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Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic to see so much interdisciplinary research on the BUMIDOM- congratulations to all contributors!

Modern & Contemporary France @francemodern.bsky.social · 6d

Our 33.3 special issue on "The BUMIDOM and its Legacy" guest edited by @awimbush.bsky.social and Malika Danican is now available online !
www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmcf20/c...
@asmcf.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 16d

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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Dr Antonia Wimbush @awimbush.bsky.social · 19d

Pleased to see the introduction to our special issue of
@francemodern.bsky.social
'The BUMIDOM and its legacy: an interdisciplinary approach', written with Malika Danican! Can't wait to see the rest of the issue & congratulations to all contributors! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The BUMIDOM and its legacy: an interdisciplinary approach/Le BUMIDOM et son héritage: une approche interdisciplinaire

This introduction to the special issue of ‘The BUMIDOM and its Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Approach/Le BUMIDOM et son héritage: une approche interdisciplinaire’ provides historical context to the ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 22d

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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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · 26d

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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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Jun 11

great to see this terrific article on the French care economy by @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social out online with @francemodern.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The French care economy: between gendered inequality and feminist idealism

The care economy in France is a site of both profound gendered inequalities and of renewed feminist idealism for an alternative social model and feminist ethic. This paper focuses on the realities ...

www.tandfonline.com

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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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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...

courtauld.ac.uk

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 30

Amazingly evocative photo!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 26

I will be talking about my work on the politics of psychedelics at a Zoom event this coming Wednesday, which is ticketed to raise money for the great work of The Psychedelic Experience Clinic: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-psyche...

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Apr 15

There's a new special issue of the Parrhesia journal, dedicated to the work of Michel Serres:

Full open access PDF: parrhesiajournal.org/wp-content/u...

TOC 👇

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you, Alex. There will be more - I hope you can join us next time.

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 14

psychedelics in Ireland: my op-ed for today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social, reflecting on our recent @ucc.ie workshop in the psychedelic humanities @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Oliver Davis: Ireland may be in the midst of a psychedelic renaissance

Some academics believe ancient Irish warriors used psychoactive substances — magic mushrooms, liberty cap, and fly agaric — presaging the adoption of psychedelic drugs in modern medicine

www.irishexaminer.com

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 10

a big thank you to everyone who attended and spoke at our recent UCC research day on the psychedelic humanities! @manchanmagan.bsky.social @erikadyck.bsky.social @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 28

still thinking about this splendid paper yesterday on the nightcap as a figure for the bourgeois in July Monarchy caricature, by our colleague Dr Charlotte Berkerey @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · Mar 24

Getting ready for the psychedelic humanities research day, hosted by Prof @oliverjdavis.bsky.social and kicking off at 11am this morning in the Aula Maxima!

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 22

Heathrow: presumably it’s either the GRU or an attempt to frame the GRU for leverage with Trump. Either way, UK security services have questions to answer. Forgive me for not buying the tiresome stories of virtuous Hounslow EV demand and all of the cant about resilience.

Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 22

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 19

listening to a great research paper by Patrick Bray on taste & Stendhal here in Cork @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 17

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh go léir. Looking forward to great talks next Monday on the Psychedelic Humanities from the amazing @erikadyck.bsky.social, respected Plains Cree elders Kelly and Reanna Daniels and the inimitable @manchanmagan.bsky.social, among many talented others.

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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 4

📢 research day in the psychedelic humanities here at UCC, 24th March 2025, including a keynote talk by @manchanmagan.bsky.social. Please see Eventbrite pages: www.eventbrite.com/e/1265313379... (morning) and www.eventbrite.com/e/1265673436... (afternoon) @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social

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Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thrilled to announce this event with Prof Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University) as part of our @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social PG module, supported by @uccphilosophy.bsky.social & ISS21. With responses from Prof Maggie O’Neill & myself and moderated by Prof Nuala Finnegan!
@uccresearch.bsky.social

Poster UCC event with Prof Iris van der Tuin

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Laura Kennedy @laurapkennedy.bsky.social · Feb 19

This will be excellent! Make sure to join us! ✨

French Dept UCC @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our next departmental research seminar is happening next Thursday (27th) and will be delivered by our wonderful Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow, DrJemima Hodgkinson. Jemima’s talk will take place at 5pm in ORB 1:24, UCC, and via Teams - please contact us for the Teams access link! ☀️

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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · Feb 13

"The research produced there is world-leading. If we lose these courses, we will lose more than thousands of devoted and pioneering academics. We will create a system where only the wealthy and privileged get to study the very subjects that make Britain what it is."

An act of grotesque vandalism is taking place in British universities

The entire arts and heritage sector in the UK will be irreparably damaged

inews.co.uk

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asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · Feb 10

If you have queries about becoming a member of the Editorial Board/North America Editor, please contact the Executive Editor, @oliverjdavis.bsky.social ([email protected]) We wish you good luck with your application and look forward to eventually introducing you in a future #MeetTheCommitteeMonday! 5/

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