2022 Summer Seminar Series

Available recordings from July and August 2022 can be found below.

Please note: only the presentation from each speaker is available; the Q&A period following each talk is omitted from the recording.

6 July 2022 — Muhammad Irfan (University of Limerick)

“From Caliphate to Migration: The political discourse of ISIS recruitment”

13 July 2022 — Mohamed Amine Benkhaoua (University of Limerick)

“Investigating Mythmaking in Politics: American Politics as a Case Study”

20 July 2022 — Najla Lilya Jaballah (University of Limerick)

“Socio-cultural context and the performance of political satire in news shows: A study of ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘Joe Show'”

27 July 2022 — Fergus O’Dwyer (Marino Institute of Education)

“A Discourse Analytical View of How Sport/GAA Club Members ‘Do’ Authority Through Language”

3 August 2022 — Muireann Prendergast (South East Technological University)

“‘We won’t have to avert our eyes anymore’: A study of print media discourses on the legalisation of abortion in Ireland and Argentina”

10 August 2022 — Kathryn Ammon (Trinity College Dublin)

“Legacy Data: Assembling Three Decades of Abortion Narratives”

17 August 2022 — Shannon Hughes Spence (University College Dublin / South East Technological University)

“Controlling the Female Body with Discourses: Burning Witches and Institutionalising Women”

24 August 2022 — Lisa Moran (South East Technological University) & Liam O’Farrell (University of Sheffield)

“Negotiating Visualities, Emotionalities and Intersecting Vulnerabilities: Critical Reflections on Online Interviews with Vulnerable Groups during COVID-19”

31 August 2022 — Maighread Tobin (Maynooth University)

“Using Discourse Analysis to Challenge the Dominant Narrative of Literacy in Ireland”