Irish School Of Ecumenics

Atje Gercama, a doctoral candidate in the Irish School of Ecumenics, is currently the first scholar in residence at the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute. You can read about Gercama’s work at USC by clicking here.

The Irish School of Ecumenics hosted an expert seminar on ‘In Search of an Irish Church’ on Wednesday 2 November in the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. The seminar is the second in a series of three in the School’s IRCHSS-funded ‘Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism’ research project (2009-2011). Speakers included: Peter de Mey, Professor [...]

Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press, 2011), by Claire Mitchell and Gladys Ganiel, was launched on Tuesday 1 November at East Belfast Mission. Glenn Jordan, director of the Skainos Project at EBM, shared his reflections on the book. Glenn is the author of the 2001 book, Not of [...]

The Irish School of Ecumenics hosted an expert seminar on ‘Reshaping the Ethical Imagination’ on Saturday 22 October in the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. The seminar is the first in a series of three in the School’s IRCHSS-funded ‘Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism’ research project (2009-2011). Speakers included: ‘Public theology in an Irish Key,’ [...]

Author and journalist David Rieff spoke at the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) in Trinity College Dublin on his latest book, Against Remembrance, on Friday 21 October 2011. The event was co-hosted by IIIS and the Irish School of Ecumenics, and also featured commentary from Prof Geraldine Smyth, head of the Irish School of [...]

Javier Garate of War Resisters International spoke on ‘Effective Non Violence in the 21st Century’ on Thursday 13 October 2011 at the Irish School of Ecumenics in Belfast. The event was co-sponsored by ISE and INNATE (Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training & Education). Garate’s wide-ranging talk encompassed the history of War Resisters International, and [...]

There was a service of remembrance and thanksgiving for the life of Fr Michael Hurley SJ, founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics  (TCD), on Thursday 15 September at Fortwilliam and Macrory Presbyterian Church in Belfast. It was followed by a time of refreshment and fellowship at the Irish School of Ecumenics, 683 Antrim Road, [...]

Some International Peace Studies, from the class of 2011 had an impromptu farewell party in August, when they submitted their theses and completed the MPhil programme. . We wish them all the best for the future and thank them for their great contribution.

Catharina Covolo, (26), a former M.Phil student in Ecumenical Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics (2008/2009) was awarded the honorary Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for extraordinary voluntary civic engagement. Catharina was among fifteen other young people who were distinguished with the honorary medal of the Order of Merit by [...]

The Irish School of Ecumenics’ Continuing Education programme, Education for Reconciliation, has scheduled two courses for the autumn. Both courses will be facilitated by the Rev. Dr Johnston McMaster and Dr Cathy Higgins. A six session course on ‘Ethical Theological Responses to Shared Remembering 1912-1922’ will be held 21 September-26 October 2011 from 7.30-9.30 pm [...]