WERRC Research Seminars: PIRA women between 1969 and 1984.

Notice of next Research Seminar, Resource Room (A201), WERRC, Hannah
Sheehy-Skeffington Building


Thursday 17th April; 3.00pm-4.15pm

Eoin Clarke, School of History, Queen’s University, Belfast.
"A quantitative analysis of the social profile of (Provisional IRA)
PIRA women between 1969 and 1984"

ALL WELCOME

Lesbian Mothers - Challenging or Copying Conventional Parenting?

Women’s Studies School of Social Justice Research Seminar Series

Resource Room (A201), WERRC,

Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington Building

21st Feb; 3.00pm-4.15pm

Hazel O’Brien, Women’s Studies, School of Social Justice, UCD

Lesbian Mothers - Challenging or Copying Conventional Parenting?

ALL WELCOME

Via Women's Studies.

Dublin: LESBIAN LIVES XV: 'Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories and Praxis'

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LESBIAN LIVES XV

'Writing Lesbian Culture: Theories and Praxis’

Women’s Studies,

School of Soical Justice,

UCDVenue - Hannah Sheehy Skeffington Building (HSS)UCD

- see campus map at http://www.ucd.ie/maps/index.html - the building is marked no. 44FRIDAY 15th FEBRUARY

The conference programme for lesbian Lives XV is now available at

https://www.eventznet.ie/ev/ac/womensstudies/lesbianlivesxv/

The social event for this conference is theLesbian Lives Party in association with Affinity @ Oslo Bar, Connolly Station.

Door Open 10pm, late bar- Dj Paris

€10 entry / men welcome as guests

WERRC: "The Motion of Destiny and the Logic of Patriarchy"

Women Studies Research Seminar,

All are welcome to attend.

Thursday 29th Nov; 3.00pm-4.15pm, Resource Room (A201), WERRC,
Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington Building

Ide Corley, Lecturer in English, NUI Maynooth

"The Motion of Destiny and the Logic of Patriarchy: Kwame Nkrumah and
Ghanaian Independence"


Note: This paper examines the status of Kwame Nkrumah as "Osageyfo"
("Savior", or "Redeemer") of Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast colony) in the context of his famous "Motion of Destiny" speech. I will argue that Nkrumah implicitly deployed the "ancestral" figure of the New World slave to undo his "ethnic" affiliations and to inscribe himself within a broad global Pan-African genealogy. While Nkrumah's canny use of genealogy enabled him to unite the Gold Coast population, later his implicit status as a father figure facilitated the privatization of the state. I
aim to be informal and to encourage participation. Those interested in Nkrumah will be offered a Lacanian perspective in conversation with the "(re)turn to culture" in social theory and philosophy (Zizek, Butler et al). For those who have less knowledge of Africa but who hold a broad interest in feminist studies, the paper will use the example of Ghana's first president to examine the role of patriarchal logic within the processes of "democratization" and "modernization".

EQUAL-L: 16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women

School of Social Justice, University College Dublin

Women's Education Research and Resource Centre (WERRC)

16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women

As part of the International Sixteen Days Against Violence Against Women, WERRC, School of Social Justice UCD, will host a seminar with:

• Welcome and Chair - Ursula Barry, WERRC, School of Justice UCD

* Opening remarks - Mutale Kampuni , Women’s Aid

* Paula Fagan who will present findings of recent research on "The Experiences of domestic violence service providers providing services to migrant women in Ireland"

* Discussion

Date: Wednesday 28th November at 6.30pm

Venue: Hill Seminar Room, Humanities Institute UCD. The Humanities Institute is located beside Hannah Sheehy Skeffington Building where WERRC is located at the back of car-park five, Belfield, UCD.

Light refreshments will be served after the discussion

RSVP: Ursula.Barry@ucd.ie

WERRC: 'Understanding Concealed Pregnancy: A Standpoint Approach'

UCD Women's Studies Centre (WERRC)

UCD School of Social Justice

Catherine Conlon, Ad Astra Scholar,

Women's Studies, UCD

'Understanding Concealed Pregnancy: A Standpoint Approach.'

Ph.D / M.Litt Seminars

Thursday 1^st November

3.00pm-4.15pm
Resource Rm. (A201),

Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington Building, UCD

ALL WELCOME

Please contact mary.mcauliff@ucd.ie with any queries.