‰Û÷I am a fiddler and a poet' : Robert Burns as a song-writer This illustrated talk is designed to introduce a wholly unknown Robert Burns to the general public. For over 200 years Burns has been misrepresented as Scotland's national ‰Û÷poet', yet he was primarily a song-writer, composing upwards of 400 songs. Most of the... | Read on »
Landed estates & Irish society Moore Institute, NUI Galway 13 - 14 June 2013(Revised Programme)Thursday 13 June 2.15 William Smyth (Professor Emeritus, UCC), ‰Û÷Landlordism, Evictions and the Great Famine' Chair: James Harrold (Arts Officer, Galway City) 3.45. Singular figures of landed background Pauline Scott (NUI Galway), 'Agent, tenant, advocate & agitator: Michael Kelly & the... | Read on »
June 22nd and 23rdConference on'Gender and Sexuality in the Crime Genre'.Organisers Dr Kate Quinn, NUIGand Dr Marieke Krajenbrink, UL.For more information contact kate.quinn@nuigalway.ieFriday 21st June Registration: 9:00-9:30 9:30-11:00 Parallel Session 1 Scandinavian Crime I: Women Crime WritersChair: Noir Men and Women I Chair: Paula Arvas (Helsinki) Is there a glass ceiling for Finnish women crime... | Read on »
The Postgraduate Hispanic Studies Conference of Ireland and the UK 2013 will take place in the Moore Institute on the 28th and 29th of June. The plenary speakers are Professor Bill Richardson, Head of the Spanish Department at NUI Galway, who will give a lecture entitled: "The Path Not Taken: Borges, Labyrinths, and the Location... | Read on »
Performance, Nation and Globalization Summer School Funded by the Irish Research Council National University of Ireland, Galway 17-18 July 2013 This two-day Summer School explores the interrelationships between performance and nation in an era of increasing globalization. We will consider major international dramatists such as J.M Synge and David Greig, but the discussion will also... | Read on »
Symposium ScheduleMonday, 19 August 2013 9.00 - 9.30am - Registration and coffee 9.30-11.00am - Panel 1: Legal Musculature. Kevin McKenna (Independent Scholar) "Primogeniture, strict settlement and the rituals of masculinity on an Irish landed estate, 1855-1890"James Ward (Ulster)"Caught in a contract: Congreve, Farquhar and Contractarian Masculinities"Dara Purvis (Penn State)"Masculinity, Marriage, and Fatherhood in the Twentieth... | Read on »
‰Û÷Did Old Irish have a middle voice?‰۪A presentation and discussionmoderated by Esther Le MairFriday 23 August, 12.00 ‰ÛÒ 1.00(followed by lunch, 1.00 ‰ÛÒ 2.00)MOORE INSTITUTE SEMINAR ROOMFÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch ‰ÛÒ Everyone is welcomeFor more information contact jacopo.bisagni@nuigalway.ie
Workshop - Teaching Transnational History: Transnational Ireland International Research Network, Moore Institute, NUI Galway, 31 August 2013 This workshop is the latest in the ‰Û÷Transnational Ireland' international research network (http://transnationalireland.com), whose aim is to re-articulate the political, social and cultural history of Ireland within its broader international and global contexts. This workshop will focus on... | Read on »
The Moore Institute will host an information session on the IRC Research Project Grants Scheme on Wednesday, September 4 at 1pm in the Moore Institute seminar room (Room 203). The expectation will be that those interested in applying to the scheme will have read, in advance, the Terms & Conditions that apply (available here http://www.research.ie/funding/research-project-grants-scheme-2013);... | Read on »
MA Medieval Studies & CAMPS: Reception to launch the new academic year. All ‰Û÷medievalists‰۪-- newly-arrived, established, self-identified -- are invited to get to know each other and learn about activities of interest to the wider community of scholars concerned with the Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern worlds at NUIG. For more information contact kim.loprete@nuigalway.ie
