Please note all seminars will take place virtually via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday afternoons at 3:00 pm, Irish Standard Time (GMT+1).

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July / Iúil

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 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

August / Lúnasa

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 legislation 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

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