Irish School Of Ecumenics

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In January, MPhil students went on their first field trip of the year, accompanied by Dr Geraldine Smyth. They spent three days in Belfast, where they visited Stormont, escorted by an MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) and enjoyed lunch in the Stormont dining hall. Other memorable experiences included tours of the Shankill and Falls Road [...]

The theme of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January) is ‘We will all be changed’ (I Cor 15.51). The Irish School of Ecumenics has provided some resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Order of Service Homily Notes by Marcin Lisak OP Alternative Hymns

The Irish School of Ecumenics has published a first edition of a newsletter called The Sheaf, intended to keep supporters up-to-date on the work of the School. The newsletter includes information on projects donations supported in 2010-2011, new ventures for 2011-12, and the launch of Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious [...]

NGOs and International Politics: Theory and Practice: International Peace Studies is pleased to announce that a new service-learning internship module will commence in Semester 2, 2013, providing work practice to MPhil students. The overarching theme of this module is to examine the relevance of NGOs to key international politics areas and to evaluate the role [...]

International Peace Studies students were treated to an intense and provocative lecture from Dr Francesco Cavatorta, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Dublin City University on the UN and Palestine. Dr Cavatorta gave a whirlwind history of Israel and Palestine, before examining UN resolutions and policies to the area. The lecture was followed by a lively [...]

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,’ [...]