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Women's Studies, UCC
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Master’s & PhD degree in Women's Studies at University College Cork, Ireland.
https://www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/
Taught by a vibrant multidisciplinary team & managed by program director Dr Evelien Geerts (@egeertsphd.bsky.social).
There are still a couple of spots left for this wonderful Praxis-led workshop on November 17th. Do check out the event poster below for more details.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Yesterday afternoon, ISS21 Genders, Sexualities & Families Research Cluster in collaboration with @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social held a 🫖Tea, Meet & Greet for postgrad students, postdocs, and visiting researchers ☕️
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Interesting cfp!
October 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Do check out this wonderful UCC event on Global & Comparative Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence on October 15!
September 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Welcome to @ucc.ie’s 2025-26 MA in Women’s Studies cohort! We were joined by UCCFemSoc & UCCGlobalJustice during the intro session taught by program director @egeertsphd.bsky.social, which focused on the discipline’s politico-epistemological origins.
Looking forward to this academic year!
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social is getting ready for the 2025-26 academic year!
August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
EU and Irish students can still apply to @ucc.ie's @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social program - use the QR code on the poster below for more information & various testimonials from our current & past students. And do feel free to spread the word!
#UCC #postgrad #MA #Ireland #womensandgenderstudies
June 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You can still apply to @ucc.ie's @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social program - use the QR code on the poster below for more detailed information & various testimonials from our current & past students. And do feel free to spread the word!
#UCC #postgrad #MA #Ireland #womensandgenderstudies
June 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social MA students at @ucc.ie wrapped up a year full of discussions, lectures, & events w fantastic thesis presentations. This proud program director is signing off on what was an intense but great year!
Interested in our program? See ucc.ie/en/cke03/
April 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
1) A recap of March's #IWD #PG7044 module on “Researching through Gendered & Intersectional Lenses”, offered by @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social & available to all CACSSS PhD students. Curated by Dr @egeertsphd.bsky.social & taught by the wonderful MAWS team, students got...
April 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Three of our soon-to-be-graduating @UCC Women’s Studies students guest lectured on our program this week. It was lovely to hear Fiona, Wura & Kunyao talk about their engagement with the field of women's and gender studies. Keep up the good work!
www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What a fantastic @ucc.ie @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
& @ecobioartlab.bsky.social webinar on “Inhuman Intimacies”. W our keynote speaker @salomecoelho.bsky.social & respondent @machinicassemblage.bsky.social. The recording will be made available via the Lab's youtube.

www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In conjunction w #IWD2025, @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social is kicking off its CACSSS @ucc.ie PhD module on #gendered & #intersectional lenses. The students will think through their research's methodological challenges while following sessions w UCC's finest #feministscholars!
www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/
March 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
An #IWD2025 UCC Feminist Walk of Cork collage! Under the auspices of Prof Maggie O’Neill & many other fantastic contributors, such as the Sexual Violence Centre Cork & others. @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social also contributed to the walk this time!
See www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/ne...
March 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Read (or watch) this interview with our recent
@ucc.ie @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social graduate, Wuraoluwa Soibi Ayodele, who is doing amazing work in Nigeria:
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Learn more about our program here: lnkd.in/ebyaPeKC
#UCC #womensstudies #IDW #GBV
March 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And we have some more news to share in relation to #IWD: UCC recently chatted w one of our @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social MA students, Anna-Katharina Priesterath, about her experiences w our program & why you should consider applying!
www.youtube.com/shorts/auRi9...
www.ucc.ie/en/cke03
March 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Save the date for this UCC Women's Studies & @ecobioartlab.bsky.social co-organized webinar on March 19 w Dr Salomé Lopes Coelho @salomecoelho.bsky.social & Dr Marietta Radomska @machinicassemblage.bsky.social.
shorturl.at/0iueQ
@uccphilosophy.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Look at this wonderful #undergraduate & #postgraduate conference call from UCC's Study of Religions Department on "Love and Religion". Here is the conference call link w more information: www.ucc.ie/en/media/aca...
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Violence, Conflict & Gender cluster (casilac.ie/research-clu...) is organizing a "walk and talk" event on Thursday February 27 - see for more details below.
February 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Thrilled to announce this upcoming @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social webinar on "Intersectional queer activism in post-homonationalist times" on February 4, 3-5PM w the wonderful Dino Suhonić & Dr Amanullah De Sondy. See QR code or register here: shorturl.at/Ymgyl
January 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Queering The Film Archives - exciting queer community film event in #Cork on Sunday 26th January. Free event but donations welcome - fundraiser for Cork LGBT Archive (corklgbtarchive.com)
January 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
More photos below. Do check out the Sexual Violence Centre Cork’s & the UN Women websites for more information: sexualviolence.ie & www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol...
December 8, 2024 at 8:01 PM
…and told us more about the Center’s mission. Part of the #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-based Violence, the students also put #walking as a critical pedagogical praxis into practice. What a walk it was! Thank you again to all involved!
December 8, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Tonight the MAWS students participated in a guest lecture by PhD candidate Ellen O’Sullivan (nui.ie/awards/Profi...)
#femicide in Ireland & feminist discourse analysis. An important topic - thank you, Ellen!
November 27, 2024 at 6:19 PM
On Tuesday, the Genders, Sexualities & Families ( www.ucc.ie/en/iss21/clu...) cluster at UCC, together with the Women's Studies program, presented an evening in the company of Prof. Em. Pat O'Connor who read extracts from her book about life in academia. Also see: www.peterlang.com/document/137...
November 22, 2024 at 6:17 PM