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25th November 2024


Blog Post Published on ‘Diritti Comparati’:


The G7 ‘Solfagnano Charter’: What Is It Telling Us about the Global Trajectory of Disability Rights?


By Prof. Delia Ferri

Profile photo of Prof. Delia Ferri

16th November 2024


Conference Presentation:


DANCING Team Present at the Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT) Annual Conference.

12th November 2024


New Creative Ouput:


Launch of Artwork Created by Tiziano Pantano: Odisseo – Ulysses

Artwork by Tiziano Pantano

6th November 2024


Presentation:


Prof. Delia Ferri presents the DANCING Project at ‘Tell ALL’ Talk.  The presentation was entitled ‘DANCING Through the Final Year: Challenges and Perspectives of My ERC Project’.

6th November 2024


New Addition to Team DANCING:

Elodie Makhoul  joins the team as a research assistant.

pHOTO OF eLODIE mAKHOUL.

28th October 2024


Conference Presentation:


D. Ferri presented ‘The Transformative Power of EU Disability Law’ at the Third Annual Conference of the Jean Monnet Chair on the Transformative Power of Law of the European Union hosted by the Faculty of Law, University of Murcia, Spain.

24th October 2024


Conference Presentation:


D. Ferri Presented Findings of DANCING in the Panel ‘International and Regional Perspectives’ at the NDA 2024 Annual Conference Entitled ‘Promoting the Participation of Disabled People in Cultural Life, Recreation, Leisure and Sport in Ireland – UNCRPD Article 30’, Dublin, Ireland.

23rd October 2024


Blog Post Published on ‘Diritti Comparati’:


Taking Cultural Participation of Persons with Disabilities Seriously: The New Spanish Law on Higher Education


By Prof. Delia Ferri

17th October 2024


Blog Post Published on ‘Ideas in ALL’ to Celebrate the First International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage:


At Their Fingertips: The First International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage


By Eva Sophie Krolla

12th October 2024


Seminar Presentation:


D. Ferri presented ‘L’Accessibilità della Cultura come Diritto Umano’ at the seminar ‘Per Una Cultura Accessibile e Inclusiva’ Hosted by the Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (MART), Italy.

8th October 2024


Seminar Presentation:


D. Ferri presented ‘Scrivere e Gestire un Progetto Europeo ERC. Presentazione del Progetto ERC ‘Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through European Union Law: Exploring New Paths’’ at the seminar hosted by Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.

7th October 2024


Seminar Presentation:


D. Ferri presented ‘L’attuazione della Convenzione ONU per i Diritti delle Persone con Disabilità’ at the seminar hosted by Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.

26th September 2024


New Infographic:


Between Disability and Culture: The Search for a Taxonomy of Sign Languages in the European Union

Infographic - Between Disability and Culture.


Accessible Versions of infographic ‘Between Disability and Culture: The Search for a Taxonomy of Sign Languages in the European Union’

26th September 2024


Event: 


DANCING Academic Workshop with  Keynote Speaker Prof. Cora True-Frost from Syracuse University, USA at Maynooth University.

Photo of Prof. Cora True-Frost

24th September 2024


Blog Post Published on ‘Ideas in ALL’:


My Experience as Project Manager of DANCING… Some Personal Reflections on the First Four Years


By Hilary Hooks

Photo of Hilary Hooks.

12th September 2024


Conference Presentation:


D. Ferri presented ‘Taking Stock of the EU Marrakesh Directive: Advancing Disability Rights and Enhancing Cultural Diversity in One Go?’ at the panel “Copyright and culture: access, heritage, diversity, education” at the 19th Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association (EPIP) hosted by Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.

Profile photo of Prof. Delia Ferri

6th September 2024

New Cartoon: 

Our Fourth Year

Excerpt from Cartoon 'Our Fourth Year' and link to the entire cartoon.

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3rd September 2024

Conference Presentations:

Four members of the DANCING Team presented at the UACES Conference in Trento, Italy.

Photo of Iryna Tekuchova, Eva Krolla, Delia Ferri and Léa Urzel Francil at the conference with a presentation slide behind them.

8th August 2024

New Article Published: 

Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2024). Cultural policies that facilitate the participation of persons with disabilities in the arts: Findings from a qualitative multi-national study.  Disabilities, 4(3), 539–555.

Photo of Dr. Ann Leahy.

7th August 2024

New Cartoon:  DANCING Project ICON-S Annual Conference in MadridAccessible Versions of Cartoon ‘DANCING Project ICON-S Annual Conference in Madrid’

10th July 2024

Conference Presentation:

D. Ferri presented ‘Disability Rights in the European Union: Federalising trends’ at the Book Roundtable ‘Federalism and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (edited by Delia Ferri, Francesco Palermo and Giuseppe Martinico), Hart, 2023’ at the 2024 ICON•S Annual Conference, ‘The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence’ Hosted by IE University, Madrid, Spain.

Read more about DANCING at the ICON-s conference.

Photo of Prof. Delia Ferri and the other editors of the book presenting at the Book Roundtable at the conference.

9th July 2024

Conference Presentation:

D. Ferri chaired and A. Leahy and L. Urzel Francil presented papers at the panel ‘Realizing Inclusive Equality for Persons with Disabilities:  Socio-legal Perspectives on Barriers, Digital challenges, and Facilitators of Cultural Participation’ at the 2024 ICON•S Annual Conference, ‘The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence’ hosted by IE University, Madrid, Spain.

Read more about DANCING at the ICON-s conference.  

Photo of Lea Urzel Francil presenting at the ICON conference.

8th July 2024

Conference presentation:

D. Ferri presented ‘Digital Accessibility as Gateway to Equality for Persons with Disabilities’ at the panel ‘Disability Rights, Digitalisation, and the Role of AI’ at the 2024 ICON•S Annual Conference, ‘The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence’ Hosted by IE University, Madrid, Spain.

