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43 Spring-Summer 2018 SPRING/SUMMER 2018, NO 42 IRISH FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Solas an Léinn The IFAA Newsletter DCU Fulbright Alumni at the DCU-hosted 2017 Thanksgiving Event 2017 IFAA Thanksgiving Dinner IFAA Thanksgiving Event at DCU Albert College building that houses it. Albert College is by Teresa Lynn the oldest building in DCU, dating back to 1851. Yet, the college itself started life as Glasnevin Model Farm in 1838. This beautiful building boasts the wonderful Long On Friday 24th November, the IFAA hosted their annual Room, which was a perfect venue for a midwinter feast. Thanksgiving Event. This year, the event was hosted by Dublin City University in the wonderful 1838 Club on The evening kicked off with a wine reception in the campus. The club gets its name from the origins of the Retirees’ lounge and guests were welcomed by Prof. Page 1 Darach Turley of DCU’s Business School. Guests were he envied many in the room, as not being a Fulbright treated to a showcase of several DCU Fulbright Alumni alum himself, he could see that there was something – namely Prof. Gary Murphy, Dr. Claire Gubbins, Dr. special about being part of the Fulbright family. He also Teresa Lynn, Dr. Karen Devine and Dr. Mairéad Nic Gi- acknowledged the great research that has arisen from olla Mhicíl. Local organisers, along with the aid of fel- DCU Fulbrighter experiences and paid tribute to the way low Fulbright Alum, Dr. Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichílput in which the video had captured this work so well. together a short video to highlight the research of these Guests also heard from Mícheál Ó Conaire of the De- DCU alumni, showing how Fulbright has impacted their partment of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, who career to date. The video can be found on YouTube1 fund the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant under the title "Celebrating DCU’s Fulbright Alumni". (FLTA) programme each year. The department is also Not only was the video an enjoyable creative display of a funding body for a number of projects that are being DCU’s link to Fulbright, but will also be used as promo- carried out in DCU with respect to the Irish language – tional material for any potential future Fulbright candi- for example the GaeltTech project overseen by Dr. Teresa dates within DCU. Lynn and the Fáilte Ar Líne (online Irish language learn- Prof. Brian Mac Craith opened the night by addressing ing) project recently launched by Dr. Mairéad Nic Giolla all present and welcoming them to DCU. He noted that Mhichíl. IFAA Alumni on Gender Studies Our contributors are: range from sexuality studies, sex- For my Fulbright experience, I took ual consent, abuse, abortion, female an M.A. in Sexuality Studies in San Roe McDermott, The Open Univer- sity (Dublin City University alum), gender and transgender discrimina- Francisco State University, where I Irish Fulbright Scholar 2014-2015 tion, women’s rights in armed con- learned about the historical and cul- (San Francisco State University) flict – all highlighting the ways in tural formulations of sexuality, as which the advancement of research well as the intersections of sexual- Aoife Cartwright, Maynooth Uni- versity, Irish Fulbright Scholar in these areas are helping to shape ity and gender, race, class, disability 2017-2018 (Indiana University, a more informed and progressive and queerness. Bloomington) society for all. My two year M.A. was an incredi- Dr. Karen Devine, Dublin City Uni- versity, Irish Scholar 2012-2013 ble experience, and I also had the (Columbia University, New York) opportunity to teach two graduate Progressing Ireland’s dis- courses in S.F.S.U as part of my Dr. Ciarán McFadden, Edinburgh course around gender, sexu- Teaching Experience. I designed Napier University (Maynooth Uni- versity alum), Irish Scholar 2015- ality and abortion and led courses in Qualitative Inter- 2016 (University of California, Los by Roe McDermott viewing and Non-Academic Writing, Angeles) where I taught graduate students how to turn their research into ac- Dr. Catherine O’Rourke, Ulster University, Irish Fulbright Scholar cessible journalistic, expressive or 2016-2017 (University of Min- artistic work so that their knowl- nesota) edge could be shared and appre- ciated outside of academic insti- tutions. This was important to me In this edition of the IFAA newslet- as I believe knowledge should not ter, we are highlighting the impact be confined to the privileged world our Fulbright alumni have had in of academia, particularly when it their research in the area of gender- comes to Sexuality Studies, which related studies. We invited some of is often overlooked and stigmatised our experts to share their knowl- - even within academic communi- edge and experiences with us. Topics ties. I also had the opportunity to be 1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA6lwSWe-k4 