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Founding member of the Centre for Resistance Studies, Prof Jacqueline Hayden was awarded the Medal of Gratitude by the European Solidarity Center in Gdansk for donating her extensive collection of interviews with leading members of the Solidarity movement and other political figures.

The Centre hosted an in-conversation event with award-winning writer and poet, Carmen Bugan and Prof Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin. The conversation touched upon the relationship between oppression and language, and the role of poetry and translation in articulating resistance. Watch the video recording here.

The Centre hosted a research seminar by Dr. Julia Buyskykh, a socio-cultural anthropologist affiliated with the Institute of History of Ukraine, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. In her talk, Dr Buyskykh discussed how local Ukrainian Greek Catholics were able to resist and survive in the communist period, and to develop their communities through religion.

Egyptian comics artist Deena Mohamed discussed her graphic novel, Your Wish is My Commmand (Shubeik Lubeik) at the International Literature Festival Dublin. The event was organised jointly with ILFDublin, the Long Room Hub and the Centre.

The first podcast in the Literature and Resistance podcast series is the recording of an in-conversation event featuring Prof Rosie Lavan and comics artist Deena Mohamed. The topic of the conversation was the publication of the award-winning graphic novel Shubeik Lubeik - Your Wish is My Command - by Deena Mohamed.