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
Ciaran McDonough, 'Antiquarianism as a Gentleman's Hobby, 1800-1867'
Friday 13 September 2013 9.00-9.30 Registration and Welcome (Moore Seminar Room) 9.30-11.00 Panel 1 Panel 1 (a) Transnational estate histories? Chair: Dr. Enrico Dal Lago(Moore Seminar Room) What can Irish plantations in the French, British and Danish Caribbean tell us about landed estates in Ireland? (Dr. Orla Power, TCD) Second Slavery, Second Landlordism, and Modernity:... | Read on »
MÌÁirÌ_n Mac Carron The Venerable Bede and the origins of AD-Dating
