Non-Binary Gender Identities and Language
We’re delighted to announce the first of the research cluster events for 2024, a talk on non-binary identities and language by Dr Sebastian Cordoba (Senior Lecturer in Psychology, London Metropolitan University), which will take place next Wednesday, 17th January, at 1pm on Teams. In this talk, introduced by cluster member and PhD researcher El Plaza, Dr Cordoba will discuss his recently …
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
The 16 Days of Activism is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. The campaign was started by activists at the inauguration of the Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991. It is used as an organizing strategy by individuals …
LASTESIS Workshop
On 13 November 2023 Chilean feminist collective, LASTESIS visited UCC for a public conversation and a two-hour workshop. The workshop entitled “Feminist and political collage: interdisciplinary strategies for performance”, emphasised the importance of acting with urgency in response to gender-based violence, and had participants engage with the topic through words, images, and movement. The event was generously supported by several …
Day of the Dead Film Screening and Conversation
On 1 November 2023 SPLAS together with the Violence, Conflict and Gender research cluster hosted a screening of Crisálida (Chrysalis), a short documentary about the Day of the Dead, death, loss and transformation during the Covid pandemic and beyond, as told by three women, Cecilia Gamez, Emily Wood Ramirez Ahmed and Elisa Ponce from different Mexican communities in Cork, Bournemouth and London. …
Violence, Conflict, and Gender – Reading Group
The cluster meets for monthly reading groups and all members are warmly invited to share a text they would like to discuss. On 25 October 2023, Noreen Kane led a discussion on an article by East African feminist scholar and activist Jessica Horn: “Decolonising Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health in Development: African Feminist Innovations” (2020). On 29 November 2023, Dr …
Everytrans*, everywhere, all at once: A workshop on Trans* Cultural Representation
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 …
Book Launch: Representing Gender-Based 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 …