422 research outputs found
“I Will Rise Again”: The Life and Legacy of the U.S.S. Monitor
No full textAbout the author:
Declan Riley Kunkel is an award winning writer, author, and consultant. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, Declan writes about history, politics, and philosophy. He is pursing a degree in history at Yale
Hear We Are: Investigating Sonic Inequality within Bowling Green, Ohio
No full textUsing the framework of Steven Feld’s “acoustemology,” Hear We Are examines the sonic structures of Bowling Green and their effects on, and representation of, diverse communities within Bowling Green. Through modeling the sonic landscape of Bowling Green, Ohio in relation to aggregated census data, Hear We Are explores how the city of Bowling Green has been spatially and sonically organized – whether along lines of class, race, or education. Ultimately, Hear We Are offers a narrative of sound within Bowling Green while reflecting on the consequences of living within different soundscapes, i.e., sonic inequality
Using the theoretical framework of placemaking outlined by Ronald Lee Fleming, Hear We Are further engages with the community through a series of installations that attempt to provide an impetus for engaging local community members in further critical thinking about the connections between space, sound, and identity. Based on the author’s experience of living within in Bowling Green for two decades, I suggest that Bowling Green needs creative and artistic locations around the city that complicate and dissect the often-unquestioned assumption that soundscapes across Bowling Green are equitable and equally experienced
Declan Kiberd. The Irish Writer and the World
No full textThe Irish author and the world is a collection of nineteen articles originally published by Declan Kiberd between 1978 and 2003. A note on the text specifies that the articles have not been altered in order to be included in this volume. They are not arranged in chronological order, which is accounted for in the introduction. The introductory chapter gives useful information on the political and cultural context – either specifically Irish or more global – in which the articles were originall..
Declan Kiberd. The Irish Writer and the World
No full textThe Irish author and the world is a collection of nineteen articles originally published by Declan Kiberd between 1978 and 2003. A note on the text specifies that the articles have not been altered in order to be included in this volume. They are not arranged in chronological order, which is accounted for in the introduction. The introductory chapter gives useful information on the political and cultural context – either specifically Irish or more global – in which the articles were originall..
Ageing Well Public Talks Series 2023-24: Talk 6. Anything but sedentary
No full textANYTHING BUT SEDENTARY!21st February 2024 - In this talk Declan will explore ways we can exercise as we age even if our life become sedentary for example if we are a wheelchair user. He will be discussing how sitting doesn’t mean we have to be sedentary.Dr Declan Ryan is a senior lecturer at the University of Northampton. His role includes creating and delivering exercise and health related topics. Declan's research interests focus on older adults’ physical activity and health status. This includes investigation of the influence of green spaces on population physical activity, wellbeing, and social prescription.</p
Determination of marker compounds to assess the quality of green tea
No full textGreen tea, as a commonly consumed beverage worldwide, has a long history of use as a dietary supplement for various conditions. Green tea products have been shown to possess various biological activities, ranging from cardiovascular protection to anticancer effects. The bioactivity of green tea is largely attributed to catechin polyphenols, which make up around on third of the dry leaf weight of green tea. However, the quality of green tea is variable, which may be attributed to the variation in contents of the catechins and other polyphenols, thus the content of these polyphenols may be a suitable determinant of the quality of green tea. The aims of this project are to develop analytical methods to determine the concentration of antioxidant compounds in various green tea products, as well as their antioxidant activities. The findings may be useful for the assessment of green tea product quality and used for quality control of green tea products. Eleven (11) commercial green tea products were sourced from the local market, including dried tea leaves, tea powders and TGA listed tablets and sachet. The green tea products were extracted and subjected to HPLC analysis of selected chemical markers, using a Shimadzu HPLC with a photo-diode array detector, and LC-MS analysis, using a Waters Xevo TQ with electrospray ionisation source and Waters Aquity UPLC. An in vitro DPPH radical scavenging assay was used to determine the antioxidant activity of green tea samples. The total phenolic content (TPC) was determined using the Folin Ciocalteu (FC) method. In addition, an online antioxidant screening assay was developed using HPLC and post column derivatization
In the Company of Strangers
No full textRuby and Cat's friendship was forged on an English dockside sixty years ago when, as terrified children, they were shipped off to Australia. It was a friendship that was supposed to last a lifetime but when news of Cat's death reaches Ruby in London, it comes after years of estrangement. Declan too has drifted away from Cat but is forced back to her lavendar farm, Benson's Reach, by the terms of her will. He turns to his troubled friend Alice, who is desperate for a refuge. Can the magic of Benson's Reach triumph over the hurt of the past? Or is Cat's duty-laden legacy simply too much for Ruby and Declan to keep alive?" - Back cover
Review of "The Winter's Tale", Dir. Declan Donnellan for Cheek by Jowl, Silk Street Theatre, London Barbican, 2017
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Johns Hopkins University Press via the DOI in this record.Review of The Winter’s Tale. Presented by Cheek by Jowl, at the Silk Street Theatre, Barbican, London, UK. April 5-22, 2017. Directed by Declan Donnellan. Designed by Nick Ormerod. Lighting design by Judith Greenwood. Music and sound design by Paddy Cunneen. With Grace Andrews (Emilia/Time), Joseph Black (Cleomenes), David Carr (Camillo), Tom Cawte (Mamillius), Ryan Donaldson (Autolycus), Guy Hughes (Dion), Orlando James (Leontes), Sam McArdle (Young Shepherd), Eleanor McLoughlin (Perdita), Peter Moreton (Old Shepherd/Antigonus), Natalie Radmall-Quirke (Hermione/Dorcas), Joy Richardson (Paulina/Mopsa), Edward Sayer (Polixenes), and Sam Woolf (Florizel)
Comparative Literature in Ireland and Worldwide – An Interview with Professor Declan Kiberd
No full textProfessor Declan Kiberd is Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College Dublin, where he has taught for many years after having taught at the University of Kent at Canterbury and Trinity College Dublin. He is a director of the Abbey Theatre. He has been Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College Cambridge, and a visiting professor at Duke University and the Sorbonne. He has also been Director of the Yeats International Summer School (1985-7), Patron of the Dublin Shaw Society (1995-2000), a columnist with The Irish Times (1985-7) and The Irish Press (1987-93), the presenter of the RTÉ Arts programme, Exhibit A(1984-6), and a regular essayist and reviewer in The Irish Times, TLS,London Review of Books and The New York Times. Professor Kiberd is the author of many books including his seminal Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern Nation (1995), Irish Classics (2000), and The Irish Writer and the World (2005), as well as Ulysses and Us, published just this year, and he was also the editor of the Penguin edition of theAnnotated Students’ Ulysses (1992). He is one of the most important voices in Irish Studies. Beyond that, he is also a prominent public intellectual, and he continues to be an inspirational figure for generations of students. In this interview, we discussed the relevance of the comparative approach to Irish Studies and the future of Comparative Literature in Ireland and worldwide
A Manifestation of Total Freedom: Anarchy and its Viability as an Ideology
No full textHonourable Mention - Langara Open Student Scholar Prize 202
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