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).
Dr. Mahesh Radhakrishnan,Australian National UniversitySouth Indian Carnatic singing and sean-nÌ_s-an ethnographic, musical and linguistic comparison of two distinct performance traditions Abstract: Despite sharing some interesting linguistic and cultural connections in a very distant past, South Indian and Irish musical cultures have emerged from highly distinct contexts and influences. Drawing on doctoral research within the respective... | Read on »
Professor Brendan O'Leary: public lecture on ‰Û÷Power-sharing in deeply divided places with special reference to Iraq and Northern Ireland', NUI Galway, 27 August, 2014. Part of the President's of Ireland's ‰Û÷Ethics Initiative' Distinguished Irish political scientist Professor Brendan O'Leary of the University of Pennsylvania, Visiting Fellow at the Moore Institute,will give a public lecture on... | Read on »
VISITING SPEAKER Thursday, 4th Sept 2.00 -4.00 pm Room 1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building Professor Charles Hirschman Census Classifications and Racial Ideology in Malaysia The official classifications of ethnicity used in population censuses are generally thought to be non-controversial administrative products that reflect commonly understood population categories. Cultural and phenotypical differences are, however, are... | Read on »
