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Derek Hand

@dhand67

Professor, Executive Dean Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dublin City University. Opinions mine.

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DCU Access (@dcuaccess) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Final reminder! 🚨 DCU Access students heading to postgrad — apply by 30 June for a €2,500 scholarship to help with living costs. 🔗 dcu.ie/access/2025-ac… #DCUAccess #DCU #WeAreDCU | Dublin City University

Gëzim Visoka (@gezimvisoka) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New review of 'The Derecognition of States', published in International Affairs (International Affairs)! "Visoka makes a pioneering contribution that addresses a critical gap in IR theory and encourages readers to explore the topic further." - Aleksandra Spalińska. doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

New review of 'The Derecognition of States', published in International Affairs (<a href="/IAJournal_CH/">International Affairs</a>)!

"Visoka makes a pioneering contribution that addresses a critical gap in IR theory and encourages readers to explore the topic further." - <a href="/AleksandraSpal3/">Aleksandra Spalińska</a>.

doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…
Ireland India Inst. (@dcuindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Calling for applications! PhD scholarship Law and Gov DCU: Female Entrepreneurship and the State in Asia. Deadline 10th July. Starting date: negotiable but preferably before 1 February 2026 For details please see: prelab-se.eu/events-and-opp…

Dublin City University (@dcu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

United Ireland would cost Irish taxpayer €3bn in the first year, study finds. “Much commentary on the Northern Ireland subvention fails to look at the detail of how it is constructed,” - Prof John Doyle, VP for Research at DCU. Read in Irish Examiner: launch.dcu.ie/3I95Uxz

United Ireland would cost Irish taxpayer €3bn in the first year, study finds.
“Much commentary on the Northern Ireland subvention fails to look at the detail of how it is constructed,” - Prof <a href="/JohnDoyleDCU/">John Doyle</a>, VP for Research at DCU.
Read in <a href="/irishexaminer/">Irish Examiner</a>: launch.dcu.ie/3I95Uxz
Vicent Briva-Iglesias, PhD (@vicentbriva) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And that’s a wrap for the second summer tour stop: the EST Congress (#EST2025) in Leeds! Four days and over 700 researchers. Wow! This time, I had the pleasure of convening a one-day panel on “Fostering Human-Centered, Augmented Machine Translation (HCAMT)”. We explored

And that’s a wrap for the second summer tour stop: the <a href="/estrans/">EST</a> Congress (#EST2025) in Leeds! 

Four days and over 700 researchers. Wow!

This time, I had the pleasure of convening a one-day panel on “Fostering Human-Centered, Augmented Machine Translation (HCAMT)”. We explored
Dublin City University (@dcu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Planning on going to the beach this weekend? Dr Marcos Dias, @dcu_soc, has a blog on everything you need to know about bathing water quality at Irish beaches. A must read if you're planning to go for a swim! Read the RTÉ Brainstorm blog here: launch.dcu.ie/3IlcJw8 DCU Research

Planning on going to the beach this weekend? Dr Marcos Dias, @dcu_soc, has a blog on everything you need to know about bathing water quality at Irish beaches. A must read if you're planning to go for a swim!
Read the <a href="/RTEBrainstorm/">RTÉ Brainstorm</a> blog here: launch.dcu.ie/3IlcJw8 <a href="/DCU_Research/">DCU Research</a>
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences @ DCU (@humanitiesdcu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Eternal Chain – a gallery exhibit by DCU MSc Emerging Media students exploring identity, mythology & diversity. 📅 July 16–17 | ⏰ 12–3 & 5–7:30PM 📍 C100, Henry Grattan, DCU Glasnevin All welcome. dcu.ie/courses/postgr… #diversity #multiculturalism #mythology School of Comms DCU Dublin City University

The Eternal Chain – a gallery exhibit by DCU MSc Emerging Media students exploring identity, mythology &amp; diversity.
📅 July 16–17 | ⏰ 12–3 &amp; 5–7:30PM
📍 C100, Henry Grattan, DCU Glasnevin
All welcome.
dcu.ie/courses/postgr…
#diversity #multiculturalism #mythology
<a href="/DCU_SoC/">School of Comms DCU</a> <a href="/DCU/">Dublin City University</a>
DCU Computing (@dcucomputing) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Sunday Independent (Irish Independent) spotlighted Emeritus Prof Alan Smeaton's insightful project, helping households save up to €500/year by analysing smart meter data to find cheaper electricity tariffs. Read more [paywall]: independent.ie/business/money…

The Sunday Independent (<a href="/Independent_ie/">Irish Independent</a>) spotlighted Emeritus Prof Alan Smeaton's insightful project, helping households save up to €500/year by analysing smart meter data to find cheaper electricity tariffs.

