The 'Passage Tomb People' project, led by Dr Jessica Smyth from UCD Archaeology, Dublin and funded under the 2018 Laureate Consolidator scheme, will be featured in the latest episode of 'From that Small Island - The Story of the Irish'. Tune into RTÉ One at 6.30pm! University College Dublin

Congrats to our colleague Peter Admirand (Peter Admirand) on his recent book chapter *Interfaith Dialogue in Post-Secular Societies: Obstacles, Hopes, and Lessons from Jewish-Christian Dialogue* in the volume, Religious Diversity in Post-Secular Societies link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Today our colleague Brad Anderson will present *Materiality, Corporeality, and Eschatology in the Hebrew Prophets* Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies at TCD symposium on APOCALYPTIC BODIES in collab with Cambridge University's CenSAMM tcd.ie/tcbs/news/news…

Congratulations to our colleague Alan Kearns who has a chapter on *Patient Rights: An Ethical Perspective Against the Backdrop of a Pandemic* in the newly published book Die Würde des Menschen eds Hilary Anne-Marie Mooney and Herbert Rommel brill.com/edcollchap/boo…

Minister for Department of Further and Higher Education, James Lawless James Lawless, has today announced €23 million in funding to support early-career researchers through the Research Ireland Pathway Programme. Read more: researchireland.ie/news/pathways/ #ResearchIreland #EarlyCareerResearchers

Our Research Ireland Pathways scholar Amanda Dillon (Dr Amanda Dillon) presents her paper titled *Armed with Faith: A Multimodal Analysis of Bible Journaling Illustrating Ephesians 6:10–22* at the EABS / International SBL meeting in Uppsala this morning! sbl-site.org/meetings/inter…

We still have a few scholarships available for the MA in Theology and World Religions for 2025-2026! Details below 👇👇👇

By all reports, a well-received paper by Dr Amanda Dillon at the *Bible and Visual Culture* session EABS /international SBL in Uppsala!

What happened to the singing games Irish kids used to play? The skipping ropes, rhymes and stories which were the social media of Ireland's playgrounds are disappearing, but not without a fight. Piece by Holly O'Grady Music @ DCU for RTÉ Brainstorm. Read: launch.dcu.ie/44crbO9

We are pleased to announce the launch of the pilot Disability Policy and Supplemental Grant. This initiative aims to support researchers with a disability/disabilities by funding required, eligible accommodations. For more information visit: researchireland.ie/news/disabilit…

We're hiring! Two fully-funded 4-year PhD scholarships available at the Department of History, in the ERC Consolidator Grant project "Insurgent Temporalities: Fascism as a Global Anti-Universalist Project" (INTEMPO) led by Prof Raul Cârstocea. jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU289/phd…

Today our colleague Peter Admirand (Peter Admirand) launches the edited volume of Debora Tonelli and Gerard Michael J. Mannion, *Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion* at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Religion (European Academy of Religion) in Vienna. #EuARe2025

On Friday, Peter Admirand, director of our School's Centre for Interreligious Dialogue hosts the panel *INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND TRANSFORMATION* at the European Academy of Religion's (European Academy of Religion) annual meeting in Vienna. Do check it out if you're present! secure.onlinecongress.it/Olc/Client/Pro…

Peter's (Peter Admirand) own contribution to the panel is titled "The Transformation of Christology after Interfaith Dialogue" #EuARe2025

Our colleague Miriam De Cock (Miriam De Cock) joins ca. 52 other scholars of the New Testament and Early Christianity to contribute to this international translation/commentary/study Bible project, "The Ancient Christian Study Bible."

Interested in renting out a room to a DCU student? DCU Students' Union are holding information sessions for prospective landlords ✅Mon, Jul 14th at 7pm: Interfaith Centre, Glasnevin Campus ✅Tues, Jul 15th at 12pm: Cregan Library, St Patrick’s Campus For more, go to: launch.dcu.ie/44zPC9F

The New Foundations Scheme will remain open for applications until 17th July 2025. The Scheme supports eligible researchers who intend to pursue research, networking and/or dissemination activities within and across the diversity of disciplines. Visit: researchireland.ie/funding/new-fo…

January applications are open now! More information below 👇

In less than two weeks, I'll be hosting this Research Ireland New Foundations event Chester Beatty and Theology & Philosophy @ DCU! Very much looking forward to working with a fab team on ideas about 'home' and the late antique artefacts in Beatty's collections!

This week our colleague Miriam De Cock (Miriam De Cock) hosted a group of scholars from various European universities to explore the meaning of 'home' in the late antique artefacts within the Chester Beatty collections for her Research Ireland New Foundations project.