Joyce’s view of economics is still relevant in 2022, explains Adrian Howlett, PhD candidate, School of English. Adrian was one of some 300 researchers who participated in the 28th International James Joyce Symposium hosted by Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin this week. Every generation of Joyce’s readers finds itself in the writer’s work. Although it […]
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Is flight shame dead? Long airport queues suggest it might be
In terms of aviation, 1pc of the world’s population, the super-emitters, cause 50pc of the global aviation emissions, and almost 80pc of the world’s population has never taken a flight and probably never will.
Beauty and the Bleach: the colonial history of colourism explored in BBC documentary
Also known as pigmentocracy, colourism is defined as discrimination that privileges light-skinned people of colour over their darker-skinned peers.
Ukraine lays bare our collective ignorance of Central and Eastern Europe
Ireland’s historic, economic and demographic ties to the region run deeper than is often realised – it’s time we started paying attention sats Dr Marvin Suesse in this article published by The Sunday Business Post.
Cult-like status of self-important strongmen may finally be waning as war takes toll
The cult of the leader, a standard barometer of authoritarianism, is one of the pillars of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Viktor Orban’s Hungary, says Balázs Apor, Associate Professor in European Studies, in this piece for the Irish Independent.
‘Putin is Hitler’: why we use analogies to talk about the Ukraine war, and how they can lead to peace
The war in Ukraine has produced a disorienting array of analogies. David Mitchell, Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation looks at how analogy is used to both create policy and justify it in this piece for The Conversation.
Deltacron: what scientists know so far about this new hybrid coronavirus
Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity, Luke O’Neill, says we must keep a close eye on the latest COVID-19 variant of interest. “Deltacron” appears to be a wild child hybrid of delta and omicron but we don’t know much about it yet.
School’s out: How lockdown highlighted educational inequality in Ireland
Remote learning required access to technologies that may have not been available to all students, and different levels of support may also have been provided by different schools.
Partygate Revisited: why Boris Johnson’s Downing Street is starting to sound like an Evelyn Waugh novel
If Partygate has taught us anything, it is that the British public has had enough of Johnson’s Waugh-esque ramblings, says Orlaith Darling, Early Career Researcher in Contemporary English Literature.
T-cells: the superheroes in the battle against omicron
Luke O’Neill, Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity, writes about Omicron and how our immune systems are fighting the common COVID-19 variant in this piece first published by The Conversation.