PROFESSOR KAREN TILL AND PROFESSOR PHILIPP ROSEMANN ELECTED TO ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY

Professor Karen Till and Professor Philipp Rosemann were accepted to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).

Professors Till and Rosemann were among the 29 new members admitted by Dr Mary Canning, President of the Academy. Membership of the RIA is awarded to persons who have attained the highest distinction by their unique contributions to education and research.

Professor Till, Professor of Cultural Geography, is a leading international figure in the interdisciplinary field of Memory Studies through her scholarly explorations of place, memory and care, and her collaborations with practicing artists. Her research, curatorial work and creative writing include: The New Berlin, Mapping Spectral Traces, The Textures of Place and the forthcoming co-edited book series Earth Writings.

Professor Rosemann, Professor of Philosophy, has won recognition for his work at the intersection of the Christian tradition and contemporary thought. His publications include studies of Thomas Aquinas and Peter Lombard. His most recent book, Charred root of meaning: continuity, transgression, and the other in Christian tradition (Eerdmans Publishing, 2018), develops a philosophy of religion that is at once biblical and Foucauldian.