Popular Music and Popular Culture

A major collection of essays on the critically acclaimed Manchester band Joy Division will be launched on Thursday January 17th at the Kasbah Club, Dolans at 8pm.
Eoin Devereux’s 12,000 word essay on The Cranberries’ early days will be published on October 19 2018 ‘Waltzing Back:
Songs of Social Protest Published
Dr Aileen Dillane, Dr Martin J. Power, Professor Eoin Devereux and Dr Amanda Haynes have just published a comprehensive, cutting-edge companion guide to music and social protest globally.
Joy Division Symposium
Noel Hogan, The Cranberries, Dr Martin Power, Professor Eoin Devereux, Assistant Dean, Research, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Limerick and Dr Aileen Dillane...

Songs of Social Protest Published
Joy Division Symposium

Riot Grrl: A Symposium on Women and Rock Music

University of Limerick, April 16th 2013.

A one day symposium on the role of women in rock music convened by the Popular Music and Popular Culture Research Cluster at UL. The symposium saw a public interview and on-campus performance by Girl In A Coma (San Antonio, Texas). The symposium also saw a screening of ‘Don’t Need You: The History of Riot Grrrl’ directed by Kerri Koch, Urban Cowgirl Productions, Los Angeles, and a performance by Girl In A Coma at Dolan’s Warehouse Limerick.