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14 November 2024 | HI Silent Book Club
Date: Thursday, 14th November 2024 
Time: 2.30-4pm
Venue: Humanities Institute (H204 / top floor)
Please note: E-mail registration is necessary. To take part in the event, please e-mail (opens in a new window)humanities@ucd.ie
In a time of noise and multi-tasking activities, it has become particularly difficult to sit down with a book and focus on our reading. This might be a problem, considering that reading is such a fundamental part of our career as graduate students, early-career academics, and academics. For this reason, every two months, on a Thursday from 2.30 to 4 pm, the UCD Humanities Institute offers a safe and quiet space to read together… in silence! The aim is to share our love for reading and for our research without feeling the pressure to talk about it. There is only one rule: bring your book or e-book along (it doesn’t matter which one) and enjoy with your fellow readers!
15 November 2024 | TOK Fictional Spaces Symposium | Alternative Domesticities: Reading Living Space in Geography, Text, and Media
Date: Friday, 15th November 2024 
Time: 9.45am-4.45pm
Venue: NUI, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Please note: The event is free but registration is essential; please see here for registration details
The event seeks to embrace a wide range of perspectives around marginal experiences of domestic architectures, and the renovation, occupation and domestication of textual and material spaces. Contributions include those of established and early-career scholars working across media, culture studies, languages and literatures, and geography.
The day's proceedings will be bookended by Keynote papers from Professor Mary Gilmartin (Maynooth) and Professor Victoria Rosner (New York University). In between, one panel of papers will explore "Material Homes: Objects, Art, and Architecture", while the afternoon session will be devoted to "New Research Directions in Domestic Architecture and Dwelling", including presentations and a round-table discussion spotlighting early-career researchers.
20 November 2024 | "Becoming an Author: From Proposal to Publication" Workshop
Date: Wednesday, 20th November 2024 
Time: 1pm
Venue: HI Seminar Room H204
- This event is free but please register on (opens in a new window)EVENTBRITE to attend. Lunch will be provided as part of the workshop.
Join UCD Press executive editor Noelle Moran, editorial assistant Ellen Murray, Professor Hugh Campbell (author and Vice Chair of the UCD Press editorial committee) and Dr. Bianca Rita Cataldi (UCD Humanities Institute Research Lead and Routledge author) for an in-depth workshop on crafting successful book proposals for academic publishers and on the process from proposal to publication.
This event offers a unique opportunity to learn directly from publishing insiders and authors about what academic presses look for, how to structure a proposal, and tips for navigating the review process. Ideal for early-career researchers and seasoned academics alike, this session will guide you in refining your pitch and aligning it with the expectations of an academic press.