Coming soon! Thursday 29 January at 11 am, The Bridge Room (University of Galway) Roberta Borrelli (Università di Bari) and Dr. Bianca Rita Cataldi (University of Galway) will explore the intersections of ecology, technology, and posthumanism in contemporary Italian literature. All welcome!

A great experience that we tried to capture in this blog 🪴 @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

Irish Humanities Alliance@irishhumanities.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Read more about our wonderful annual conference this year, hosted by @ucdhumanities.bsky.social in Sep 2025, in this blog by @biancacataldi.bsky.social 'Feeding the Soul: Transnational Narratives of Food and Belonging.' www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

There is still time to register to our ReCLAIM event "Early Career Life: Coffee Morning and Roundtable", Friday 5 December at 11 am at @ucddublin.bsky.social We will discuss successes, perceived 'failures', troubleshooting ideas and all things 'early career' 💫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/reclaim-pr...

A few tickets left for our eTEAcally Afternoon Tea on the topic of #Research #Integrity, with guests from @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucc.ie @unileiden.bsky.social Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/reclaim-pr...

ReCLAIM project TRAIN | eTEAcally: Research Integrity Afternoon Tea

A discussion on transnational approaches to research integrity to ensure a positive and respectful exchange of knowledge and opinions.

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Come join Prof. Rebecca Braun and myself in conversation with Prof. Anne O'Connor next Tuesday 30 September at 4 pm. We will celebrate #International #Translation Day while discussing our latest #literary #translations, our love for the job, and many other things. tinyurl.com/4kcct93b

Registration is open! “eTEAcally: Research Integrity Afternoon Tea" (UCD Humanities Institute, 3 October 2025 @ 3 pm) with experts from UCD, UCC and Leiden University. The event is sponsored by the UCD Research Culture ReCLAIM initiative funded by the Wellcome Trust. Register here: lnkd.in/eJFmQWYX

Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.

A Guide to Thesis Writing and a Guide to Life

Writing and research manuals like Umberto Eco’s “How to Write a Thesis” offer a vision of our best selves, Hua Hsu wrote, in 2015.

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Registration OPEN! Programme draft available on the registration page. @irishhumanities.bsky.social 2025 Conference “Feeding the Soul: Transnational Narratives of Food and Belonging” (UCD Humanities Institute, 4-5 September 2025) @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

Irish Humanities Alliance 2025 Conference

FEEDING THE SOUL: TRANSNATIONAL NARRATIVES OF FOOD AND BELONGING| UCD Humanities Institute, Seminar Room H204 | 4–5 September 2025

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My latest translation is out today in all Italian bookshops 🎉

It was a real pleasure to be a guest of OUT.LET, the Italian-language podcast led by Prof. Daniele Maria Pegorari and hosted by Universitas Mercatorum. We discussed my novel Acqua di sole, notions of kinship and the path towards an ecology of feelings. Thanks to Professor Pegorari for having me🌷

OUT.LET - Il profumo dei sentimenti: la saga familiare di Bianca Rita Cataldi - Prof. Daniele Maria Pegorari

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We are delighted to welcome world-renowned public intellectuals Aleida Assmann and Susan Neiman to the HI for a TNH roundtable on ‘The Future of Cultural Memory in Times of Disruption’ | 28th May 2025 @ 4.30pm | Please register for this free event on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-future...

I was delighted to find out that my latest translation is now available in pre-order on the publishers’ website and will soon hit Italian bookshops. I truly enjoyed working on this novel and I am very grateful to Heloola for the opportunity to work with such a talented writer. lnkd.in/ehqn2K-m

Two days left!

Bianca Cataldi@biancacataldi.bsky.social · last yr.

There is still some time left to submit an abstract to the 2025 @irishhumanities.bsky.social conference, titled "Feeding the Soul: Transnational Narratives of Food and Belonging" (4-5 September 2025, University College Dublin). Deadline: 15 May 2025. Full call: lnkd.in/eu4smvjk

I will soon have the pleasure to deliver a flash talk remotely at the conference ‘From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis & Polycrisis: Epistemological Perspectives & Interventions’ (@ucdhumanities.bsky.social, 22-24 May 2025). I’m hugely looking forward to such a rich programme.

There is still some time left to submit an abstract to the 2025 @irishhumanities.bsky.social conference, titled "Feeding the Soul: Transnational Narratives of Food and Belonging" (4-5 September 2025, University College Dublin). Deadline: 15 May 2025. Full call: lnkd.in/eu4smvjk

For those who enjoy reading in Italian language, this little novel of mine is now discounted in the ebook version. I have very fond memories of the creative process behind this book, and I still love the cover, after almost seven years.

I fiori non hanno paura del temporale - Cataldi, Bianca Rita - Ebook - EPUB2 con Adobe DRM | Feltrinelli

I fiori non hanno paura del temporale è un eBook di Cataldi, Bianca Rita pubblicato da HarperCollins Italia a 2.99. Il file è in formato EPUB2 con Adobe DRM: risparmia online con le offerte Feltrine...

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A great start today to our TRAIN Project (Transnational Research and Interdisciplinary Networks) with a networking event in collaboration with @ucdhumanities.bsky.social and UCD Earth Institute. Thanks to UCD Research Culture and Wellcome Trust for sponsoring it through the ReCLAIM initiative 🎨📚🔬

Registration closing soon!

Bianca Cataldi@biancacataldi.bsky.social · last yr.

The first event in our TRAIN project is coming up! Register here by 18 April: lnkd.in/eXXnTuHT The event, sponsored by the ReClaim funding scheme and funded by UCD Research Culture and Wellcome Trust, will give the opportunity to exchange ideas and explore potential interdisciplinary collaborations.

The beginning of a new project: TRAIN - Transnational Research and Interdisciplinary Networks. We are very grateful to the ReCLAIM Initiative, funded by UCD Research Culture and Wellcome Trust, for sponsoring this project. Register here to our 1st event: lnkd.in/esviaweq @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

The first event in our TRAIN project is coming up! Register here by 18 April: lnkd.in/eXXnTuHT The event, sponsored by the ReClaim funding scheme and funded by UCD Research Culture and Wellcome Trust, will give the opportunity to exchange ideas and explore potential interdisciplinary collaborations.

Tonight! I am really looking forward to this conversation with Professor Eglė Kačkutė on the topic of migrant mothers’ subjectivities at @ucdhumanities.bsky.social Free registration on Eventbrite: lnkd.in/eHrpbgkn

Registrations are now open!

UCD Humanities Institute@ucdhumanities.bsky.social · last yr.

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Eglė Kačutė to the HI for a TNH workshop on "Migrant Mothers’ Subjectivities" | Thursday 27th March 2025 @ 4pm | HI Seminar Room H204 | Please register for this free event on EVENTBRITE : www.eventbrite.ie/e/transnatio...

We are excited to publish our CFPs for the IHA annual conference 2025 “Feeding the Soul: Transnational Narratives of Food and Belonging”, hosted by UCD Humanities Institute. Submission Deadline: 15 May 2025 details 👇 www.irishhumanities.com/events/call-...

I'm developing a creative anthology related to my research. Please share this Call for Submissions widely with anyone you think might be interested! Something mythic this way comes ... quareeire.wordpress.com

Here it is 📚 My monograph “Industrial Literature and Authors: Labor, Factory Utopias, and Testimonial Intent”. Thanks to Routledge for believing in this project, and to all those who have supported me during the years 🌺