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
MU composer Ryan Molloy featured in Irish Times interview about new song cycle ‘Buaine na Gaoithe’
Dr Ryan Molloy is interviewed by The Irish Times about his new composition 'Buaine na Gaoithe'.
Date: Wednesday, 03 October 2018
David Stifter - Faculty of Arts Researcher of the Year 2018
Prof David Stifter received the inaugural MU Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy Research Award 2018.
Date: Monday, 23 April 2018