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Festival of Ideas in an Age of Permacrisis

Presented by UCD Humanities Institute

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Join us for a vibrant literary and arts festival showcasing how art invites us to explore hope and agency in our age of permacrisis, from 1pm to 8pm, 10 March, at the Museum of Literature Ireland (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, plus the Academy in Exile.

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. For more information, see: https://www.ucd.ie/humanities/research/frommoderncrisistopermacrisisandpolycrisis/

To reserve a place please use the following link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/festival-of-ideas-living-in-an-age-of-permacrisis-tickets-1980638208198?aff=oddtdtcreator

Read about all the Festival contributors here.

View the full programme here.

Below is the programme for the festival events across the day:

Photograph of a woman at the 'Dear, Dirty Dublin' exhibition at MoLI.

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