Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Lunch time seminar with Ann Averill - Thursday 18 October 1pm



School of Sociology seminar series - 'Irish Nationalism and Globalisation: A Study of the Generation Born Between 1976 and 1986'

Ann Averill recently completed PhD student - UCD Sociology
Thursday 18th October, 1pm. Room D418, Newman Building.


All welcome to attend, tea and coffee will be served before the seminar and please feel free to bring along your lunch. 


Ann Averill was awarded an MSocSc from University College Dublin in 2014. She commenced her PhD in 2014 at UCD School of Sociology. She submitted her doctoral thesis titled Irish Nationalism and Globalisation: a Study of the Generation Born between 1976 and 1986 in June, she recently completed her PhD by passing her viva examination. 

Ann's seminar will address themes such as the historical sociology of Irish nationalism and how Irish nationalism evolved in line with societal changes, before and after independence. Contemporary Irish nationalism among people born between 1976 and 1986 who grew up in Ireland and are now living in two locations, Dublin and London, the ways of thinking, feeling and acting among this generation, and how emotions inform their nationalism, as well as the role of inter-generational values in informing their decisions. Also the 1916 commemorations in Dublin in 2016 and contemporary emotional engagement with nationalism in Ireland today.

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