Read more about DANCING at the ICON-s conference.

Photo of Delia Ferri presenting at the ICON conference.

8th July 2024

Conference Presentation:

D. Ferri chaired and E. Krolla and I. Tekuchova presented papers at the Panel ‘The Future of Disability Rights: Regional Trends and Intersectional Perspectives’ at the 2024 ICON•S Annual Conference, ‘The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability, and Artificial Intelligence’ hosted by IE University, Madrid, Spain.

Read more about DANCING at the ICON-s conference.

Profile photo of Eva Krolla.

26th June 2024

VACANCY: Project DANCING is Recruiting for a Research Assistant.

Applications are now closed.

20th June 2024

Event:

DANCING Academic Conversation with Profs Eliantonio, Korkea-aho and Mӧrth to Discuss their Recent Co-edited Volume ‘Research Handbook on Soft Law’ Published by Edward Elgar in 2023.

Book cover of Research Handbook on Soft Law.

27th May 2024

New Cartoon:  DANCING Workshop with the Advisory Board


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16th May 2024

Conference Presentation: D. Ferri presented ‘Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ at a seminar hosted by the NOVA School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal. 

6th May 2024

Seminar Presentation:

D. Ferri presented ‘DANCING:  Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ at a seminar hosted by the University of Padova, Italy.

Photo of Prof. Delia Ferri

2nd May 2024

New Cartoon: The Premiere of ‘Lived Fiction’ by Stopgap Dance Company


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25th April 2024

Seminar Presentations: D. Ferri presented ‘The EU Disability Card: A Step Forward in the Protection of Disability Rights’ at the JM Chair TEULP seminar, and ‘Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law (DANCING)’ at a seminar hosted by the University of Murcia, Spain.

Photo of Prof. D. Ferri.

17th April 2024

Blog Post Published on ‘Ideas in ALL’:

‘Lived Fiction’ Goes on Stage: Reflecting on a Major Milestone for the DANCING Project and the Collaboration with Stopgap

by Eva Sophie Krolla in Dialogue with Prof. Delia Ferri and Lucy Glover, Executive Producer at Stopgap Dance Company

Profile photo of Eva Sophie Krolla.

12th April 2024

DANCING Featured in National Press.  The Article on RTE is Entitled ‘Meet the Dance Company Celebrating the Power of Diversity.’ 

11th April 2024

Event:

World Premiere of ‘Lived Fiction’ 

at the LIR Academy Theatre, Dublin.

Excerpt of the poster for the event LIved Fiction.

4th April 2024

New Cartoon: Presenting DANCING Interim Findings

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27th March 2024

Conference Presentations:

D. Ferri and A. Leahy Presented ‘Barriers and Facilitators to Cultural Participation by People with Disabilities: A Socio-legal Analysis’ at the Annual Conference of The Socio-legal Studies Association, Hosted by the University of Portsmouth, UK.

22nd March 2024

Event:

DANCING Academic Conversation with Dr. Giulia Priora  on ‘Distributive Rationales in EU Copyright Law.’

Photo of Giulia Priora.

18th March 2024

New Article Published:

Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2024).  Rethinking and advancing a ‘bottom-up’ approach to cultural participation of persons with disabilities as key to realising inclusive equality.  International Journal of Law in Context, 20(2), 267–285.

Photo of Dr. Ann Leahy.

13th March 2024

Lecture Presentation:

D. Ferri Presented ‘DANCING:  Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ at a Lecture Organised by the Department of Legal Studies, Hosted by the Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria.

Photo of Prof. Delia Ferri

11th March 2024

Blog Post Published on ‘Ideas In All’:

Creating an Accessible Survey for the DANCING Project

By Hilary Hooks

Photo of Hilary Hooks.

5th March 2024

Project Milestone: Interviews with policymakers working on cultural or disability policies at EU level are concluded.

5th March 2024

Book Presentation: Prof. Delia Ferri Presented her New Book at the UN in Geneva:  D. Ferri and N. Subic (2023)  The European Union: Federal Trends in Disability Rights, in D. Ferri, F. Palermo, G. Martinico (Eds), Federalism and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Oxford: Hart Publishing. ISBN (print): 9781509962433

Profile photo of Prof. Delia Ferri.

4th March 2024

New Infographic:

Flowchart of Lived Fiction.

Flowchart of 'Lived Fiction'.


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22nd February 2024

Conference Presentation: D. Ferri presented ‘Digitalizzazione e Accessibilità: Il Ruolo del Diritto Europeo’ at the conference entitled ‘Developing an International Strategy in the Euromediterranean Area on the Goods for an Updated Anthropic Loop’ organised by Department of Jurisprudence, hosted by Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy.

14th February 2024

New Addition to Team DANCING: Prof. Laverne Jacobs joins the DANCING Advisory Board.  Our welcome to Prof. Jacobs follows the sad passing of Dr. Damjan Tatic.  In Memoriam.

Photo of Laverne Jacobs

9th February 2024

Event:

DANCING Academic Conversation with Dr. Vilija Velyvytė on ‘Judicial Authority in EU Internal Market Law: Implications for the Balance of Competences and Powers.’

Profile photo of Vilija Velyvyte.

6th February 2024


Seminar Presentation:


Iryna Tekuchova presented ‘The EU as Promoter of Disability Rights in Ukraine’ at the JMCoE Seminar Series ‘EU Integration and Citizens’ Rights’ entitled ‘The EU as Promoter of Anti-discrimination Rights in its Neighbourhood – Comparing Northern Ireland and Ukraine’ hosted by IHREC, University College of Cork, Ireland.

Photo of Iryna Tekuchova.
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