Decolonising Place through Anticolonial Feminist Activist Practice Prof Karen E. Till Maynooth University – Department of Geography 23 February 2023 1pm Room 1.24 (ORB) This talk advocates a geographical approach to decolonising the concept of place, and hence practices of placemaking, as part of feminist activist collaborative approaches to contribute to creating more just and healthy worlds. A starting …
Strangers wandering – Seminar with Translator Stephen Beechinor
Strangers wandering A new translation of Juan Rulfo’s El Llano en llamas Book as terrain / Translation as map A seminar with translator Stephen Beechinor on his new 2019 translation of Mexican writer Juan Rulfo’s remarkable short stories. Aspects of practice for the literary translator. Working with an independent publisher, contract & rights. Preparing the ground. Approach on method and style. Editorial process …
‘Democracy and Defeat: Morante, Moravia and Malaparte in Capri, 1946’ – Franco Baldasso (Bard College)
Democracy and Defeat: Morante, Moravia and Malaparte in Capri, 1946 Franco Baldasso Bard College Thursday, 26 January 4.00 pm ORB 1.24 How Italy’s shared memory of Fascism and its cultural heritage took shape remains the most disputed question in the country’s modern history. Taking a cue from the unlikely meeting of Jewish authors Elsa Morante and Alberto …
Radical Translation (s) / Translating the Radical
CFP 3rd Annual Conference of the Translation Studies Network of Ireland Radical Translation (s) / Translating the Radical 27-28 April 2023 University College Cork Click HERE for the CFP
Online Seminar – The Anthropocene and Poetry – Discussion with David Farrier
The Rethinking Spatial Humanities cluster and the Eco-Humanities research group, UCC, are delighted to welcome Professor David Farrier, Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh, for an online discussion on the Anthropocene and poetry, Friday 2 December @ 10 am on Zoom. All welcome, registration here. https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/online-seminar-the-anthropocene-and-poetry-discussion-with-david-farrier-tickets-476411699217 Please contact Aoife Corcoran for further details, aoife.corcoran@ucc.ie
Memory, Mobility and Material Culture – Roundtable and Book Launch
Join us on Friday 25th November, at 3:30 pm in Mary Ryan Room, for a roundtable discussion with some of the contributors to the volume Memory, Mobility and Material Culture edited by Chiara Giuliani (Dept of Italian) and Kate Hodgson (Dept of French). Siobhán Browne and Clíona O’Carroll (Folklore), Chiara Giuliani (Italian), Kate Hodgson (French), Cara Levey (SPLAS) and Mastoureh …
Inferno – Elliot Murphy (Aula Maxima, Nov 11, 6.30 pm)
Join us in the Aula Maxima for an exclusive music performance of Inferno (live solo Cello and recorded parts) by Elliot Murphy! Elliot Murphy is an Irish composer and instrumentalist (cello, guitar) based in Berlin. In 2021, on the occasion of the Septuacentennial of Dante Alighieri’s death, he premiered his Inferno for live solo Cello and interactive pre-recorded strings at the Coach …
Dante Futures. New Voices in Ireland and the UK
The Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland & the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies are glad to announce the upcoming conference Dante Futures: New Voices in Ireland and the UK, which will be hosted by University College Cork on the 11th and 12th November 2022. Inspired by the A Centenary Celebration of New Voices in the UK and Irish Dante Studies event- held …
Architecture Oriented Otherwise: David Leatherbarrow and his Work
With Denis Linehan, Department of Geography Architecture Oriented Otherwise: David Leatherbarrow’s work 04.11 @ 10 am: Gathering in the Geography Library Room. Then, we will walk through the Glucksman with the work of David Leatherbarrow’s Topographical Stories. Studies in Landscape and Architectures & Architecture Oriented Otherwise. Please contact Barbara Siller (Barbara.siller@ucc.ie) for any further information.