Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland - Interdisciplinary conference on Africa in Ireland: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (April 2023)

Title:

CFP Africa in Ireland: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 

 

Hosted by: 

Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

 

Focus:

This conference aims to address the historical presence of Africans and the Black diaspora in the past, present, and future on the island of Ireland. It will critically engage with this presence and the convergences of Irish-African cultural, political and religious relationships and connections. How does the presence of African-descended people in Ireland disrupt the notion of Irish monoraciality? How should we theoretically address issues of race in the defining of Irish national identity in light of historical and contemporary Black Irish identities? What is the nature of the relationship between Africa and the African Diaspora in Ireland? What remains of Ireland’s soft religious colonialism and the mission project? How did Ireland’s postcoloniality align with pre- and post-independence subjugated African nations?

 

Location:

Queen's University Belfast

 

Date(s):

28-29 April 2023

 

Time:

09:00 - 16:00

 

Price:

Free 

 

For more information:

https://www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats-on/listing/cfpafricainirelandhistoricalandtheoreticalperspectives.html

Queen's University Belfast - Hillary Clinton to be installed as chancellor of Queen's University Belfast [The Irish Times, September 2021]

Title:

Hillary Clinton to be installed as chancellor of Queen's University Belfast 

 

Author:

Brian Hutton

 

Published:

The Irish Times, 23 September 2021

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hillary-clinton-to-be-installed-as-chancellor-of-queen-s-university-belfast-1.4682258

 

From the article:

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has spoken of her long-standing connection with Northern Ireland ahead of being formally appointed as chancellor of Queen's University Belfast.

 

Tech Xplore, 30 April 2020 - Artificial intelligence still lags behind humans at recognising emotions

Title:
Artificial intelligence still lags behind humans at recognising emotions

By:
University College London (UCL)

Published:
Tech Xplore, 30 April 2020

From the article:
"When it comes to reading emotions on people's faces, artificial intelligence still lags behind human observers, according to a new study involving UCL.

The difference was particularly pronounced when it came to spontaneous displays of emotion, according to the findings published in PLOS One."

&

"The PLOS One study was conducted by researchers at Dublin City University, UCL, University of Bremen and Queen's University Belfast."

To read this article:
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-artificial-intelligence-lags-humans-recognising.html