Exploring how diversity shapes identity and considering whether it fosters a sense of belonging or instead, reinforces boundaries.

A multidisciplinary panel discussion with speakers including Adam Harris, Founder-CEO of AsIAm (Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd), Zak Moradi, Kurdish-Irish hurler and author, and Commissioner for the Ulster-Scots and Ulster-British Tradition, Lee Reynolds.

Moderator: Caroline Fennell MRIA, Professor Emerita of Law, University College Cork.

All speaker bios will be available in due course.

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Discourse Series is the oldest and most renowned series of public talks in Ireland, first established in 1786. This is the third event in the 2026/27 RIA Discourse Series (https://www.ria.ie/2026/06/23/discourse-series-2026-27-provisional-programme-announced/) which is focused on the theme of 'diversity' in its many forms.

Riachtanais rochtana

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Access requirements

Have you got any access requirements that we can assist you with, so that you can fully engage with our event? Please let us know by contacting our access officer in advance of the event by email: accessofficer@ria.ie

Read our Events Code of Conduct (https://www.ria.ie/assets/uploads/2024/05/Royal-Irish-Academy-Events-Code-of-Conduct-Jan-2026-Final.pdf) and our Data Protection Policies (https://www.ria.ie/privacy-and-data-protection/).

Tabhair faoi deara: Ba cheart go mbainfeá an tAcadamh (19 Sráid Dhásain) amach faoi 5:50pm ar a dhéanaí chun a chinntiú go mbeidh gach éinne socraithe sula gcuirfear tús leis an imeacht ar 6:00pm. Ní ligfear isteach daoine a bheidh déanach.

Please note: We ask that you arrive to the Royal Irish Academy (19 Dawson Street) no later than 5:50pm so that we can ensure everyone is seated before the event begins at 6:00pm. Late-comers will not be admitted.

Eolas faoi Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann

Is cumann léannta neamhspleách, uile-oileáin é Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann, a bunaíodh sa bhliain 1785. Tacaíonn an tAcadamh le scoláireacht agus taighde sna heolaíochtaí, sna daonnachtaí agus sna heolaíochtaí sóisialta. Tá tuairim is 680 comhalta tofa ann agus 80 ball foirne, agus déanann siad ionadaíocht ar son na hÉireann go hidirnáisiúnta, cuireann siad comhairle shaineolach ar fáil don rialtas, déanann siad taighde, déanann siad deontais taighde a riaradh, eagraíonn siad comhdhálacha agus léachtaí poiblí, cuireann siad leabhair agus irisí acadúla i gcló, agus déanann siad cúram de leabharlann taighde.

About the Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA), established in 1785, is an all-island, independent learned society and academic body that champions research by supporting and promoting scholarship in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. Its elected membership of approximately 680 individuals and 80 staff represent Ireland internationally, provide expert advice to government, carry out research, administer research grants, organise conferences and public lectures, publish academic books and journals, and maintain a research library.

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