Read more [paywall]: independent.ie/business/money…
St Anne's Park Community Archaeology (@annesparkarch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's almost time for the Rose Festival where we'll be launching this year's community excavation and offering FREE archaeological walking tours, four per day, bookable via the link below. eventbrite.ie/e/archaeologic…

It's almost time for the Rose Festival where we'll be launching this year's community excavation and offering FREE archaeological walking tours, four per day, bookable via the link below. 

eventbrite.ie/e/archaeologic…
Derek Hand (@dhand67) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is great news and utterly deserving! Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is one of Ireland's great writers of fiction! Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences @ DCU DCU School of English Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU) Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is new Laureate for Irish Fiction irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU) (@fiontargaeilge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ar mhaith leat do scileanna teanga & criticiĂşla a fhorbairt? San MA seo beidh tĂş ag freastal ar mhodĂşil spreagĂşla a tharraingĂ­onn ar ár dtaighde: an teangeolaĂ­ocht fheidhmeach, teoiricĂ­ inscne & liteartha, an traidisiĂşn bĂ©il & na daonnachtaĂ­ digiteacha: [email protected]

Ar mhaith leat do scileanna teanga &amp; criticiúla a fhorbairt? San MA seo beidh tú ag freastal ar mhodúil spreagúla a tharraingíonn ar ár dtaighde: an teangeolaíocht fheidhmeach, teoiricí inscne &amp; liteartha, an traidisiún béil &amp; na daonnachtaí digiteacha: padraig.oliathain@dcu.ie
The Laureate for Irish Fiction (@laureatefiction) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our new Laureate, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne,will be in conversation with Niall MacMonagle at a free public event in the National Library, Dublin, on Tuesday 16 September at 7pm. Booking details will be published shortly on the Arts Council’s website, and sign up to the Laureate for

Our new Laureate, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne,will be in conversation with Niall MacMonagle at a free public event in the National Library, Dublin, on Tuesday 16 September at 7pm.  

Booking details will be published shortly on the Arts Council’s website, and sign up to the Laureate for
Donnacha Ó Beacháin (@donnachadcu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Really enjoyed the wide-ranging conversation with Fran McNulty and David McCullagh on RTÉ News about my new book "Unfinished Empire" - and why Russia’s imperial legacy still looms large, not least in Ukraine. Listen back at rte.ie/radio/podcasts…

Really enjoyed the wide-ranging conversation with <a href="/franmcnulty/">Fran McNulty</a> and <a href="/mcculld/">David McCullagh</a> on <a href="/rtenews/">RTÉ News</a> about my new book "Unfinished Empire" - and why Russia’s imperial legacy still looms large, not least in Ukraine.

Listen back at rte.ie/radio/podcasts…
Dublin City University (@dcu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Russia's Vladimir Putin is unlikely to retreat in his war with #Ukraine, Prof Donnacha Ó Beacháin tells RTE's 'Behind the News' podcast with Fran McNulty and David McCullagh 'From his perspective, this is not the time to retreat – certainly as summer approaches' Listen: launch.dcu.ie/44Ap6Nz

Russia's Vladimir Putin is unlikely to retreat in his war with #Ukraine, Prof <a href="/DonnachaDCU/">Donnacha Ó Beacháin</a> tells RTE's 'Behind the News' podcast with <a href="/franmcnulty/">Fran McNulty</a> and <a href="/mcculld/">David McCullagh</a>
'From his perspective, this is not the time to retreat – certainly as summer approaches'
Listen: launch.dcu.ie/44Ap6Nz
Dublin City University (@dcu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Shrouds: new Cronenberg film is an elusive meditation on death, grief and environmental ethics. Piece by Laura O'Flanagan Laura O’Flanagan, PhD candidate at the School of English DCU School of English, for The Conversation. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/40pLJ4P

The Shrouds: new Cronenberg film is an elusive meditation on death, grief and environmental ethics.
Piece by Laura O'Flanagan <a href="/LauOfl/">Laura O’Flanagan</a>, PhD candidate at the School of English <a href="/DCUSchoolofEng/">DCU School of English</a>, for <a href="/ConversationUK/">The Conversation</a>.
Read here: launch.dcu.ie/40pLJ4P
Poetry Ireland (@poetryireland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Event tonight! Poetry Ireland and The Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival presents an evening with Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Diarmuid Johnson, and Desmond Egan Tonight: 21st July @ 8pm in Newbridge College Theatre, Co. Kildare. Free Admission! Link in Bio đź”—

Event tonight! 

Poetry Ireland and The Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival presents an evening with Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Diarmuid Johnson, and Desmond Egan

Tonight: 21st July @ 8pm in Newbridge College Theatre, Co. Kildare.

Free Admission! Link in Bio đź”—
Celine Crawford 🎓 (@celinemmc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dublin City University has welcomed the decision of the Press Ombudsman, upheld by the Press Council, regarding the University's complaint about articles published by Gript about our Graduate Diploma in SPHE/RSE. You can read more about the decision here: dcu.ie/news/news/2025…

Donnacha Ó Beacháin (@donnachadcu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Truly energised by the #iccees2025 roundtable devoted to my new book, "Unfinished Empire". Huge thanks to Dr Yuliya Yurchenko 🇺🇦, Ostap Kushnir, Retired_Account & Sofya du Boulay for their incisive and generous comments - and to the engaged audience who joined the discussion.

Truly energised by the #iccees2025 roundtable devoted to my new book, "Unfinished Empire". 

Huge thanks to <a href="/YPYurchenko/">Dr Yuliya Yurchenko 🇺🇦</a>, <a href="/OstapKushnir/">Ostap Kushnir</a>, <a href="/LaurenceBroers/">Retired_Account</a> &amp; <a href="/sofyaduboulay/">Sofya du Boulay</a> for their incisive and generous comments - and to the engaged audience who joined the discussion.