@uccwomenstudies
Interdisciplinary Master’s & PhD degree in Women's Studies at University College Cork, Ireland. https://www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/ Taught by a vibrant multidisciplinary team & managed by program director Dr Evelien Geerts (@egeertsphd.bsky.social).
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that, thanks to a generous donation from an anonymous benefactor, we are able to offer one MA Philosophy Studentship, worth €1000, in 2026-27.
Details can be found here: www.ucc.ie/en/scholarsh...
On this #IWD, check out @ucc.ie’s
Women’s Studies MA program and that through the eyes of two of our international students, Izzy & Sharon. Feminist pedagogy lies at the heart of what we do in our MA (and also PhD) program: youtu.be/c9kF68Lw5yE?...
Want to know more? www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/
Celebrate International Women's Day by bringing it back to its radical roots.
30% off essential books on reproductive justice, socialist feminism, and trans liberation.
For over a century International Women's Day has been a site of workers’ strikes and collective action.
We're celebrating by offering 30% off a selection of key texts on radical feminist theory and history.
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Join us to mark #IWD2026 with tours, talks, screenings & exhibitions celebrating women’s stories, creativity & impact across Irish history.
Explore Ireland’s cultural heritage through women’s experiences on Sun 8 March. #SpeirGorm #HerStory
www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/I...
IWD 2026 event poster
Wonderful IWD event at the Cork Migrant Centre this Friday!
Picture of Women’s Studies PhD student teaching
Our Women’s Studies MA students were treated to a rhizomatic & thought-provoking guest lecture by Women’s Studies PhD student Fiona Leigh last week. Fiona, who is working on the intersections of queer & trans* philosophies, talked about auto-ethnography & post-qualitative research methodologies.
Come join us! It will be fab!
@maggieoneill.bsky.social @kajsacork.bsky.social @gemakloppe.bsky.social @silviaross.bsky.social @amirdemo.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social
Poster for UCC event on March 9th
Interesting event on March the 9th at UCC - do check it out!
📢 Now published: Aigne Volume 11 (2025)
This issue explores the theme "Response: Reflection and Action" and features original research on a variety of topics.
🔗Read it now: aigne.ucc.ie/index.php/ai...
#openaccess #research #ucc #cacsss
📢Exciting Opportunity: Seeking Expressions of Interest to Join the Editorial Board of Aigne vol. 12📢
✅Are you a UCC Postgraduate Student?
✅Want to hone your editorial skills?
✅Can you commit to one full volume cycle?
Get in touch before 20 February 2025: aigne@ucc.ie
The annual Feminist Studies grad prize is open for submissions! December 31st deadline. Please spread the word.
UCC MA Women's Studies application poster
Interested in women's & gender studies? You can now apply to join our MA Women's Studies 2026-27 cohort at
@ucc.ie. Use the QR code below or find out more via www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/.
March 12th is the GOI-IES fellowship deadline.
#UCC #womensstudies #genderstudies #Ireland #postgraduate #MA
This looks like a very interesting summer school for folks interested in contemporary critical theory & the environmental (post)humanities: www.globaldisconnect.org/01/09/20-24-...
@globaldiscnct.bsky.social
Poster of Scaling Spaces seminar series at UCC
Do check out this interesting Scaling Spaces seminar series at UCC!
Celebrate St Brigid’s Day! Learn to make a traditional St Brigid’s Cross with Museum Educator Tom Doyle below or join us in person at Workshops at 2pm & 3:30pm, Sat 31 Jan 2026 at the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park. Explore more Brigid events across our sites 👉 youtu.be/DMYYaaV2-Sw
Come find @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social this Wednesday at UCC’s Postgrad Fair at the Student Center from 1-4PM (Society, Politics & Ethics stand)! More info here: www.ucc.ie/en/pg-expo/
Interesting conference - www.digraconference2026.com/call-for-exh...
@ucc.ie folks - do send us your PhD students for the @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social PG7044 module on #gender, #intersectionality & #interdisciplinarity below (which will take place during the first two weeks of March 2026)
Important project happening at @ucc.ie right now: www.ucc.ie/en/deepfake-...
Delighted to share the CFP for the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate and ECR Study Day, happening on Friday 12th June at @frenchdeptucc.bsky.social. This year we are also opening the call up to final-year UG students and MA students. Please share widely!
Nollaig na mBan faoi mhaise dhaoibh. Happy Little Christmas.
Dr @aoifeg.bsky.social explores the significance of #NollaignamBan celebrations and modern-day traditions.
Bright pink background with bold red text reading “A Feminist Platform?”
Photograph of an old wooden lectern against a bright pink background. The top beam is engraved with the words “Votes for Women.”
Photograph of the “Votes for Women” wooden lectern against a bright pink background with white overlay text explaining that it was used by the Irish Women’s Franchise League as they travelled across Ireland in the early 20th century campaigning for women’s suffrage.
This lectern travelled across Ireland in the early 1900s, used by the Irish Women’s Franchise League as they campaigned for the right to vote.
Portable lecterns like this helped speakers rise above crowds—this one even bears a plaque reading “Votes for women.”
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-ie/collec...
UCC MA in Women's Studies promo poster - with application QR code
Interested in contemporary women's & gender studies? You can now apply to join our MA Women's Studies 2026-27 cohort at @ucc.ie. Use the QR code below or find out more via www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/.
#UCC #womensstudies #genderstudies #Ireland #postgraduate #MA
Looks like a very interesting @posthumanresinst.bsky.social online event on conceptualization of the #Anthropocene!
@maggieoneill.bsky.social @desfitzgerald.bsky.social @radhumslab.bsky.social @uccphilosophy.bsky.social @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social please share!
Join us tomorrow for our @uccwomenstudies webinar for Chinese applicants. See here for more info & the event poster: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5p06AsGH3U...
Chinese promo poster for MA Women’s Studies webinar
Are you currently a Chinese student at @ucc.ie or are you in China & thinking about MA opportunities abroad? Then do attend our @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social
webinar with program director Dr @egeertsphd.bsky.social & our recent graduates Kunyao & Yafei.
More about our program: www.ucc.ie/en/cke03/
Teaching & Learning posters photo
@uccwomenstudies.bsky.social’s Dr Evelien Geerts & Dr Liz Kyte participated in @ucc.ie’s T&L showcase with two posters on #feministpedagogies last week!
Collage of pictures - T&L event and Teaching Excellence Awards event
Had a lovely time presenting at the T&L event yesterday & winning the 2025 UCC President’s Award for Teaching Excellence! A great win for @uccphilosophy.bsky.social (as my colleague Adam won an award too) & even bigger win for @ucc.ie @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social community! ✨✨✨
Call for interest - poster for postgraduate research students at UCC with an interest in critical theory & research methodologies
Do check out our @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social-embedded
PG7044 course for postgrad research students at @ucc.ie. If you are currently a PG student at UCC & have any questions, then do be in touch!
#UCC #womensstudies #PGeducation #criticalpedagogies #interdisciplinarity #intersectionality