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2024
Rights of Nature and Heritage on the Island of Ireland
12th October, Ulster University, Derry~Londonderry (Magee) campus
Speakers:
- Dr. Liam Campbell, author of Room for the River: The Foyle River Catchment Landscape Connecting People, Place & Nature and director of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies
- Dr. Peter Doran, earth jurisprudence scholar at Queen’s University Belfast
- Anjuli Grantham, PhD Researcher in Heritage and Climate Action at Ulster University
- Maura Johnson, poet, educator and rights of nature activist
- Rose Kelly, founder of Rights of Nature Donegal
- Mary McGuiggan, founder of The Gathering and Zero Waste North West
- Sinead Mercier, Lecturer in Environmental Law & Policy and School of Law PhD Researcher at University College Dublin
- Sarai Humble, founder of All is Well and the Fairy Council of Ireland
Convenors: Anjuli Grantham, PhD Researcher, Ulster, and Prof. Elizabeth Crooke, Ulster
2023
International Symposium on Ubiquitous Music
2nd - 4th November, Ulster University, Derry~Londonderry (Magee) campus and partners NWRC
Keynote: [M] [Monhrea], aka Wanjiru Ngure (live music coder from Nairobi) - keynote lecture and performance
Ubimus 2023 Invited lecture: Prof. Andrew Hugill (University of Leicester)
Supported by the Department for the Economy Connected fund (HE-FE collaboration)
Theorising Zombiism
30th-31st October, Ulster University, Derry~Londonderry (Magee) campus
Keynote: Prof. Stacey Abbott (Univ. Roehampton)
Oscillations and Modulations festival
29th Sept - 1st Oc, Ulster University, Derry~Londonderry (Mage) campus and partner venues including Guildhall, Cultúrlann, NWRC
Partners including Movin' Music Academy, Northern Lights Project (Arts Council NI-funded) and NWRC
Supported by the Department for the Economy Connected fund (HE-FE collaboration)
Irish Museums Association 2023 Annual Conference
8th-9th September, Ulster University, Derry~Londonderry (Magee) campus
2022
Irish Society for Theatre Research annual conference
3rd and 4th June, Ulster University, Magee campus and Playhouse Theatre
Keynote Performance: “Shedding of Skin” by Kabosh Theatre Company
Keynotes: Paula McFetridge (Artistic Director, Kabosh Theatre) and Dr Christopher Fitz-Simon (Artistic Director, Lyric Theatre)
2021
Women, Citizenship, and Conflict
18th June (online, Ulster University, Magee campus, in association with Kabosh Theatre Company, Belfast)
Keynotes and panelists: Dr Tina Davids (Radboud University Nijmegen), Dr Maria Estrada Fuentes (Royal Holloway, University of London), Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick (Ulster)
In Practice: creative arts PhD research and careers
17th, 24th June (online, Magee campus, supported by the Covid-19 Research Recovery Fund)
Day one focused on examples of practice-based research approaches, with presenters including Dr Carolann North (poet), Dr Trish Morgan (media artist and lecturer, Dublin City University), Dr Stephen Roddy (artist-researcher in data-driven sound and music, Trinity College Dublin), Dr Brona Martin (composer-researcher, University of Southampton), and Dr Robin Parmar (artist-researcher across various media and lecturer, University of Limerick).
Day two continued discussions of practice-based research, but will also focus on career paths, with presentations from Dr Laura Aguiar (community engagement, Nerve Centre), Dr Jenn Kirby (composer-performer-researcher in music technology, University of the West of Scotland), Dr Richard Graham (CEO Delta Sound Labs, USA, and former tenure-track assistant professor at a US university). Day concluded with a two-hour workshop from Ottowa-based Dr Chris Cornthwaite, author of Doctoring: Building a Life with a PhD, tailored to PhDs in creative and practice-based arts.
