International inTRUTHS2 Seminar: Interdependency and Vulnerability in Contemporary Irish Culture

In the face of individual and communal vulnerabilities affected by global and local forms of precarity, the Research Project INTRUTHS 2: “Articulations of Individual and Communal Vulnerabilities in Contemporary Irish Writing” [PID2020-114776GB-I00 MCIN/AEI] focuses on how Irish contemporary writing and film have responded not merely by reflecting on these conditions but critically engaging with them, often reactivating communal ties of care and cooperation. Thus, through the Seminar INTERDEPENDENCY AND VULNERABILITY IN CONTEMPORARY IRISH CULTURE (University of Galway, 21 Jan 2025) the project seeks to expand its focus to foreground the emergence of positive formulations of common interdependency and shared vulnerabilities that are seen as empowering responses to the fragility and precarity of the contemporary world. The seminar will focus on the discussion of works, methodologies and ideologies which situate resistance and positive transformation in the realm of individual relationships and the communal, generating a sense of attentiveness and responsiveness towards systemic fallibilities, social frailties and universal human needs.

Plenary speakers will include Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley (History, University of Galway) and Dr. Nessa Cronin (Irish Studies, University of Galway).

A dedicated session will be held in memoriam of former project member, writer and UCC academic Eibhear Walshe, who sadly passed away in July 2024.

 A full seminar programme is available at: https://netec.webs.uvigo.es/en/news/international-intruths-2-seminar-interdependency-vulnerability-contemporary-irish-culture