Interdisciplinary Seminar Series

Topic for 2009-2010

The aim of this interdisciplinary seminar series is to highlight the wealth of research at Trinity, to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange, and to provide opportunities for Trinity staff and postgraduates to engage in intellectual discussion.  The topic of the series for the 2009-2010 academic year is the concept of ‘taboos’, which will be interpreted through a wide range of frameworks, including moral, cultural, literary, psychological, ideological, spatial, artistic, gender and disciplinary. 

Seminars will meet on Thursdays from 12:00-1:00 in the IIIS seminar room (Arts Building 6th floor, room 6.002) and are open to anyone who would like to attend.

29 Oct. 2009. Irish Sexual Taboos (or the Lack Thereof
)
Dr Katharine Simms, History – ‘The Absence of Taboos in Medieval Irish Sexuality’.
Dr David Limond, Education – ‘Taboos in Sex Education in Ireland in the 1970s:  Martin Cole’s Growing Up'.

26 Nov. 2009. Business Taboos
Dr Martine Cuypers, Classics – ‘Taboo trade-offs in ancient Greece’.
Nicholas McIlroy and Ahmad Shadid, PhD Students in the School of Business - ‘Business Taboos in China and the Middle East'.

28 Jan. 2010. Religious Taboos
Dr Norbert Hintersteiner, School of Religions and Theology – ‘The Taboo of Double Religious Belonging’.

Katie Sturm, PhD student in Theology – ‘The Taboo of Liberal Thought in US Evangelicalism’

25 Feb. 2010. Taboos Relating to Sexuality and Childcare

Mr Paul Shield, (Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry) – ‘Industrial Schools and the Taboo of Cruelty and Sexual Abuse in Childcare’
Jemimah Baily, Ph.D. student in Social Work – ‘Taboos Relating to Sexuality and Fatherhood in Contemporary Ireland’

29 April 2010. Scientific Taboos
Dr Máirín Ní Cheallaigh, IRCHSS Postdoctoral Research Fellow - ‘Taboos and Scientific Objectivity: Irish Archaeological Approaches to the Display of Ancient Human Remains’.

Evangelos Kapros, PhD Candidate in Computer Science – ‘The Institutional Nature of Moral Taboos in Science’

 
If you would like further information please contact either Dr. Deana Heath at heathd@tcd.ie or Dr Jason McElligott at jmcellig@tcd.ie.

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