Assoc. Prof. Ruth Barton, Head of School, and Dr Denis Murphy will hold a workshop to discuss issues arising out of Ecologies of Cultural Production and to share initial findings with the broader public on 2 September in Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute. Ecologies of Cultural Production is a research project based in Film Studies within the School of Creative Arts. The focus is on career construction in film, television drama and theatre exploring how people enter the fields of filmmaking, television drama and theatre-making and how they build and develop their careers in Ireland. The event will run through the morning of 2 September and will conclude with a lunch. The launch of the initial findings will be preceded by moderated panels comprised of industry and academic speakers. The event is free of charge but registration on Eventbrite is required for admission.

With a focus on Women in Irish Film, the annual Dublin Feminist Film Festival will take place at the Light House Cinema, Smithfield, this August. Co-organised by Assist. Prof. Jennifer O'Meara, the festival's programming manager, this year's line-up ranges from a dance film double bill to an afternoon on women in Irish animation, including a screening of Louise Bagnall's Academy Award nominated Late Afternoon (2017) alongside other animated shorts. Bagnall and other directors will be in attendance to discuss their work. To accompany the festival, a video providing a selected timeline of women in Irish film can also be viewed via the Dublin Feminist Film Festival 2019 website.

The annual Samuel Beckett Summer School provides a unique experience for students, scholars and lovers of Beckett's works. Each year we invite the world's foremost Beckett scholars to present new lectures and seminars on all aspects of Beckett's works. The School appeals to a wide range of Beckett enthusiasts by providing the opportunity to experience, savour and study Beckett's works in the university where he began his intellectual life. Featuring leading artists and academics, a varied public programme of events aims to give audiences a rare insight into the life and works of Samuel Beckett. Tickets are now available for all public events.

The School of Creative Arts is proud of its students and graduates who continue to think outside the box and create an innovative future for all during their studies in Trinity and after graduation. Emma Tracey, a graduate of English and Film from the class of 2010, has co-founded an innovative disruptive tech company that allows systems developers take control of how they are recruited by identifying the work and conditions that drive their decisions to take on jobs. Honeypot, a collaboration with Kaya Taner of Applift, launched in 2015 and has now been acquisitioned by XING, a major European career social network, in a move valued at €57m that guarantees goal-dependent investment.

The School of Creative Arts warmly congratulates Associate Professor Ruth Barton on the launch of her new work Irish cinema in the twenty-first century on 30th May 2019 in the IFI. An accessible, comprehensive overview of contemporary Irish cinema, this book is intended for use as a third-level textbook and is designed to appeal to academics in the areas of film studies and Irish studies. It covers works by established auteurs such as Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan, as well as new arrivals, including the Academy Award-winning Lenny Abrahamson. Professor Barton discusses the book in greater detail on Arena, the daily arts and popular culture show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 - click this news item to download the podcast of her interview.