Inspiring, Inciting and Enlightening : Teaching Politics in our Universities
PSAI teaching and learning specialist group event. September 18th 2015, NUI offices, Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Keynote speaker : President Michael D. Higgins. On September 18th 2015, the PSAI teaching and learning specialist group held a one-day conference on “Teaching politics in our universities: inspiring, inciting and enlightening” to discuss the significance of education in, […]
Launch of The Democratic Unionist Party : From Protest to Power
On 17th June the launch of the book “The Democratic Unionist Party : From Protest to Power” (2014, Oxford University Press) took place in the University of Ulster Belfast Campus. For a full report about the launch, click here. The photo shows the First Minister of Northern Ireland and Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, […]
Launch of Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process
PSAI sponsored the launch of “Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process”, edited by Timothy J. White of Xavier University and published by the University of Wisconsin Press, in the O’Rahilly Building at University College Cork at May 30th. Several members of the academic community and media attended the launch. Dr. Mansergh who wrote the […]
Launch of Julie Yu-Wen Chen’s “The Uyghur Lobby: Global Networks, Coalitions and Strategies of the World Uyghur Congress”
On 14th March 2014, Dr. Julie Yu-Wen Chen, lecturer in the Department of Government, University College Cork (UCC), launched her new book, “The Uyghur Lobby: Global Networks, Coalitions and Strategies of the World Uyghur Congress”. The book, launched with the support of the PSAI, Dr. Andrew Cottey (Head of the Department of Government, UCC) and […]
Launch of Iain McMenamin’s “If Money Talks, What Does It Say? Corruption and Business Financing of Political Parties”
On 6th March 2013, Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn launched “If Money Talks, What Does It Say? Corruption and Business Financing of Political Parties” (Oxford University Press) at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. Ruairi Quinn, Dr. Iain McMenamin and Professor Brian MacCraith The book by Dublin City University (DCU) political scientist Dr. Iain McMenamin considers […]