Hello our good and glorious comrades,
We’ve got a busy November ahead of us, with both of our reading groups having sessions (looking at Militarism, Art & Cultural Institutions, and Community & Third Spaces), a special event (Intro to Imperialism) with Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan at Bohs, and a field trip (!!) to IMMA!
Our Militarism & Neutrality and Care & Community sessions are drop in (and reading is below!), but our special events do require registration!
For the day trip to IMMA, please register here so we have an idea of numbers!
And book for Intro to Imperialism through Bohs
at https://events.humanitix.com/scoil-boiheamach-autumn-and-win…As ever, as always, newcomers are very very welcome!!
Upcoming dates // readings & info below
- Tue 10 November 7PM – Militarism & Neutrality @ Connolly Books (Militarism, Art, and Cultural Institutions)
- Thu 12 November 6.30PM – Care & Community @ Flux Studios
- Thu 19 November 6.30PM – Introducing Imperialism @ The Spark
- Sun 22 November 11AM – Militarism & Neutrality Field Trip @ IMMA
Love and solidarity,
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS ☘️ 🩷
Militarism & Neutrality
Tuesday 10 November 2026 / 7pm-8pm //
Connolly Books, East St E, Dublin 2
Militarism, Art, and Cultural Institutions
Core reading:
- Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, Taking a Stand Against Neutrality: The Role of Social Justice in Museums (February 2019), available at: https://museum-id.com/taking-a-stand-against-neutrality-the-role-of-social-justice-in-the-21st-century-museum/
- Philip Oltermann, Berlin exhibition questions CIA’s influence on global art scene (4 December 2027), available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/04/berlin-exhibition-questions-cias-influence-on-global-art-scene
- Howard Zinn, Secrecy, Archives, and the Public Interest (1971), available at: https://ia601604.us.archive.org/15/items/secrecy-archives-and-the-public-interest/secrecy-archives-and-the-public-interest.pdf
Further Reading:
- Molly Enking, See Inside the Rarely Seen and Newly Reimagined CIA Museum (10 November 2022), available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cia-museum-artifacts-online-catalog-180981091/, and https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifacts/
- Leanne Hoogwaerts, What roles do museums and art institutions play in international relations today and specifically in the development of what Joseph Nye called “soft power”? (14 August 2012), available at: https://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/content/pdf/participant-papers/2012-08-acd/what-role-do-museums-and-art-institutions-play-in-international-relations-today-leanne-hoogwaerts.pdf
- Alexander Görlach, Germany’s Far Right Is Attacking Bauhaus Again (10 October 2026), available at: https://archive.ph/1ZNcg
Militarism & Neutrality Field Trip!
Sunday 22 November 2026 / 11am //
Connolly Books, East St E, Dublin 2
Saints and Scholars are going to IMMA!!! Join us for a visit to the exhibit on ‘Technologies of Peace: Art and Transition in Contemporary Europe 1989–2026’ (followed by discussion over a few pints !)
Location: IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), https://maps.app.goo.gl/QbJqS4iniMNtXpYj6
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxus9K7BoPTRdISj6nPuTWLSVqQ6W6VMdfebicCjgjg7Faqg/viewform
This is a FREE activity but please do register here so we have an idea of numbers xoxo
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Care & Community
Thursday 12 November 2026 / 6.30pm-7.30pm //
Flux Studios, Chatham St, Dublin 2
Can we push back against the loss of third spaces to cultivate community?
Core Reading
- Matina Kapsali, “Grassroots temporary urbanism as a challenge to the city of austerity? Lessons from a self-organised park in Thessaloniki, Greece” (May 2023). Available at: https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geoj.12519
- Popken, B., & Turhan, E. “Social infrastructures as pillars of resistance against housing commodification in creative city Groningen” (2025). Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13604813.2025.2469018#d1e122
- Elliot Sang, “Why Are Third Places Disappearing?” (2023) Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ku9csXhvJY
Further reading
- Alexander Hurst, “Progressive Paris has many weapons to fight the far right, but the best? Spaces where you can simply hang out” (March 2026). Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/27/progressive-paris-far-right-french-capital-food-culture-community-extremists
- Louwrens Both, Oana Druta & Pieter van Wesemael, “Prefiguring the Caring City: Everyday Practices and Postcapitalist Possibility in Neighborhood Living Rooms” (2025). Available at: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/9940
- Antoine Burret, “The politicisation of third places: How are third places and social spaces being harnessed around the world by businesses and public authorities?” (Oct 2021. Available at: https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/blog/politicisation-third-places
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Introducing Imperialism with Patrick Bresnihan and Rory Rowan
Thu 19 November 2026 / 6.30pm-8.30pm //
The Spark, Phibsboro Shopping Centre, D7
How to book: Tickets are free and can be booked through the Bohs Climate Coop. Places are limited so get your tickets asap! Tickets @ https://events.humanitix.com/scoil-boiheamach-autumn-and-win…
You hate imperialism? Us too! And guess what? We think you’re going to love our seminar on “Introducing Imperialism”!
Over two hours, we will be looking at imperialism through a Marxist lens, touching on topics like [insert themes for standalone seminar] (Yes, you’ll be reading a little bit of Lenin! 😎)
The reading will have an international focus and we think it will serve as a great foundation for people who have been wanting to learn that bit more about imperialism but haven’t quite known where to start.
You’ll be saying things like ‘super exploitation’ and ‘core-periphery’ in smoking areas before you know it! It’s! Gonna! Be! Good!