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 »

Creating and Exploiting Digital Collections 0930 Opening address and launch of the James Hardiman Library's Digital Scholarship Enablement Strategy Consultation (Prof. PÌ_l ÌÒ Dochartaigh, Registrar and Deputy President, NUI Galway) 0945 Digital scholarship in the Moore Institute (Prof. Daniel Carey, Director, Moore Institute for the Humanities and Social Studies) 1010 Supporting digital projects in the... | Read on »

BreandÌÁn MacSuibhneThe End of Outrage; or, Master McGlynn and The Molly Maguires: The Politics of Post-Famine Adjustment

New Work on Irish LiteratureSpeakers: Nessa Cronin (NUI Galway), Ronan McDonald (Moore Institute visiting fellow from the university of New South Wales), Mary Mullen (Moore Institute visiting fellow from Texas Tech university), Frank Shovlin (Moore Institute visiting fellow from the university Liverpool).