UCC Relevance to You Series

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UCC are pleased to be launching a new series of insightful, intellectually stimulating and thought provoking short talks delivered by academics on research areas that impact on society and daily life.
 
Each event will be chaired by Dr Jean van Sinderen-Law, Associate Vice President and will consist of four or five diverse topics, delivered in an informative and stimulating way by UCC academics and will conclude with an opportunity for participants to comment, provide input and to exchange ideas.  Some of the topics include:
Brexit- Cork’s friend or foe?; Where will the next generation of antibiotics come from; How does our society respond to children in conflict with the law; and Can Hip Hop offer solutions to current global political crises through its bottom-up vision of globalisation?
 
Open to the public, the events will take place at the UCC Centre for Executive Education, Lapps Quay, Cork from 17.30 to 19.15pm on the following dates:
 
Tuesday October 8^th,
Professor Patrick O’Shea, President: Welcome address
Professor Ursula Kilkelly: Children in conflict with the law – who are they and how do we respond.
Professor Colin Hill: Next generation of antibiotics; does the answer lie within?
Dr Mary C. Murphy: Brexit: Cork’s friend or foe?
Mr John FitzGerald: Creativity and words: Great Book of Ireland
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Tuesday October 22nd
Professor Chris Williams: Richard Burton’s diaries – the man behind the actor
Professor J Griff Rollefson: Hip Hop's Third Space: A Progressive Populism
Mr Cronan O’Doibhlin: John Minihan Archive: Photography and the memorial
Professor Padraig O Machain: The Irish Medieval Book – What is it really?
Professor Geraldine Boylan: The most challenging journey of your life
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Thursday November 28^th
Professor Fiona Kearney: Museums do it with lights on – learning through seeing
Professor John O’Halloran: Dipping dippers: local responses to global challenges
Professor Thia Hennessy: What’s the beef? Is there a future for livestock agriculture?
Professor Cian O’Mathuna: The future of sensors: Sensing the future
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Please register to reserve your space