Seminar:
Social Movements and Collective Agency
Maynooth,
Tuesday 21st April
This
seminar showcases the social movements research of two recent PhD graduates in
the Dept of Sociology, Maynooth.
Dr
Terry Dunne will be speaking on his research on collective agency and economic
change in early-nineteenth-century Ireland, the impact of social conflict
within the agricultural sector on social structure, and the associated cultural
formation of a sense of agency.
Dr
Ania Szolucha will be speaking on her research on direct democracy in the
Occupy movement in Ireland and the United States, its social relevance in the
context of the history of democracy, and her new project about grassroots
renewable energy initiatives.
Both
speakers will also offer some insight into the final processes of PhD study
which may be useful to others about to be in a similar situation.
As
Ania is leaving to take up a research fellowship at the University of Bergen,
Norway, we will be having post-seminar farewell drinks.
Where:
Iontas conference room, Iontas Building, North Campus, Maynooth (https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/campus-life/campus-map)
When:
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday the 21st of April.
All
welcome.
