You are invited to attend an upcoming public lecture in NUI Galway on ‰Û÷A Brief History of Liberty - and its Lessons' by Professor Philip Pettit of Princeton University. Professor Pettit is one of the foremost contemporary philosophers and political theorists,renowned for his revival and development of republicanism within political philosophy and for his contribution... | Read on »
Chaucer at Galway II: Chaucer and Realismwednesday 25th- thursday 26th June, 2014Venue: Hardiman Research Building, Room G011 Program Wednesday 25th June 2014 9.30-10am: Registration (Hardiman Research Building, Room GO11) 10.00-11.00am: Sarah Nangle (UCD): Music, Rationality and Chaucer's Unnatural Birdsongs Simonne Berry (Trinity): The ‰Û÷Substaunce' of Sound: Musical Instruments in Chaucer's House of Fame 11.00-11.30am: coffee... | Read on »
Global Women's Studies In association with the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies Gender ARC - Gender, Discourse and Identity Cluster is pleased to invite you to a Summer Seminar with Mayesha Alam "Women, Conflict and Transitional Justice: two case studies - Bangladesh and Kenya" Wednesday June 25th - 12.00-2.00 pm... | Read on »
Katherine Philips 350: Writing, Reputation, LegacyKatherine Philips as ‰Û÷Orinda'This conference to celebrate the life and works of Katherine Philips - poet, dramatist and letter-writer - will take place in Dublin, Ireland, on 26-28 June, 2014. The event will mark the 350th anniversary of the publication of her Poems (1664) and of her death the same... | Read on »
The Emergency: Ireland inWartimeNational University of Ireland, GalwayMoore InstituteHardiman Research Building27-28 June 2014Conference ProgrammeFriday 27 June09.45 Welcome10.00 - 11.30 Panel 1: HIGH DIPLOMACYPaul McNamara (NUI, Galway)Sean Lester, Irish Diplomat in Peacetime and Wartime, 1934-46Steven Murphy (University College Cork)Irish Neutral Diplomacy in World War IIBarry Whelan (NUI, Maynooth)Behind the green curtain: Spanish perceptions of neutral Ireland... | Read on »
28th ICMUCDJuly 1st - July 3rd 2014For conference programme please seehttp://www.irishmedievalists.com/
The Moore Institute, along with the Society for the Study of Labour History, is hosting the nineteenth-annual Chartism conference on 5 July 2014. The conference theme - ‰Û÷Ireland & British Democracy' - points to the movement of people and ideas in the battle for political rights, and the conference will explore the (positive and negative)... | Read on »
Ted Hughes weekendJuly 11th - 13th 2014The upcoming Ted Hughes weekend celebrating poetry and place in a stunning location at Doonreagan house in Connemara promises to be a very exciting event featuring leading scholars and poets. All are welcome. See the website for details and full programme http://www.tedhughesweekend.com NB Students:there are special rates for students... | Read on »
5th International Conference on the Science of Computus July 11 - 13, 2014 http://www.nuigalway.ie/history/Computus_Conference/computusconference2014.htmlThe Science of Computistics - the mathematics required to calculate the date of Easter, and related topics (incl. astronomical observations and calculations) - straddles the fields of mathematics and astronomy, biblical interpretation and cosmology, empirical astronomical observation, and the perennial quest to... | Read on »
Islands in a Global ContextThe 7th International Insular Art ConferenceFor more information please see http://iiac7galway.wordpress.com/
