About

Welcome to the SpIRE 2018 Conference in Waterford Institute of Technology. 
This inaugural conference is organised jointly by the Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE) in Dublin & the Department of Languages, Tourism, and Hospitality at School of Humanities at Waterford Institute of Technology. 

Listen to Professor Bernadette Flanagan's interview
http://www.soulwavesradio.ie/2018/01/25/spiritual-tourism-2/

See, also,

https://www.catholicireland.net/conference-highlight-boom-spiritual-tourism/
(by Sarah MacDonald)
&
​“Our Pilgrim Routes”, Sunday Times, 18 Feb 2018 (by Eithne Shortall)
&
https://www.irishcatholic.com/new-focus-pilgrim-sites-bring-tourist-bonanza/ (by Chai Brady)

We invite you to a day of lively discussions, stimulating keynote addresses, and inspiring sessions.

The theme, Pilgrimage and the Evolution of Spiritual Tourism, pushes us to think about and beyond the edges of our current understandings and practices around pilgrimage. For example:
  • ​How is the notion of pilgrimage prompting us to re-conceptualize our understanding of spiritual tourism?
  •  How will integrating the current interest in pilgrimage into tourism initiatives challenge and re-invent current practice
  • What new research and practice frontiers lie ahead as we contemplate the next decade of pilgrimage tourism?
SpIRE 2018

in Association with

Registration​ 


- Registration fee (€75) includes attendance at the conference sessions, conference folder, coffee breaks and lunch but not accommodation.
​- The student registration fee is €40.
- There will be an optional tour of cultural sites of Waterford and an evening meal and music on Thursday, 8th March at a cost of €30. This event is booked out!
 
Registration for March 9th conference (online via Eventbrite) has closed - We are booked out!

Speakers

The Conference Organisers

Prof Dr The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education  was established in 2015 to contribute to the academic study of spirituality in higher education colleges, and promote the phenomenon of ‘spirituality and’. 

The term ‘spirituality and’ refers to spirituality and healthcare, spirituality and tourism, spirituality and leadership, etc., which are all signs of a new spiritual consciousness across the globe.

The Department of Languages, Tourism, and Hospitality is part of the School of Humanities at Waterford Institute of Technology. The conference will take place in the Tourism and Leisure Education Building, a centre of excellence which is amongst the finest of its kind in Europe. 
​
Organising Committee: 

Venue 

Picture
Campus Map Pdf

Contact

Contact
Dr Bernadette Masterson
​
Dr Noel Keating

Dr Michael O'Sullivan
Email
Bernadette at [email protected]

Noel at
[email protected]

Michael at
[email protected]
Address
Milltown Park,
Room 201,
Sandford Road,
Ranelagh,
Dublin 6
Copyright © 2017 RIKON, Waterford Institute of Technology