American Conference of Irish Studies
2nd-5th June (online, Ulster University, Magee campus)
Keynotes, invited panels and plenaries:
President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins
Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin (UCC) and Dr Anne Marie O’Brien (DIAS) with Barbara McCormack (RIA) and Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn (Maynooth, DIAS) | Prof. Nollaig Ó Muraíle (NUI Galway) and Prof. Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha (NUI Galway) | Prof. Máire Ní Annracháin (UCD), Professor Máiréad Nic Craith (Heriot-Watt), Dr Brian Lacey | Dr Clíona Ní Ríordáin (Sorbonne) Crónán Ó Doibhlin, University College Cork, Barbara McCormack, Royal Irish Academy
Irish Screen Studies Seminar (symposium)
6th-7th May 2021 (online, Magee campus)
Keynotes: Prof. John Hill (Royal Holloway) and Dr Liz Greene (Liverpool John Moores)
2020
Irish Screen Studies Seminar (symposium) - postponed to 2021
Taking Pride in the Past: LGBTQ+ Engagement at Museums and Heritage Sites
19th February 2020
Keynote: Prof. Richard Sandell, University of Leicester
Collaboration with Hillsborough Castle
2019
Border Heritage: Irish Humanities Alliance 2019 annual conference
24th-25th October 2019
Keynotes: Dr Mags Daugbjerg (Aarhus University) and Bryonie Reid (artist and writer)
Rethinking the Display of East Asian Art in Museums: Interpretation, Representation and the Art Market
Tuesday 16 April 2019
Keynote: Dr Stacey Pierson (SOAS)
Collaboration with the Ulster Museum
Performance and Protest symposium
10th January 2019
Collaboration with the Museum of Free Derry
Presentations from researchers representing: University of Anbar (Iraq), Royal Holloway University of London, Leeds University, Kadir Has University (Turkey), Exeter University, Leeds Beckett University, Queen's University, Belfast, and Concordia University (Canada).
Artistic programme including artists from Hong Kong, India, the UK, Ireland and Italy
2018
Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association annual conference and festival
9th and 10th November, 2018
Keynotes: Prof. Salomé Voegelin (Univ. Arts London) and Prof. Anna Barney (Southampton); invited composer Prof. Leigh Landy (De Montfort University)
Movies in Mind: interdisciplinary symposium and festival
9th October 2018
Keynote: Prof. Siobhan O'Neill (Ulster University: Psychology)
In association with the Nerve Centre
Oscillations and Modulations: a festival of synthesisers
20th and 21st March, 2018
Including presentations from Richard Duckworth (Trinity College Dublin, School of Music), and Dr Niall Coghlan (Dundalk Institute of Technology), along with practical workshops and concerts including NI Music Prize winner Ryan Vail
Supported by the Higher Education Innovation Fund (Provosts’ Outreach Event Fund)
2017
Virtual Systems and MultiMedia International Conference
3rd-5th November
Ulster University Belfast campus, in association with Art and Design
International Workshop on Digital Empathy
31st October, 2017
Keynote: Prof. Noel Sharkey (Sheffield)
In association with the Ulster University Annual Convocation Lecture
Canadian Association for Irish Studies Annual Conference: Connections and Reconnections in Irish Studies
June 27th-30th, 2017
Magee campus, in association with History and English at Ulster
Keynotes: Professor Donald Harman Akenson (Queen’s University, Canada) Professor Danine Farquarson (Memorial University, Canada) Professor Margaret Kelleher (University College Dublin), Professor Máirín Nic Eoin (Dublin City University)
Inclusive Creativity: Digital Practices symposium
May 31st, June 1st, 2017
Collaboration with the Walled City Music Festival, supported by Garfield Weston Trust
Keynotes: John Kelly and Charles Matthews (Drake Music); Prof. Tony Brooks and Prof. Eva Brooks (Aalborg University)
Staging Sonic Spaces symposium
7th – 9th March, 2017
Featuring SounDKarD ensemble; Keynote: Prof. Leigh Landy (De Montfort University)
In association with the Glassworks/Cultúrlann uí Chanáin and the Spatial Music Collective
2016
Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association annual conference
7th-9th September 2016
Keynotes: Prof. Leigh Landy (De Montfort University) and Dr Liz Dobson (Huddersfield)
In association with partner venues including Void Gallery, Echo Echo Dance Theatre, the Inner City Trust, the Garden of Reflection Gallery and the Nerve Centre/Fablab NI
Social Media and Politics Symposium
June 3rd 2016
Ulster University Belfast campus
Delegates from Sussex, Newcastle, Royal Holloway, Essex, Cardiff, Manchester Metropolitan, and Erasmus University, addressing topics including the similarities and differences between social media mobilisation in the USA, Egypt, Ukraine, Turkey, and Hong Kong
Hearts of STEM symposium
Keynote: Prof. Susan Schreibman (Maynooth University)
Ulster University Magee and Belfast campuses, 24th and 26th February, 2016
In association with the NI Science Festival
