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Festival of Ideas: Living in a State of Permacrisis | 10 March 2026

Festival of Ideas: Living in a State of Permacrisis (UCD Humanities Institute in collaboration with the Museum of Literature Ireland) 

Join us for a vibrant literary and arts festival showcasing how art can help us explore hope and agency in our age of permacrisis.
Date: 10 March 2026
Time: 1pm to 7:30pm 
Venue: Museum of Literature Ireland ((opens in a new window)MoLI)

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.

Click HERE for more information on the research project.

Image Credit: Judy Carroll Deeley. Abstract 2025 collage and oil on paper, 25 x 25 cm

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