Understanding the Past to (re-)Inform the Future: The Role of NS-Resistance yesterday and its Relevance today

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, LIFE WRITING

Understanding the Past to (re-)Inform the Future: The role of NS-Resistance yesterday and its Relevance today February 23, 2023 Dora Allman Lecture Room, University College Cork   The 22nd of February 2023, marking the 80th anniversary of Sophie Scholl’s death, was the decisive starting point for this symposium, organised by Dr Claire O’Reilly, Department of German, entitled ‘Understanding the Past …

Everytrans*, everywhere, all at once: A workshop on Trans* Cultural Representation

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, GENDER&VIOLENCE

Tuesday 2 May 15:00-17:00 Organised in collaboration with the Violence, Conflict and Gender cluster’s Erasmus+ visiting researcher, El Plaza, this event facilitates conversations across languages, time periods and contexts to explore the cultural representation of trans* lives with a view to questioning depictions lacking in nuance, or the creation of trans-exclusive narratives. Following contributions from the four speakers, all at …

Irish Writing and Literary Translation: Author Donal Ryan and Translator Anna-Nina Kroll in Conversation

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

Irish Writing and Literary Translation: Author Donal Ryan and Translator Anna-Nina Kroll in Conversation Monday 24th April 2023 CACSSS Seminar Room – O’Rahilly Building, ORB G.27 4:00 pm   You all warmly welcome to this event that brings together the award-winning writer Donal Ryan and his German translator Anna-Nina Kroll, who is also the UCC/Literature Ireland Translator in Residence, 2022-2023. …

Analysing the Anniversary: Memory-Making in National Moments of Commemoration

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, MEMORY

A roundtable discussion organised by the CASiLaC research cluster, Memory, Commemoration and Uses of the Past, chaired by Chiara Giuliani (UCC) and featuring: Dónal Hassett (University College Cork) Heather Laird (University College Cork) Louisa Esther Mugabo (University College Cork) Kevin O’Sullivan (University of Galway) John Paul Newman (University of Maynooth) Monday 3rd April, 3-5pm, Mary Ryan Room (ORB – O’Rahilly Building) …

Book Launch: Representing Gender-Based Violence

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, GENDER&VIOLENCE

Representing Gender-Based Violence Monday 20 March North Council Room at 2pm   The Violence, Conflict and Gender research cluster in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC) warmly invites you to the launch of Representing Gender-Based Violence: Global Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan 2023) edited by Dr Caroline Williamson Sinalo (UCC) and Dr Nicoletta Mandolini (Universidade do Minho). Dr Alan Gibbs …

Two Seminars on Literary Translation, with Anna-Nina Kroll and Clara Ministral

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

The research cluster Translation and Creative Practice cordially invites you to the following two seminars on literary translation:   Of Strange Flowers, Snowflakes and Milkmen – an introduction to the work of a literary translator EN-GER Anna-Nina Kroll, 2022-2023 Literature Ireland/SLLC Literary Translator in Residence   Thursday 9thMarch 2023 O’Rahilly Building, ORB. 132 4:00–6:00 pm Anna-Nina Kroll, currently Literary Translator …