Dance first, think later? This is a project I have been working on for a while. If you have journeyed through clubs, raves, dancefloors, sounds and crowds of 1990s/early 2000s Northern Ireland I would love to chat!
Centre for Gender in Politics
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The Centre, based at Queen’s University Belfast, promotes engaged feminist research and collaboration between academics, activists and students. Visit our website http://qub.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-for-gender-in-politics/
ÆRN Workshop: Affect, Emotion, and the Politics of Crisis Wednesday 10 June 9.30–16.00 Maths & Physics Teaching Centre, 0G/017, Queen's University Belfast www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/affect-emo...
Affect, Emotion, and the Politics of Crisis
You are invited to the ÆRN: Affect and Emotion Research Network first public event at Queen's University Belfast
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As a journal editor, PLEASE PLEASE don’t ignore review requests or take one on and disappear. It adds so much time to the review process. Just decline or let editors know if you cannot complete the review anymore. #AcademicWriting
❔Can art help us theorise feminist peace? ❗Maria-Adriana Deiana & Heidi Riley use two contemporary art exhibitions in post-Good Friday Agreement Northern Ireland to show how aesthetic methods reveal peace as necessarily 'unfinished,' exceeding the conflict/peace binary. 👇 tinyurl.com/yntw4nhn
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We @centreforgender.bsky.social are so sad to hear of Naomi’s passing. We have been lucky to learn and be inspired by her feminist activism, creativity and commitment to social justice. Keeping Naomi, her family and the many who love her in our thoughts. www.alliance4choice.com/naomi-connor...
Alliance for ChoiceNaomi Connor
Alliance for Choice campaigns for abortion rights in Northern Ireland as we believe in bodily autonomy for women, trans men and non-binary people. We want free, safe and legal abortion healthcare for ...
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Read QUB Conflict Transformation and Social Justice MA Helena Meehan's student blog on 'The Bathroom Question: Transgender Women's Bathroom Rights and Panopticon Surveillance'. open.substack.com/pub/centrefo...
The Bathroom Question: Transgender Women’s Bathroom Rights and Panopticon Surveillance
On the 11th of June 2025, a transgender barrister, Robin White, was confronted by two anti-trans activists outside of a women’s bathroom in the House of Commons.
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Check out our New Aims & Scope. Get in touch to discuss ideas for Special Issues on the relationships between war and culture. We welcome submissions from diverse fields. We are keen to support & amplify the work of scholars from underrepresented fields/backgrounds. #AcademicSky #IRSky
Journal of War and Culture Studies@jwcsjournal.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew Year, New AIMS and SCOPE. Check it out..... Our Editorial Team have reflected on submissions received in 2025 and have reviewed the journal's aims and scope to provide greater guidance and encouragement for potential contributing authors. Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/ywa...
Exciting to have these brilliant PhD researchers join our centre #FeministSky
Centre for Gender in Politics@centreforgender.bsky.social · 8mo agoCentre for Gender in Politics Introductions: Rebecca O'Keeffe and Mhairi Claire Lynch. Today's blog post is from our new 1st year PhD students working within the centre. centreforgender.substack.com/p/centre-for...
Centre for Gender in Politics Introductions: Rebecca O'Keeffe and Mhairi Claire Lynch. Today's blog post is from our new 1st year PhD students working within the centre. centreforgender.substack.com/p/centre-for...
Centre for Gender in Politics Introductions: Rebecca O'Keeffe and Mhairi Claire Lynch
Today's blog post is from our new 1st year PhD students working within the centre.
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Students don’t need to go to university to use generative AI. They need critical thinking and analytical skills, the ability to understand complex ideas, to make connections and informed arguments, to cultivate creative thinking and develop original ideas. And yes it is hard work. The rest is SLOP
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 9mo agoUniversities are racing to incorporate AI into their curriculum—but there’s a better way to prepare students for the future, Michael Clune argues.
