Transnational Humanities: Concept and Praxis
Webinar: UCD Humanities Institute PhD Conference
Friday, 19th February 2021 (UTC+00:00)
12.00-12.15 Welcome by Prof. Anne Fuchs, Director, UCD Humanities Institute
Panel 1: Knowledge, Identity, Culturality
Chair: Susan Mihalik (University College Dublin)
12.15-12.30 Mengzhen Yue (University College Dublin)
Translating Ancient Greek Texts in China (1950s-1960s): A ‘transnational’ practice and the (re)building of modern Chinese education system
12.30-12.45 Clare Kelly (University College Dublin)
“I write as though I am telling the story orally”: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and the construction of an author-as-storyteller identity in the transnational literary market.
12.45-13.00 Diana Ekor Ofana (University of Fort Hare)
How can Inter-cultural Philosophy contribute to social integration in a changing world?
13.00-13.20 Discussion
13.20-13.30 Break
13.30-14.30 Keynote
Shaping Space while Stateless: Insights from transcultural interactions
Dr Ailbhe Kenny (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick)
Chair: Zhengfeng Wang (University College Dublin)
14.30-14.40 Break
Panel 2: Space, Place and Materiality
Chair: Suchismita Dattagupta (University College Dublin)
14.40-14.55 Bernadette Fox (University College Dublin)
Samuel Beckett’s Transnationalism: The ebb and flow of seascapes simultaneously local and global
14.55-15.10 Chris McCann (National University of Ireland Galway)
Pavarotti's Sean-nós World Tour: Music, place-time, and transnational cultural exchange in Irish prose literature
15.10-15.25 Prolet Decheva (University College Dublin)
Lost or Found: The migration of Late Antique and Byzantine objects from museum collections to an 'interconnected' digital space? Some practical challenges
15.25-15.45 Discussion
15.45-15.55 Break
Panel 3: Migration, Stateness, Politicality
Chair: Zequn Zhang (University College Dublin)
15.55-16.10 Katharina Fuerholzer (University of Pennsylvania)
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Poetry as a counterpoint to the atrocities of migration
16.10-16.25 Tim Meulemans (University of Antwerp)
Transnational Law and the Challenge to National Sovereignty
16.25-16.40 Daniel Dzah (Tulane University)
Transnationalism and Liberal Political Philosophy of Migration
16.40- 17.00 Discussion
17.00-17.15 TNH-PhD Network
Registration available (opens in a new window)via eventbrite.
Enquiries to hiphdconference2021@gmail.com
The conference is convened by Resident Scholars of the UCD Humanities Institute.