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The staff and students at the Belfast campus of the School of Religion were honoured and delighted to host the Provost Linda Doyle, for a visit this week. It was a truly memorable day, and all were encouraged by the Provost’s interest in finding out more about the programmes and people who make up the School in Belfast. The Provost met with MPhil in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation students, PhD students and staff.

Registration is now open for the next ISE at 50 webinar, ‘Gender and Peacebuilding on a Shared Island’ on 7th October at 5pm. The panel includes speakers from DFA, Ulster University, DemocraShe, Migrant Women’s Network, and Christ Church, Sandymount. Professor Gillian Wylie will chair the event. The panel will explore the ongoing significant challenges for greater representation of diverse perspectives, such as gender, to be part of the key agenda for sharing this island. Follow the link to learn more and book your place.

Prof. Jacob Erickson will be in conversation with Prof. Michael Marder and his new book Green Mass: The Ecological Theology of St. Hildegard of Bingen. Marder’s book turns to the twelfth century Christian mystic to explore her concept of viriditas--the vegetal power of creation--in a number of registers. The book stages a fresh encounter between present-day and premodern concerns, ecology and theology, philosophy and mysticism, the material and the spiritual, in word and sound. “The Garden and the Dump: Across More-Than-Human Entanglements” is a two-day conference hosted by Aarhus University in Denmark on the “multitude of ways of seeing, thinking, and living ecology through visual art, cinema, magic and philosophy.”

The European Commission has appointed Dr. Maja Halilovic Pastuovic as an expert on the Western Balkans to its Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN). RAN is an EC funded body of academics and practitioners sharing extensive knowledge and first hand experiences of working in the field of radicalisation and violent extremism. RAN organises thematic Working Groups within its pool of expertise and produces publications highlighting lessons learnt, insights and recommendations relating to the understanding and prevention of violent extremism. Maja’s work will focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Albania.

Congratulations to Prof Brendan Browne who is the first researcher to feature in a new ‘Spotlight on’ series showcasing some of the key research taking place at Trinity. Brendan shares news of his current project, an international investigation into the forcible displacement of the Bedouin community in Palestine, co–led with researchers from QUB, Liverpool John Moores University and Al Quds University Human Rights Clinic. The work will support the International Criminal Court’s investigation in Palestine, and human rights training for the Palestinian Bedouin. Click the link to read the article.

The School of Religion is now taking applications for PhD studies via distance learning. This path allows students to study towards their research degree from their residential location, while participating in required modules and partaking in the School’s postgraduate and research community via online activities. Visit our PhD page to learn more.