This Friday. Join us if you are in Belfast #Speirgorm
Centre for Gender in Politics@centreforgender.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles". Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Belfast book launch today! 📚
Centre for Gender in Politics@centreforgender.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles". Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Lovely to launch my book this evening at Queens Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social thanks to everyone who came along and to @drdeiana.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social for organising and commentary 💚 @manchesterup.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social
brilliant conversation on feminist activism and gender politics celebrating @clairepierson.bsky.social new book with @mhairiclaire.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @centreforgender.bsky.social
‘Hope on small scales’: Women’s Troubles book explores gender and feminist politics in post-Agreement #NorthernIreland Read our article by Jessica HADDEN 👉 sharedfuture.news/hope-on-smal... @centreforgender.bsky.social @clairepierson.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social
Looking forward to co-hosting the Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI)’s 2nd Annual Symposium, taking place today and tomorrow as a collaboration between TRAI, Outburst Queer Arts Festival and the @centreforgender.bsky.social at Queen’s www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-trans-...
The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium
Eventbrite - Taylor Follett presents The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium - Friday, November 21, 2025 | Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Queen's University Belfast, Belfa...
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We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles". Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
With the first semester well and truly underway, we decided to kick start our blog post series introducing our members! Interested in getting involved? Drop us a message or say hi on campus! open.substack.com/pub/centrefo...
Welcome to the Centre for Gender in Politics!
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting an introduction blog from some of our members in the Centre of Gender in Politics!
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Registration is now live for the Trans Research Association of Ireland’s 2nd Annual Symposium! We’re excited to take part, and look forward to seeing you there! The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-trans-...
This Belfast Trans Pride weekend, we reiterate our absolute solidarity with Belfast’s trans, non-binary and intersex communties. Judith Butler nailed it.. ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’. #TheNorthSaysTransJoy #BelfastIsAntiFascist
New publication in @millennjournal.bsky.social Theorising Feminist Peace with Northern Ireland’s Contemporary Art. Co-authored with my colleague Heidi Riley as part of our project Talk4Peace #IRSky #FeminsitSky #AcademicSky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Unfinished Peace, Unfinished Memory: Theorising Feminist Peace With Northern Ireland’s Contemporary Art - Maria-Adriana Deiana, Heidi Riley, 2025
The critical engagement with everyday lived experiences and the politics of memory are key dimensions in Feminist Peace Research. They help us theorise feminist...
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We are delighted to announce that the Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI)’s 2nd Annual Symposium will take place on the 21st and 22nd of November 2025 in Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with Outburst Queer Arts Festival and the Centre for Gender in Politics at Queen’s. [1/8]
Our #BISA2025 keynote speech by @bleiker.bsky.social is now published! 🎉 Entitled: 'Seeing and sensing world politics' - co-authored with Dr Emma Hutchinson - this year's keynote was recorded as a lasting memento from #BISA2025 🌟 Watch now 👉 buff.ly/IXfXfpA @visualpolitics.bsky.social
#BISA2025 keynote recording: Professor Roland Bleiker - Seeing and sensing world politics
Watch the #BISA2025 50th anniversary keynote from Roland Bleiker on seeing and sensing world politics.
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#jobklaxon #speirgorm The National Women's Council of Ireland - JOIN OUR TEAM: P.A. to the Director / Operations Officer www.nwci.ie/index.php/le...
JOIN OUR TEAM: P.A. to the Director / Operations Officer
An exciting opportunity has come up to join our team as P.A. to the Director / Operations Officer, a key role supporting the smooth and effective running of the organisation’s leadership, governance a
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Out in @ifjpglobal.bsky.social our collective conversation “Base Women and Beyond”. A first step in our ongoing project for a contemporary feminist research agenda on military/nuclear installations and their discontents. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Base women and beyond
Published in International Feminist Journal of Politics (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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We had an amazing time at #BISA2025 this week - including a panel on Base Women and Beyond, which looked at both nuclear and military sites. This included discussions around what happens when the military leaves a base and feminist approaches to military studies. 🧵 - 1/3
Panels from our Base Women and Beyond project that seeks to extend contemporary feminist research agendas on military/nuclear installations and their discontents #BISA2025
