You are very welcome to attend this year's UCD Newman Centre Online Public Lectures, which are open to everyone. Each lecture will last for about 45 minutes, with a 30 minute Q&A. All lectures take place on Zoom via the following link:
Tues 9 Nov @ 4pm: Roja Fazaeli (TCD Near & Middle Eastern Studies): Female Religious Authority in Muslim Majority Contexts: past examples and modern state-initiatives
Tues 16 Nov @ 4pm: Maebh Harding (UCD Law): Article 41, Catholic teachings and the ossification of Victorian family power structures in Irish Law
Tues 23 Nov @ 4pm: Jenny Butler (UCC Religions): Contemporary Paganism, Magic and Megaliths
Tues 30 Nov @ 4pm: Bryan Fanning (UCD Social Policy, Social Work & Social Justice): Public moralities: How religious understandings of human nature and psychological understandings of the self influence the culture wars.
Tues 7 Dec @ 4pm: Maeve O’Rourke (NUIG Law): Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalene Laundries and survivors’ call for an all-Ireland human rights-based response
Tues 14 December @ 4pm: Odile Gilon (Université libre de Bruxelles): Wisdom in the light of Roger Bacon's thought (1214 ? - 1292)
Please spread the word to any person or group that might be interested. For enquiries, please contact Daniel Deasy at daniel.deasy@ucd.ie.
