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New Perspectives Postgraduate Symposium in the Humanities (NPPSH)
Starting in October 2016, NPPSH has become an annual conference held at Maynooth University. New Perspectives aims to be a unique, national hub for innovative research and learning that is currently taking place in the humanities globally. In recent years, support for the humanities has dwindled; as such, this conference aims to make humanities research relevant to a broader audience and to highlight its impact beyond the confines of the university classroom.
Designed by postgraduate students, for postgraduate students, this conference will showcase the diverse range of research and outreach being carried out by humanities scholars in Ireland and abroad. NPPSH will highlight how these scholars are looking to the past to inform the present and future and delving into the discourses that construct gender, race, sexuality, and class. It will note how scholars are decoding the images that surround us—to understand and use the language necessary to navigate a complex and rapidly shifting world, while also looking at the new avenues of research afforded by technology in the field of digital humanities. In particular, the conference intends to promote interdisciplinarity between researchers in the humanities.
For more details on the upcoming 2018 conference, ‘Unseen voices: representation, interpretations and reconstructions’ please use the following link.
Academia and Wikipedia: Critical Perspectives in Education and Research
An exciting one-day exploration of research into Wikipedia and its use as a teaching instrument, featuring contributions from academics in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America.
Conference at a Glance
9:00-9:30 Registration and coffee, School of Education foyer
9:30 to 11:00 Session 1: rooms SE011, 12, 13, School of Education
Coffee and tea break
11:30 to 1:00 Session 2: rooms SE011, 12, 13, School of Education
1:00 to 2:00 Lunch: Pugin Hall
2:30 to 4:00 Session 3: rooms SE011, 12, 13, School of Education
4:30 to 5:30 Keynote by Dr. Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute, "Generativity, Open Access, and the Politics of Representation: Comparing Wikipedia and Social Media Data for Research"
John Hume Lecture Theatre 2, followed by cheese and wine reception, hosted by Maynooth University Library
Programme Committee
Chair, Dr Alison Hood, Dean of Teaching and Learning, Maynooth University
Dr Denis Casey, Maynooth University
Dr Sharon Flynn, National University of Ireland, Galway
Dr Susan Giblin, Maynooth University
Dr Brian McKenzie, Maynooth University
Dr Maire Ni Mhordha, Maynooth University
Dr Rebecca O'Neill, Wikimedia Community Ireland
To register for this conference, please use the following link.