studies), ‘Knowledge Flows and Open Research Infrastructure’ | HI Seminar Room H204 at 1.10pm | ALL WELCOME!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Co-chairs of the Humanities Migration Network, Dr Matthew Evans and Tasneem Filaih, warmly invite you to the ‘Lighting Talks’ session Wednesday 25 February 2026, in the HI Seminar Room/H204/top floor, at 11AM. Details on the poster below.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Our next talk in the HI Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) is on Thursday 12 February, 1.10-2pm, by Michael Boog (PhD Candidate at U of Bern), ‘Irrealizing Labor: Examples from Contemporary Anglophone Short Stories’ | HI Seminar Room H204 at 1.10pm | ALL WELCOME!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We are delighted to share that registration is now open for our arts and literary ‘Festival of Ideas: Living in an Age of Permacrisis,’ on Tuesday 10 March, 1-8pm, in MOLI. Tickets are free, but booking is essential. Register here: bit.ly/49yVym1

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We are delighted to host the new Migration Humanities Network, co-chaired by Tasneem Filaih & Dr Matthew Evans, for a coffee morning on W. 28 Jan. at 11am in the HI Seminar Room/H204. Part of the TNH Research Strand. All welcome. Register your interest in the Network here: forms.gle/yBsmKDigRSvR...

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

📌📅✨'Save the Date' for our upcoming public arts ‘Festival of Ideas in an Age of Permacrisis,’ 10 March 2026 at the @molimuseum.bsky.social. Full details, including how to get your tickets, coming early in the new year.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

⏱️FOUR MORE WEEKS to submit your abstract to @darlingorlaith.bsky.social and Fionnula Simpson for their upcoming 8-9 June 'Bad Feelings: Sadness and Gender in Contemporary Culture' conference, a research project funded by the UCD Humanities Institute's Seed Funding Scheme.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

📖📚The HI Silent Book Club 📴🔕will return on Thursday 4 December, 2.30-4 pm, in the HI Seminar Room (H204/top floor). This quiet space is ideal for anyone looking to read anything in preparation for an essay, assignment, and/or exam etc. Free event, all welcome; email humanities@ucd.ie to register.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We are delighted to welcome @sarahcolvin.bsky.social (Cambridge) to the HI for a talk, ‘Haunting Times: Ghosted Memory & Epistemic Revenants in Zhadan’s Ukraine (Voroshilovgrad, 2010) & Bulawayo’s Zimbabwe (Glory, 2022)’ | Fri 21 Nov 2025 @ 11am | Free event; register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/4nOqwul

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

📣🌍👥Next meeting of the ‘Transnationalising the Humanities’ PhD Network on Thursday 16 October at 4pm, first floor of the UCD Humanities Institute. Open to all PhD candidates in UCD's CAH with a research interest in TNH!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

⏳🎨This exhibition is not one to be missed! Artist Olga Diego’s temporary, interactive, giant plastic sculpture is now on until 12 October in the Newman Building. Part of ‘Imagined Sustainabilities’ (PIs Eva Bru-Dominguez & Ana Vera), co-funded by the HI & UCD Sustainability Seed Funding Schemes.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🔜⏳👀Coming soon, 6-10 Oct '25! This interactive art installation by artist Olga Diego explores the issue of plastic pollution. Part of the ‘Imagined Sustainabilities’ project led by Eva Bru-Dominguez & Ana Vera, co-funded by the Humanities Institute & UCD Sustainability Seed Funding Schemes.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Here's the CfP for the Critical Minerals Symposium (7 Nov '25, Dublin). Organised by @gigitang.bsky.social & Katie Donnelly (both in the UCD School of English, Drama & Film; Resident Scholars @ucdhumanities.bsky.social; and researchers on the Research Ireland @imperialminerals.bsky.social project)

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

SOLD OUT! We are delighted to welcome world-renowned public intellectuals Aleida Assmann and Susan Neiman to the HI for a TNH roundtable on ‘The Future of Cultural Memory in Times of Disruption’ | 28th May 2025 @ 4.30pm

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

We are delighted to welcome world-renowned public intellectuals Aleida Assmann and Susan Neiman to the HI for a TNH roundtable on ‘The Future of Cultural Memory in Times of Disruption’ | 28th May 2025 @ 4.30pm | Please register for this free event on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-future...

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

We're excited to share the programme for our upcoming 3-day, international, transdisciplinary symposium ‘From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis & Polycrisis: Epistemological Perspectives & Interventions’ (22-24 May). Attendance is free; booking essential. 22 May (Day 1): www.eventbrite.ie/e/from-moder...

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We were delighted to host Profs Kader Konuk & Vanessa Agnew, who spoke generously & movingly about their inspiring ‘Academy in Exile’ project, a case study on the theme of the crisis of the humanities.

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This afternoon, 4pm! We're greatly looking forward to this almost sold-out roundtable with Profs Kader Konuk & Vanessa Agnew (Dortmund) in conversation with Prof Anne Fuchs (UCD) on the topic of crisis of the humanities and scholars-at-risk. Register on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1300476152...

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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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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Our second of two talks next week in the HI Lunchtime Seminar Series is on Thursday, 24 April: Bryony Smith (UL; Visiting HI Scholar; & Turing Scheme Scholar), ‘UK Museums and Colonialism: How not to curate an exhibition’ | HI Seminar Room H204 @ 1.10pm | ALL WELCOME!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

There are only a few seats remaining for this TNH roundtable event with Profs Kader Konuk & Vanessa Agnew (Dortmund) on 'The Crisis of the Humanities: Responses & Interventions.' | 30th April 2025 @ 4pm | Register for this free event on EVENTBRITE: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-crisis...

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Our next talk in the HI Lunchtime Seminar Series is on Wednesday, 23 April: Dr Francesco Milella (UCD), ‘Navigating turbulent waters: Italian opera and the trauma of modernity at the end of the Spanish empire (1800-1830)’ | HI Seminar Room H204 @ 1.10pm | ALL WELCOME!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Our next talk in the HI Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2025) is on Monday, 14 April: Prof Raymond Blake (U of Regina), ‘Donald Trump, Canada, and the Shaping of a National Identity’ | HI Seminar Room H204 @ 1.10pm | ALL WELCOME! Co-sponsored with the UCD Centre for Canadian Studies

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Our next talk in the HI Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2025) is on Tuesday, 8 April: Dr Tapasya Narang, ‘Transnational Modernism: Comparing Small Press Productions from Dublin and Bombay (1960s-70s)’ | HI Seminar Room H204 @ 1pm sharp | ALL WELCOME!

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UCD Humanities Institute @ucdhumanities.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We are delighted to welcome Profs Kader Konuk & Vanessa Agnew (Technical University Dortmund) to the HI for a TNH roundtable on 'The Crisis of the Humanities: Responses and Interventions' | 30th April 2025 @ 4pm | Please register for this free event on EVENTBRITE: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-crisis...

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