Exploring Language, Knowledge & Ideas
All knowledge—whether humanistic, social scientific or scientific—is mediated through language systems, concepts and ideas, and various modes and forms of narrative shaping.
Language is not static, it is a living, changing reflection of and shaper of human culture, experience and society. The critical and historical study of ideas, languages and narratives is therefore fundamental to a full understanding of how societies produce and respond to knowledge.
By analysing how languages and their use change over time, teams of Maynooth University researchers are generating new insight into culture, society, history and the growth of knowledge and ideas.
Maynooth University is an ideal Host Institution for a Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship and this cluster is interested in finding potential applicants. Find a mentor below or contact IDEAS@mu.ie for more information.
Exploring the representation of emigrants in Mexican and Chicano film
Mexico has traditionally a very different view of those who emigrated from the Irish, according to research by Catherine Leen, which shows a tendency to blame the emigrant as a traitor to the nation
‘Psalmus Invitatorius’ presented to Choral Society
Dr Martin O’Leary, composer and lecturer in the Music Department presents ‘Psalmus Invitatorius’ (Invitational Psalm), which was commissioned to mark the 50th year of the Maynooth University Choral Society, at rehearsal last Monday evening in Callan Hall.
Date: Monday, 03 December 2018
Sounding the Feminists Symposium on Friday 23 November
Dr Laura Watson is one of the representatives of feminist initiatives who will participate in a symposium in Dundalk this Friday.
Date: Wednesday, 21 November 2018