Spring 2026 Theology, Religious Studies, and Philosophy Research Seminar Series

The DCU School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music and the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue are delighted to present the following seminar programme. These seminars take place on Thursdays, 3.00PM – 4.00PM, in the Drumcondra House Boardroom. For Virtual events, Zoom link will be sent the week of the lecture.

• Jan 29: Helena Connolly (DCU), “Margins of Meaning: Theopoetic Reimaginings of the Bible by Women” 

• Feb 5: Marika Rose (DCU), “Apocalyptic Angel Films”

• Feb 12: Mahon McCann (DCU), “Reframing Attention For the Ethical Critique of the Attention Economy"

• Feb 19: Caitriona Cunningham (DCU), “Theological Reflections on Eco-anxiety”

• March 5: Férdia J. Stone-Davis (DCU), “Failure and Hope: Collective Intentionality and the Critical Power of Assembly”

• March 12: Michelle Voss ( Emmanuel College, University of Toronto), “Toward an Intersectional Christian Theology of Religious Diversity"

• March 19: Fr Geoffrey Ready (University of Toronto), “Theological and Ecclesiological Implications of the Recent “within Judaism” School of New Testament Scholarship”

• March 26: Valeria Dessy (Lund University), “Ernesto Buonaiuti: Rethinking Community Life in the Twentieth Century”

• April 2: Rev. Michael G. Azar ( University of Scranton), “The Plague of Anti-Palestinian Hostility in Jewish-Christian Relations”