La Commedia Divina – 100 Lithographs by Liam Ó Broin

Jacopo Turini CDSI, EVENTS

The CDSI (Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland) cordially invites you to the virtual launch of our Online Exhibition: La Commedia Divina – 100 Lithographs by Liam Ó Broin The launch will take place via Zoom at 17.00 on Dantedì – that is, Dante-day (25 March), the day in which the Florentine poet is celebrated around the world. This year …

Research seminar – “I have in my translations tried to bring over the qualities of Guido”. Ezra Pound’s Cavalcanti

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, TRANSLATION

As part of the activities of the research cluster Translation and Creative Practice, Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC), School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, UCC, you are all welcome to the following research seminar: “I have in my translations tried to bring over the qualities of Guido” Ezra Pound’s Cavalcanti Dr Valentina Mele (IRC Postdoctoral Fellow …

Topophrenia and Social Distancing; or, Spatiality in the Time of Lockdown – Robert T. Tally Jr. – March, 22nd, 4pm

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

  ‘Rethinking Spatial Humanities’ Research Cluster – ‘Space and Affect’ Lecture Series   Topophrenia and Social Distancing; or, Spatiality in the Time of Lockdown Prof. Robert T. Tally Jr. Texas State University   Monday, 22 March, 2021 at 4.00 pm (Irish time) Online seminar on MSTeams Please write to s.ross@ucc.ie for the link to the lecture.   Abstract: The emergence …

Hauntings from the Present and the Future

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, MEMORY

Dr Chiara Giuliani, Dr Till Weingärtner, and the CASiLaC Memory, Commemoration and Uses of the Past research cluster invite you all to the upcoming seminar on hauntology and spectrality by Prof Esther Peeren from the University of Amsterdam on Thursday 28th January, 4 pm, on Teams (link below). Click here to join the meeting   Prof Peeren’s abstract In this …

Critical Care. Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet – Elke Krasny – January, 18th, 10am.

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

In medical terms critical care, also known as intensive care, is a specialized branch of medicine dedicated to diagnosing and treating life-threatening conditions. For this lecture, this term is borrowed to address the planet’s life-threatening condition. Throughout the twenty-first century the condition of the planet has made headlines. The news is not good. The diagnosis is bleak. We have come …

Interrogating violent extremism in Kenya from a feminist perspective using body mapping

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, GENDER&VIOLENCE

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 14:00 In this public event, Dr Sahla Aroussi, Associate Professor in Global Security Challenges at the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds presented her work as co-investigator of a Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)/ UKRI Global Network research award on Gender and Responding to Violent Extremism, focusing on the body mapping methodology employed to …

Gender-Based Violence in the Pandemic and its Media Coverage: Who Gets to be Represented?

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, GENDER&VIOLENCE

Tuesday, 8 December 2020 at 09:30 This public event was organised in collaboration with the Department of French in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Dr Nathalie Ségeral, Lecturer in French at the University of Sydney presented her work on feminist activism and media coverage of GBV during the 2020 pandemic in France. Abstract: The few months leading up …

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021. Dante Public Lecture Series

Jacopo Turini CDSI, EVENTS

The Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland is pleased to announce the annual series of five public lectures on Dante   DANTE LECTURE SERIES 2021 1) Monday 1 February – Prof. Zygmunt G. Barański (University of Notre Dame; University of Cambridge) – "Di ramo in ramo": Faith and Imagery in Paradiso XXIV". 2) Monday 8 February – Prof. Alison Cornish …

Launch of new research cluster on ‘Life Writing’

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, LIFE WRITING

  Launch of new research cluster on ‘Life Writing’ Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC) Thursday 5 November 2020, 4-6 pm MS Teams Contact Rachel MagShamhráin, r.magshamhrain@ucc.ie, to attend   We invite colleagues and students interested in the broad field of Life Writing to join us for the launch of a new research cluster within the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages …