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Conferences and Presentations

Here are the presentations that have been made by members of the DANCING team at conferences, seminars and workshops; they are presented in order of most recent first.

51          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, 27 March 2024.

50          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, 13 March 2024.

49          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, 22-23 February 2024.

48          I. 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, 6 February 2024.

47          D. Ferri gave an invited keynote speech on ‘Unlocking Access to Culture for Persons with Disabilities through Digital Accessibility’ at the conference entitled ‘Vulnerability, Disability Rights, and Digital Government’ hosted by MindLabs, Tilburg, Netherlands, 30 November 2023.

46          D. Ferri and E. Krolla presented on ‘Accessibility of Cultural Goods and Services: A Regulatory Jigsaw’ at the DANCING panel chaired by D. Ferri at the Annual Conference hosted by the Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin City University, Ireland, 10-11 November 2023.

45          A. Leahy presented on ‘Cultural Participation by People with Disabilities. Barriers and Facilitators: A Qualitative Analysis​’ at the DANCING panel chaired by D. Ferri at the Annual Conference hosted by the Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin City University, Ireland, 10-11 November 2023.

44          L. Urzel Francil presented on ‘The Role of EU Law in Advancing Participation of Cultural Professionals and Artists’ at the DANCING panel chaired by D. Ferri at the Annual Conference hosted by the Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin City University, Ireland, 10-11 November 2023.

43          I. Tekuchova presented on ‘Global Reach of EU Disability Law in Eastern Partnership Countries Through the Lens of Cultural Participation’ at the DANCING panel chaired by D. Ferri at the Annual Conference hosted by the Irish Association of Law Teachers, Dublin City University, Ireland, 10-11 November 2023.

42          D. Ferri presented on ‘L’accessibilita’ in ambito culturale: una prospettiva europea’ at the conference entitled ‘IV Conferenza Nazionale ANMIC’ hosted by the Associazione Nazionale Mutilati e Invalidi Civili, Rome, Italy, 8-10 November 2023.

41          I. Tekuchova presented on ‘Disability-inclusive Humanitarian Action in Ukraine: Challenges and Perspectives’ at the joint symposium entitled ‘Human Rights at Times of War and Conflict’ hosted by the Centre for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, and the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University, Ireland, Online, 20 October 2023.

40          I. Tekuchova presented on ‘Global Reach of EU Disability Law: An Initial Appraisal’ at the conference entitled ‘DANCING Mid-term Academic Conference’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 4 September 2023.

39          D. Ferri participated in the roundtable discussion ‘Arts-Based Research and Inclusive Dance’ at the ‘DANCING Mid-term Academic Conference’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 4 September 2023.

38          D. Ferri presented on ‘Disability Law as Field of EU Law: Federalising Trends and Hybridity’ at the conference entitled ‘DANCING Mid-term Academic Conference’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 4 September 2023.

37          D. Ferri gave an opening presentation of ‘The ERC Project DANCING’ at the conference entitled ‘DANCING Mid-term Academic Conference’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 4 September 2023.

36     D. Ferri and E. Krolla presented ‘Accessibility of Cultural Goods and Services: A Regulatory Jigsaw’ at the conference entitled ‘DANCING Mid-term Academic Conference’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 4 September 2023.

35          A. Leahy presented ‘Barriers and Facilitators to Cultural Participation: A Qualitative Analysis’ at the conference entitled ‘DANCING Mid-term Academic Conference’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 4 September 2023.

34          L. Urzel Francil presented ‘The Role of EU Law in Advancing Participation of Cultural Professionals and Artists’ at the conference entitled ‘DANCING Mid-term Academic Conference’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 4 September 2023.

33          A. Leahy presented ‘Disability in Older Age – Experiences of Inequality Often Overlooked?’ at the ’52nd Annual Conference’ hosted by the British Society of Gerontology, University of East Anglia, UK, 5 July 2023.

32          D. Ferri presented ‘The EU Disability Card “in the making”’ at the seminar for University Professors and Law Lecturers entitled ‘Current Reflections on EU Anti-Discrimination Law’ hosted by the Academy of European Law, University College Dublin, Ireland, 22 June 2023.

31          D. Ferri presented ‘DANCING: Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ at the workshop entitled ‘Towards Island-wide Creative and Cultural Sustainability’ hosted by the National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 19 May 2023.

30          D. Ferri presented ‘Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ at the 65th PEARLE conference entitled ‘Inclusion & Diversity: a Challenge and an Opportunity for the Performing Arts Sector’ hosted by PEARLE (Performing Arts Employers’ Associations League Europe), Oslo, Norway, Online, 11 May 2023.

29          D. Ferri gave a presentation on ‘DANCING – Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ hosted by the University of Murcia, Spain, 24 April 2023.

28          D. Ferri gave a seminar entitled ‘The Evolution of EU Disability Law’ hosted by the University of Murcia, Spain, 24 April 2023.

27          D. Ferri presented ‘The Transformative Power of EU Disability Law’ at the kick-off meeting of Paths2Include, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, 19 April 2023.

26          L. Urzel Francil presented ‘Accessibility of Cultural Life: An Irish Law Perspective’ at the webinar series entitled ‘‘Why’ and ‘How’ of Accessibility in Cultural Contexts: An Access into Action’ hosted by Arts & Disability Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Online, 18 April 2023.

25          D. Ferri presented ‘My Journey towards the ERC’ at a workshop hosted by the ALL Institute for a Delegation of Portuguese Researchers, ALL Institute, Maynooth University, Ireland, 29 March 2023.

24          D. Ferri presented ‘My Journey towards the ERC’ at a seminar hosted by the Faculty of Arts, Maynooth University, Ireland, 29 March 2023.

23          D. Ferri gave a lecture entitled ‘Federalism and Disability’ at the Winter School entitled ‘Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2023’ hosted by Eurac, Bolzano, Italy, 14 February 2023.

22          D. Ferri presented ‘Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ at the atelier entitled ‘Dancing on the Edge: Peripheral Practices’ hosted by European Dancehouse Network, Limerick, Ireland, 10 February 2023.

21          D. Ferri presented ‘Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through EU Law’ at the event entitled ‘New Reads’ hosted by Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Online, 1 February 2023.

20          D. Ferri presented ‘L’Unione europea e i diritti delle persone con disabilità: armonizzazione e trend federali’ at the conference entitled ‘Europea e Disabilità’ organised by Centro di Documentazione Europea, hosted by Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, 19 December 2022.

19          D. Ferri presented ‘Disabilità e partecipazione culturale’ at the conference entitled ‘Convegno in occasione della Giornata internazionale delle persone con disabilità – Disabilità in Movimento: percorsi di autodeterminazione’ hosted by Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy, 16 December 2022.

18          E. Krolla presented ‘Disability Rights as Human Rights’ at the roundtable entitled ‘Human Rights in Context: Perspective on an Inclusive Society’ hosted by the Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy, 23 November 2022.

17          D. Ferri presented ‘Audio Description: Legal Perspectives and Creative Practice’ at the seminar entitled ‘Audio Description in Live Theatre: Legal Perspectives and Creative Practice’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 21 November 2022.

16          D. Ferri presented ‘The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Its Impact on EU Disability Law and Policies’ at the guest lecture within the Professional Masters on Social Work course entitled ‘Justice and Human Rights’ hosted by School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland, 11 October 2022.

15          D. Ferri presented ‘The Role of Disability Studies in the Advancement of EU Law Scholarship’ at the event entitled ‘Interdisciplinary Research Methods in EU Law: Challenges and Opportunities’ hosted by the Law School, London School of Economics, UK, 9 September 2022.

