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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · 7d

Join us on Saturday 15th November in the @museumfreederry.bsky.social to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Frances Molloy's brilliant 'No Mate for the Magpie'. Many thanks to funders @schoolofllc.bsky.social’s CASiLaC, QUB's Institute of Irish Studies, and the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 13d

International Translation Day is on 30th September, and to celebrate our very own Dr Hannah Silvester has organised a fantastic array of events for our Translation Week! Make sure to check out the event programme below, and do join us!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 17d

Please join us tomorrow at 5pm Cork time for this research paper by Professor Arthur Bradley: 'Genet's dying words: forty years in Shatila'. @maybenansi.bsky.social @egeertsphd.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 23d

together with @egeertsphd.bsky.social and @maybenansi.bsky.social I am convening a new research cluster @ucc.ie on Political Technologies. Here is our first year's seminar programme. Please join us online for these talks - links to follow. @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 23d

The CFP is now open for the annual French Colonial Historical Society Conference, taking place in Maynooth in June 2026 and hosted by our former colleague @donalh.bsky.social. This will be brilliant - be sure to get your proposals in!
Find out more here: frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting – French Colonial Historical Society

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 27d

A great start indeed to our research year @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social ! Thanks to Madeleine for a wonderful paper brimming with ideas about the ways in which theorists of LLMs borrow - very selectively - from the French philosophical tradition. Thanks too to those who joined online.

French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 27d

A fantastic start to our research seminar series this evening with a fascinating paper on ‘Why ChatGPT Loves French Philosophy’ by Dr Madeleine Chalmers!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 27d

A fantastic start to our research seminar series this evening with a fascinating paper on ‘Why ChatGPT Loves French Philosophy’ by Dr Madeleine Chalmers!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · 28d

Happening tomorrow!

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Rogue Vectors: Why ChatGPT Loves French Philosophy | Dr Madeleine Chambers ( University of Leicester) | Thursday 11 September 2025 @5pm | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · Sep 5

We are delighted to open our 2025-26 seminar series with a talk from Dr Madeleine Chalmers on ‘Rogue Vectors: Why ChatGPT Loves French Philosophy’.

🗓️: 11th September, 5-6pm
📍: UCC’s O’Rahilly Building, room 1:24 & online via Teams

All welcome - message us for the Teams link!

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · Jul 2

As part of British Comparative Literature Association's 50th anniversary celebrations, I’ll be taking part in an online roundtable discussion offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse into publishing in comparative literature on 8th July, 2-3.30pm (BST). Register here:
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Behind the scenes of journal publishing: A conversation with CCS contributors and editors

8 July 2025 2-3:30 p.m. (London) Virtual: Register below to receive the Zoom link Hosted by two of the Comparative Critical Studies editors, Adhira Mangalagiri and Elisa Segnini, this virtual roundta...

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · Jul 1

Make sure to check out this fantastic programme of French films being screened at UCC library as part of Bastille Day celebrations in Ireland! Book your (free!) tickets here:
corkfilmfest.org/ciffs-bastil...

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 28

Our very own Dr Caroline Williamson Sinalo is keynote at the 2025 National Health Promotion Conference, happening today and tomorrow in Mangochi, Malawi, in partnership with the Malawian Ministry of Health. More on the conference here: youtube.com/watch?v=oNAE... @ucc.ie @schoolofllc.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · May 14

great presentation by @maybenansi.bsky.social from @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social of his work on Lacan and Fanon at the @ucc.ie CACSSS research day today

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 8

This exhibition has been generously supported by Research Ireland, the Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures (CASiLaC), and the Future Humanities Institute. Make sure to check it out!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 8

The exhibition has been developed in collaboration with US historian and journalist Mark Holan, as well as Hélène O’Keefe and John Borgonovo, two of the editors of the award-winning Atlas of the Irish Civil War (2024).

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 8

Jemima's spotlight exhibition, 'The Irish Revolution in the African American Press' is also currently on view on the ground floor of the Boole Library. Many thanks to colleagues in the Library for their support of the exhibition.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 8

Happening today!

French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 2

Our final departmental research seminar of the academic year is happening on Thursday (8th), and will be delivered by our wonderful Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Jemima Hodgkinson. Join us at 5pm in ORB 1:24, UCC, or via Teams - contact us for the Teams access link!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · May 7

I'll be speaking in London this Friday in a day of free talks exploring Henri Michaux's mescaline adventures, to accompany the exquisite ongoing Courtauld exhibition of his drug drawings. Link to register below. @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social
courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/hen...

Henri Michaux, Mescaline and the use of psychedelics in the creative act and as treatment for psychiatric disorders

Timed to coincide with The Courtauld Gallery current exhibition "Henri Michaux: The Mescaline Drawings", this Study Day aims to investigate Henri Michaux’s approach to the use of psychedelics, and rev...

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Charlotte @19thc-charlotte.bsky.social · May 2

And finally, a special thank you to Blackrock Castle Observatory for a magical ending to the evening.🌟🌟🌟 We are grateful to @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social UCC CASiLaC, CUBS and the department of Geography for their support.

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Charlotte @19thc-charlotte.bsky.social · May 2

Thanks too to Silvia Ross @ucc.ie for moderating, and to poet Mary Noonan @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social and Maureen O'Connor (UCC English) for their literary readings on our night walk.

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Charlotte @19thc-charlotte.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you to my fellow panellists: Nick Dunn @lancasteruni.bsky.social, Niall Smith @mtu.ie, JCMacArie
@ucc.ie, and Fiona Collins @corkcitycouncil for such a stimulating discussion about the nights of the future.

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 2

You can find out more about Jemima’s talk here: t.co/T3RasBjq9H

https://www.ucc.ie/en/french/news/-lamere-patrie-benoit-alies-french-signifyin--dr-jemima-hodgkinson-ucc-department-of-french--thursday-8-may--5pm-gmt-.html

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 2

Our final departmental research seminar of the academic year is happening on Thursday (8th), and will be delivered by our wonderful Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Jemima Hodgkinson. Join us at 5pm in ORB 1:24, UCC, or via Teams - contact us for the Teams access link!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · May 2

Some photos from Dark Futures, Night Spaces - starting with a fascinating, interdisciplinary roundtable discussion, and ending with a private tour of the Blackrock Castle Observatory!

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · Apr 29

Make sure to get a copy of today’s Echo to read all about Dr Charlotte Berkery’s event happening tomorrow evening! 🗞️ There’s still time to register!

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