{"id":383,"date":"2022-07-15T12:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T17:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/?page_id=383"},"modified":"2025-12-31T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:12:09","slug":"alumni-2021-22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/alumni-2021-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni-2021-22"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"383\" class=\"elementor elementor-383\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72af2c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72af2c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-739167b\" data-id=\"739167b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fbb43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8fbb43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On Sabbatical. The fall in Ireland...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f776ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f776ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Limerick-St.-Johns_2021-576x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-399\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Limerick-St.-Johns_2021-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Limerick-St.-Johns_2021-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Limerick-St.-Johns_2021-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Limerick-St.-Johns_2021-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Limerick-St.-Johns_2021-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Limerick-St.-Johns_2021-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">I spent the fall in Limerick Ireland as a visiting professor of philosophy and education at Mary Immaculate College. This is the view from my flat looking towards St. John's cathedral, October 2021.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00fb600\" data-id=\"00fb600\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1245e3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1245e3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-396\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dingle peninsula, near where some of the Star Wars movies were filmed. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3e4ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ad3e4ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021_02-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-397\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021_02-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021_02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021_02-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021_02-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Dingle-Peninsula_2021_02-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dingle peninsula, southwestern Ireland.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7021e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7021e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Connor-Pass_2021-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-398\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Connor-Pass_2021-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Connor-Pass_2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Connor-Pass_2021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Connor-Pass_2021-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Connor-Pass_2021-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Connor pass, October 2021.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1df5ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1df5ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdd024a\" data-id=\"fdd024a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0888c5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0888c5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The spring working but around...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd768c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9dd768c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/April2021_UPLS-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-393\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/April2021_UPLS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/April2021_UPLS-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/April2021_UPLS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/April2021_UPLS-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/April2021_UPLS-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Me and the Missus at the UPLS ball in April 2022.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a70c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"14a70c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee2b353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee2b353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of time in the spring was spent starting work on my third book, tentatively entitled <em>Good Christians are Immaterialists<\/em>. A work in analytical theology. Making the book accessible has been a worthy challenge!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0eee91\" data-id=\"a0eee91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3619edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3619edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Trim_Telescope_2021-576x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-394\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Trim_Telescope_2021-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Trim_Telescope_2021-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Trim_Telescope_2021-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Trim_Telescope_2021-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Trim_Telescope_2021-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/Trim_Telescope_2021-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Trim observatory in central Ireland, September 2021. At one time it was the world's largest telescope.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sabbatical. The fall in Ireland&#8230; I spent the fall in Limerick Ireland as a visiting professor of philosophy and education at Mary Immaculate College. This is the view from my flat looking towards St. John&#8217;s cathedral, October 2021. Dingle peninsula, near where some of the Star Wars movies were filmed. Dingle peninsula, southwestern Ireland. 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