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Innovative, Sustainable and Equitable Solutions: World Town Planning Day 2023
Join the Data Stories team at the World Town Planning Day webinar
When: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
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Data City Dublin at Beta Festival of digital art and technology
Visit the Data Stories exhibition at Beta Festival this year
When: Thursday, 02 November 2023 to Sunday, 05 November 2023
Where: The Digital Hub, D8
Cycle to Work Showcase - Wednesday, 1st November 2023
A Cycle to Work showcase will take place on Wednesday, 1st November in the Iontas Foyer between 10.00am and 3.00pm.
When: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Where: Iontas Foyer
All Changed: Changed Utterly: A Decade in Words and Music presented by the Maynooth University Decade of Commemorations 1912-1923 Committee
All Changed, Changed Utterly: A Decade in Words and Music The Maynooth University Decade of Commemorations Committee and the Maynooth University Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy present, in collaboration with the Maynooth University Research Week 2023, “All Changed, Changed Utterly: A Decade in Words and Music”, a two-hour gala concert celebrating the literature and music that inspired, accompanied, chronicled, and reflected upon the transformative world events that took place between 1912 and 1923. Obscure artistic achievements will be rediscovered, iconic artistic achievements will be reappraised, and the audience will be invited to ruminate on the vital role of the Arts in shaping both the historical events themselves and, one hundred years later, our modern perspective on those events. Chapters from the decade of commemorations that will feature throughout the concert include the sinking of RMS Titanic, World War One and its immediate aftermath, the arrival of the Roaring Twenties, the achievement of women’s suffrage, the Gaelic Revival and the rise of cultural nationalism, the Irish revolutionary period encompassing the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War and the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The event will be as insightful as it is entertaining and will showcase the musical and dramatic talents of members of our Maynooth University community and specially invited guest alumni performers, including our much-celebrated Maynooth University Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr Michael Dawson, and sean-nós singing sisters Étáin and Máire Ní Churraoin performing in their greatly admired duo, An Chéad Ghlúin Eile. The concert will feature dramatic readings from the work of authors including WB Yeats, Augusta Gregory, JM Synge, Francis Ledwidge, Vera Brittain, TS Eliot, Muriel Spark, Seán O’Casey, James Joyce, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Peadar Ó Laoghaire, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Elizabeth Bowen and Eva Gore-Booth. It will also feature performances of songs including “She Moved Through the Fair”, “Fáinne Geal an Lae”, “Óró Sé do Bheatha Abhaile”, “It’s A Long Way to Tipperary”, “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag”, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, “The Foggy Dew”, “Grace”, “Casadh an tSúgáin”, “Siúil, a Rúin” and “Love’s Old Sweet Song”.
When: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Where: Aula Maxima
‘“a symbol of West Britonism in Ireland”: the O’Conor Don and the culture and politics of liberal Catholicism and Catholic unionism, 1860-1906’ - Department of History Seminar Series
‘“a symbol of West Britonism in Ireland”: the O’Conor Don and the culture and politics of liberal Catholicism and Catholic unionism, 1860-1906’ - Department of History Seminar Series
When: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Where: Iontas Building - Room 1.33
‘“a symbol of West Britonism in Ireland”: the O’Conor Don and the culture and politics of liberal Catholicism and Catholic unionism, 1860-1906’
Lecture to History Research Seminar by Dr Aidan Enright (Leeds Beckett University)
When: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Where: Room 1.33, First Floor, Iontas, North Campus
IVI Webinar: Open Data and Data Sharing – Striking a Balance
The benefits of Open Data and Data Sharing are widely documented in both private and public sectors; covering economical benefits to health benefits to multiple ‘data for good’ initiatives. Realising the benefits of open data and data sharing can only truly be achieved through striking a balance between openness and privacy/data ownership concerns. The IVI Webinar series in conjunction with the SFI EMPOWER Data Governance Research Programme will address the challenges and opportunities for both private and public sector organisations in their upcoming webinar – ‘Open Data and Data Sharing – Striking a Balance’.
When: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Where: Online
Digital technologies to support climate action and wildfire response
Demonstrations today in the Iontas Foyer of our two (SFI) projects Terrain-AI and DECAMAP.
When: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Where: Iontas Foyer
Can Dialogue Help Police Officers and Young Black Adults Understand Each Other? Key Findings From a Restorative Process in Blanchardstown, West Dublin
Relationships between the police and minority ethnic communities are often characterised by tension, mistrust and poor understanding. It seems unlikely that the solutions lie in the traditional approaches to police-community engagement. This article outlines key findings from the first study to use restorative practices to facilitate dialogue between police officers and young Black adults in Europe. This occurred in Blanchardstown, West Dublin, where the police recently shot and killed a young Black man, George Nkencho. Observational and interview data suggest that the process enabled participants to speak and listen respectfully to each other and to understand how each other’s experiences shaped their perspectives on policing. These data suggest that restorative practices are a viable method for enabling dialogue that can play an educational role and provide a space safely to discuss and reflect upon views and experiences of policing and police-community relations. While there is sufficient evidence to justify seeking to scale-up dialogic processes, it remains unclear whether and how the contribution that dialogue can make at the individual level could translate into cultural change at the institutional level, or address underlying structural inequalities."
When: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Where: Education Lecture Theatre, Education House
Prize Giving and Research Week Reception
As a final celebration of Maynooth University’s 2023 Research Week, we will host a closing reception on Thursday 26th October from 1.30pm – 3.30pm in the foyer of the TSI Building. Presentations will be made to all 2023 IRC Scholarship and Fellowship awardees, John & Pat Hume Doctoral Awards and the winners announced of SPUR, MAP 25th Anniversary Research Awards, 3 Minute Thesis; Maynooth Sparks competition.
When: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Where: Foyer of TSI Building