Recorded January 18, 2018.

This Research Exchange Session showcases recent research within the AHSS Identities in Transformation research theme, and focuses on the work of four Trinity researchers within a lively discussion about progress, power and parity. Isabella Jackson will explore the cultural and historical constructions of identity in colonial Shanghai; Michael Cronin will problematise the focus on human identity in discussions of climate change and David Ralph will examine the impact of unemployment on masculinity, gender and identity. The panel will include Dr Meltem Gürle, Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Fellow. Her research project is titled 'Childhood-Narratives: The Problem of Identity Formation in Irish and Turkish Bildungsroman' and will argue that a growing number of individuals fear the idea of adulthood as an oppressive stage in one's life.

The Research Exchange Session will be chaired by Professor Lorna Carson, and hosted by Professor Juergen Barkhoff, the theme convenor. We will also give an overview of the theme’s activities. Most importantly, the meeting will be an opportunity to meet other theme members, exchange ideas informally and develop plans for the future of the theme.

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