Padraic Kenney (Indiana) 'The Prison has become a Political Battlefield'. How World War I transformed political imprisonment in Europe
If you like gossiping, poetry, languages, puns, puzzles, jokes, double entendres or even avant-garde tomes, you might like Finnegans Wake. Despite its scurrilous critical reputation, James Joyce's final workis not as difficult as it would first appear and,when read as part of a group, can be a hugely rewarding experience. It is our hope to... | Read on »
We cordially invite you to participate in the third ‰ÛÏFrom Ego to Eco‰ Symposium ant the 11th of October, 10-6, Moore Institute, NUI Galway, hosted by German/ The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. This time we focus on the nature/culture divide of human habitation. A detailed programme will be circulated shortly Seeking Shelter or... | Read on »
Website LaunchIrish Manuscripts on the Continent, AD 600-AD 850 andLaser-based Profilometry of Medieval Irish MonumentsMoore Institute, NUIG12pmFriday, 11th October, 2013Complimentary lunch to followTo be launched by Prof. DÌÁibhÌ_ ÌÒ CrÌ_inÌ_n,Department of History,National University of Ireland, GalwayFÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch!For more information please contact meadhbh.nicanairchinnigh@nuigalway.ie
Jennifer Wood Soldiers' Memories of the Falklands/Malvinas War
Seminar in French Thursday 17th October, 4p.m. Moore Institute seminar room, NUIG A ‰Û÷Ulysses‰۪ collaborative project between Ireland and France JOURNAUX PERSONNELS : åÇ Le corps ÌÊ l‰۪̩preuve åÈ *** Marion Krauthaker (University of Sunderland / NUIG) åÇ Le journal de Mary Martin: quotidien et ̩preuves d'une m̬re irlandaise pendant la premi̬re guerre mondiale åÈ.... | Read on »
Travel, Science, and the Question of Observation: 1580-1800 In the early modern period, the emergence of travel as a means of information gathering on natural history, demography, government, and religion was accompanied by the use of questionnaires to orient observation. This conference investigates the development of techniques of information gathering of this kind and the... | Read on »
As part of the ongoing collaboration with the UniversitÌÊ degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, The Columbanus Life and Legacy Project is delighted to announce details of two guest lectures to be held this coming Friday from 10 a.m. in the Moore Institute Seminar Room. Dott.ssa Roberta Conversi is head of the Archaeology Division of the... | Read on »
As part of our ongoing collaboration with the UniversitÌÊ degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, The Columbanus Life and Legacy Project is delighted to announce details of two guest lectures to be held this coming Friday from 10 a.m. in the Moore Institute Seminar Room. Prof.ssa Eleonora Destefanis is based in the UniversitÌÊ degli Studi del... | Read on »
Michael Clarke, Classics Department, NUIG 'Reading the Middle Irish Troy alongside Flemish tapestries of the fifteenth century'
