30 January 2026
‘Festival of Ideas: Living in an Age of Permacrisis’
UCD Humanities Institute, in collaboration with the Museum of Literature Ireland, presents 'Festival of Ideas: Living in a State of Permacrisis', a vibrant literary and arts festival showcasing how art can help us explore hope and agency in our age of permacrisis.
Date & Time: Tuesday 10 March, 1-8pm.
Venue: Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)
(opens in a new window)Registration is now open via Eventbrite.
Open to the public, the Festival includes a rich collection of screenings, talks, and roundtables – even a pop-up featuring young people responding to crisis through original spoken word poems (a collaboration between the HI, UCD Access, and the Arts NGO Fighting Words) – all designed to exhibit and showcase how innovative creative arts practice can help explore hope and agency in our age of permacrisis.
Featuring writers Burhan Sönmez, Sarah Moss, Emilie Pine, Patrick Deeley, Eva Bourke, Suad Aldarra, and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, alongside artists Peeter Laurits, Bassam Issa Al-Sabah, and Helen Doherty, among others.
The Festival is the culmination of the UCD Humanities Institute’s collaboration with art practitioners as part of the wider research project ‘From Modern Crisis to Permacrisis and Polycrisis’ (PI: Prof Anne Fuchs), funded by the UCD Strategic and Major Initiative Scheme.
ClickHEREfor more information on the research project.