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/

New Research on Tudor Ireland Thursday 17th July 2014 National University of Ireland, Galway A workshop hosted by the Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway The National University of Ireland, Galway, has a rich tradition of scholarship on late medieval and early modern Ireland and its wider, transnational contexts. This workshop brings together current... | Read on »