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This conference at Trinity’s Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute brings together scholars from all over Ireland who work in the field of the Academic Study of Religions. In recent years, material and aesthetic approaches have shed light on how religions "become effective" in a diversity of ways, focussing on the role of the body and the senses; materials and objects; and practices and technologies in religious contexts. Beginning at 2pm on 11th October, scholars will offer papers and perspectives on the "stuff of religion." The evening keynote address from 6:15pm-7:15pm will feature Professor of Religion and Secular Studies Kim Knott, Lancaster University, UK, speaking on "Religious Matters in Security Policy and Practice - Producing and Exchanging Expert Knowledge." To register to this free conference or the keynote address please contact Dr. Alexandra Grieser at griesera@tcd.ie

Prof. Etain Tannam of the School of Religion joined a diverse panel in the first Long Room Hub Behind the Headlines event of this academic year, to discuss what lies ahead for the island of Ireland and Ireland’s relationship with Northern Ireland.

Are you interested in representing your course as a student rep? The Graduate Student’s Union is organising elections for the School of Religion next week. These will take place on Tuesday 15th October at 1.00pm for MPhil and PhD courses, and on Thursday 17th October at 6.30pm and 7.00pm for courses that run in the evening. Click on the link for further details of venues and times, as well as information on the various roles available.

A recent United Nations Development Programme report declares that, “Future generations will pass a harsh judgement on a generation that looked at the evidence on climate change and then continued on a path that consigned millions of the world’s most vulnerable people to poverty.” Environmentalists argue that we must “save” the planet, “for our children, and our children’s children.” The growing awareness of the acceleration of human-induced climate change alongside the voices of young activists most particularly Greta Thunberg make significant questions in ethics even more immediate: What do we owe to current and future generations? How do we reimagine our societies and economies to create a just sustainable living space for humanity and other species? What is “intergenerational climate justice”? Panellists include: Professor John Sweeney (climatologist and contributor to the IPCC Report) Professor Yvonne Buckley (zoologist) Jen Matchain (PhD student Trinity College Dublin) Francis Noel Duffy (Green Party) Oana Marian (PhD student Trinity College Dublin & Active Hope Network) Dr Declan Little (Woodlands of Ireland). Click link for more information.