Page 2 a guest speaker in Stanford Univer- exploration of Irish women’s expe- men will experience a rape or sex- sity where I spoke to students about rience of abortion, and how it in- ual assault in their lifetime. While qualitative interviewing and the role tersects with queer ideas of failure, in many ways society is making sub- of empathy in qualitative research. where failing to adhere to oppressive stantial improvements in both rec- For my M.A. thesis, I did a qualita- heteronormative standards can be a ognizing and healing the trauma tive study of Irish women’s experi- form of empowerment. I have also of sexual abuse, working with sur- ences of abortion, interviewing ten been using the education I received vivors is only part of the solution. women who had travelled abroad during my Fulbright in my journal- In order to properly prevent such to terminate a pregnancy. My in- istic work. Since returning home, I abuse occurring, greater insight is terviews allowed me to focus on have become a weekly columnist for needed into why, when, and how recurring themes within these ex- The Irish Times, writing about sexu- it occurs. Central to this discussion periences, which included feelings of ality and feminism, and I have also are developments made in recent rejection from personal communities written feature articles about con- years around the definition of sex- as well as from Ireland the State; the sent, pornography and the future of ual abuse and rape. No longer de- pressure to feel guilty about having sex education for young people. I’ve fined exclusively by the presence had an abortion and the complex been a frequent contributor to tele- of forced penetration, sexual abuse emotions that pressure inspired; my vision and radio shows such at The now typically refers to any sexual participants’ relationship with the Last Word, Prime Time and The Pat activity that occurs in the absence of concept of motherhood and their Kenny Show, where I discussed sex- consent. This socio-legal shift in our own mothers; and the role ambi- ual education, rape culture, misog- understanding has led to a growing guity played in their narrative – in- yny, Ireland’s historical attitudes awareness of and appreciation for cluding a self-reflexive exploration and laws around sexuality, as well the role of affirmative (i.e., clear and of how my participants responded as the need for reform in how the present) consent in sexual encoun- to me as an interviewer, academic Irish justice system addresses sexual ters, and has spawned numerous and activist. There is shockingly lit- violence. new initiatives and policies around tle qualitative research on abortion, I’m deeply grateful for my Fulbright consent education. Many of these particularly research that addresses experience and am excited to see aim to prevent abuse by improving women’s experience of abortion how I can build upon the education I and explicating sexual communica- since other referenda on contracep- received there, and use it to progress tion, such as the popular “no means tion, divorce and marriage equality, Ireland’s discourse around gender no” and “yes means yes”-style cam- and I was proud to contribute to this and sexuality. paigns. field of knowledge. While such campaigns are an im- As a professional film critic, I also portant first step towards fostering was particularly interested in explor- a national dialogue on consent and ing the representations of gender healthy sexual relationships, it is and sexuality in popular culture, and important to appreciate that abuse presented papers of the portrayal is more than simple miscommuni- of abortion in film and television. I cation and does not arise simply presented papers on these topics at because someone failed to protest conferences in U.C.L.A, examining loudly enough. Abuse is the result onscreen portrayals of women enter- of imbalances of power when one ing abortion clinics only to change person’s right to sex is prioritized their minds and literally run from over another’s right to bodily au- the clinics, and what these tropes tonomy, integrity, and respect. Con- signify. I also wrote about why direc- textual risk factors such as alcohol tors shy away from depicting abor- intake and location are important, tions onscreen, even in medical dra- but to understand and prevent sex- mas where other types of surgery ual abuse we need to interrogate our and medical procedures are repeat- broader cultural practices around edly shown, and how this absence of sex and, critically, gender. In our so- depiction and narrative stigmatises ciety, there remain considerable dif- abortion. The Question of Consent ferences in the sexual standards and Since returning home from San by Aoife Cartwright expectations placed on women and Francisco, I have been awarded an Sexual abuse remains a prevalent men. Within the traditional sexual E.S.R.C.
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