14          D. Ferri presented ‘Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity in EU Law’ at the colloquium entitled ‘Inclusive Dance: Challenges, Experiences and Tools for Participatory Research’ hosted by the DANCING Project, Maynooth University, Ireland, 23 August 2022.

13          D. Ferri presented ‘Right to Culture and Migrant Children with Disabilities’ at the Summer School entitled ‘Economic, social and cultural rights of migrant children in the European Union (Jean Monnet Module MARS)’ hosted by the Institute of Law, Politics and Development, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, Online, 22 June 2022.

12          D. Ferri presented ‘The Transformative Power of EU Disability Law’ at the online workshop hosted by the Jean Monnet Chair on the Transformative European Union Law Power (TEULP), University of Murcia, Spain, Online, 15 June 2022.

11          D. Ferri presented ‘The Role of EU Law in Advancing Accessibility of Culture for Persons with Disabilities’ at the conference entitled ‘Open Up Museums! Prospects and Challenges of Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion’ organised by the DANCING Project, inDICEs Project and ReCreating Europe Project, hosted by Museo delle Scienze, Trento and Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy, 26 May 2022.

10          L. Urzel presented ‘Realising the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities: The CRPD as Main Legal Tool’ at the conference entitled ‘Open Up Museums! Prospects and Challenges of Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion’ organised by the DANCING Project, inDICEs Project and ReCreating Europe Project, hosted by Museo delle Scienze, Trento and Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy, 26 May 2022.

9            A. Leahy presented ‘Barriers, Facilitators and Best Practices in Access to Culture: Views of Organisations of People with Disabilities in Europe’ at the conference entitled ‘Open Up Museums! Prospects and Challenges of Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion’ organised by the DANCING Project, inDICEs Project and ReCreating Europe Project, hosted by Museo delle Scienze, Trento and Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy, 26 May 2022.

8            D. Ferri presented ‘The Impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on EU Disability Law and Policies’ at a guest lecture series hosted by Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy, 24 May 2022.

7            L. Urzel presented ‘Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities: EU Perspectives’ at the workshop entitled ‘PhD and Early Career Researchers Workshop’ organised by Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology PG Research Committee in collaboration with UniMoRe Department of Law and Queen’s University Belfast School of Law, Online, 25 March 2022.

6            D. Ferri presented ‘Il Quadro normativo europeo in materia di accessibilità digitale’ at the online seminar series entitled ‘Diritto, nuove tecnologie, inclusione sociale – Una prospettiva interdisciplinare multilivello’ organised by the Department of Political and Social Science, hosted by Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, 22 October 2021.

5            D. Ferri presented ‘DANCING Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity in EU Law’ at the webinar entitled ‘Researching Disability and Diversity in Culture: Introducing the ERC Project DANCING’ organised by the DANCING Project, hosted by Maynooth University, Ireland, Online, 16 March 2021.

4            A. Leahy presented ‘WP1 – Understanding Barriers and Facilitators’ at the webinar entitled ‘Researching Disability and Diversity in Culture: Introducing the ERC Project DANCING’ organised by the DANCING Project, hosted by Maynooth University, Ireland, Online, 16 March 2021.

3            N. Šubic presented ‘Cultural Rights and Access to Culture in Disability Strategies’ at the webinar entitled ‘Researching Disability and Diversity in Culture: Introducing the ERC Project DANCING’ organised by the DANCING Project, hosted by Maynooth University, Ireland, Online, 16 March 2021.

2            H. Hooks presented ‘Accessibility in DANCING’ at the webinar entitled ‘Researching Disability and Diversity in Culture: Introducing the ERC Project DANCING’ organised by the DANCING Project, hosted by Maynooth University, Ireland, Online, 16 March 2021.

1            D. Ferri gave a seminar entitled ‘Le politiche europee sulla disabilità in tempi di pandemia’ organised by STALS (Sant’Anna Legal Studies), hosted by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa, Italy, Online, 15 March 2021.

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