The ERC funded DANCING research project based at the School of Law and Criminology and ALL Institute under the lead of Principal Investigator Professor Delia Ferri will host the DANCING Final Conference on 19-20 June 2025 at Maynooth University and warmly invites all interested to attend.
The DANCING Final Conference aims to celebrate the end of the project after 5 years of research and present the results of ERC DANCING to the academic community. This conference will be a key opportunity to raise awareness about the findings of the project and encourage discussions on the right to cultural participation of people with disabilities.
On Thursday, 19 June the conference will present research findings of the ERC DANCING, while on Friday, 20 June the conference will discuss the societal and policy impact of the project.
The conference will feature keynotes from Emeritus Professor Bruno de Witte as well as from Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Ms Inmaculada Placencia Porrero.
The conference will moreover welcome several guest speakers and discussants, including Prof. Giuseppe Martinico (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa), Prof. Imelda Maher (University College Dublin), Prof. Michael Doherty (Maynooth University), Prof. Sarah Whatley (Coventry University) and many more.
The DANCING team are furthermore excited to exhibit the manifold collaborations with artists and creators embedded in the project. Indeed, the first day will feature the unveiling of the DANCING-commissioned artwork ‘Odisseo-Ulysses’ created by artist Tiziano Pantano. Moreover, the conference will be concluded with the first screening of the ERC DANCING documentary produced by Feenish Productions Ltd. featuring a post-show Q&A with director James Kelly as well as Lucy Shibata and Monique Dior Jarrett of Stopgap Dance Company, which developed the bespoke contemporary dance piece ‘Lived Fiction’ commissioned by DANCING.
If you would like to find out more about the conference and view the full programme, please visit the ERC DANCING project event page here.
If you wish to register for the conference, please fill in the registration form here, or send an email to [email protected] providing the following information:
- first and last name,
- email address,
- the day(s) of the conference you wish to attend,
- any dietary restrictions,
- accessibility requirements.
Closing Date Of Registration: Friday, 13 June 2025
Organiser: Prof. Delia Ferri, Professor of Law/ Co-Director ALL Institute
DANCING Conference Programme
For inquiries on the conference, please contact: [email protected]
Professor Delia Ferri is Professor of Law at the School of Law and Criminology at Maynooth University and Co-Director of the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute at Maynooth University and is the Principal Investigator of the ERC DANCING project.
