Departmental Seminar Series 2025/26.

Dr. Muireann O’Dwyer, who taught at the University of Warwick and University College Dublin, presents “AI and the value of ‘women’s work’”.

🗓️ Thu 11 Dec | 🕰️ 3-5pm | 📍Room 2.27, 2nd Floor, TSI Building

Nice piece in the Irish Times
featuring Niall Sheil, PhD student in Sociology Department, talking about Balbriggan where he lives and is currently carrying out his doctoral research.

Professor Pauline Cullen, from the Department of Sociology, joined a roundtable discussion on Thursday, 20 November, as part of the seminar programme “Critical Race Theory in Europe: Looking Back and Looking Forward,” organised by the ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning.
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Dr. Aoife Neary, a lecturer in School of Education at University College Cork (UCC), presented the third seminar of the 2025/26 Research Seminar Series on Thursday, November 20, in Sociology Department.

Seminar title:
Building a Holistic Approach to LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Primary Schools.

@ucc.ie

Dr. Tisha Dejmanee, Senior Lecturer in Digital and Social Media at University of Technology Sydney, delivered the second seminar of the 2025/26 Research Seminar Series on November 13, titled "Curating Asian Australian Identities on Social Media".

Find the abstract here.

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Departmental Seminar Series 2025/26.

Dr. Aoife Neary, lecturer in the School of Education, University College Cork (UCC), presents "Building a Holistic Approach to LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in Primary Schools."

Thu 20 Nov | 3-5pm | Room 2.27, 2nd Floor, TSI Building.

@MUSSI, @UCC

Dr. Maria Waclawik, a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Sociology Department, delivered the opening seminar of the 2025/26 Research Seminar Series on October 23, titled “Silence as Memory, Silence as Myth: Interpreting Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Wartime Narratives.”
Maynooth University

Roisin Freeney, from Department of Sociology, joined the panel at the Leeds International Festival of Ideas for "Can Mums Have It All?" — a candid conversation on the realities of modern motherhood. Find more here.

Here’s the history of Sociology Department — in just one minute!

From humble beginnings to becoming a vibrant hub of ideas, Sociology Department has come a long way!

Departmental seminar series 2025/26.

Dr. Maria Waclawik (Maynooth Sociology & SSI) presents “Silence as Memory, Silence as Myth: Interpreting Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Wartime Narratives.”

Thu 23 Oct | 3–5pm | Room 2.27, 2nd Floor, TSI

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@mu-ssi.bsky.social