Grundtvig Project MeetingNUI Galway with European NGOs to examine lifelong learning and recognition for voluntary engagement. Thursday 12th February - Friday 13th February 20159.00-5.00 Followed by evening receptionCelebrating the Learning in VolunteeringThursday the 12th February 2015, 5pmAula Maxima, Quadrgangle, NUI Galway Short inputs on the evening will come from: GVC, Europass Ireland, Volunteer Ireland and... | Read on »

Performing Famine Memory:Irish Theatre and the Great Hunger Symposium Conference Convener and Contact: Dr. Jason King Jason.king@nuigalway.ie This symposium examines Irish Theatre and Famine Memory between the periods of the Irish Revival and the rise and fall of Ireland's Celtic Tiger. It places special emphasis on the performance of Famine remembrance to register moments of... | Read on »

Archaeology research seminar series:Raina Howe, doctoral student in History at NUI Galway on The Woodland Tradition of Ireland: Sources and Controversies. All welcome!for more information please contact maggie.ronayne@nuigalway.ie

Gender ARC Lunchtime Seminar SeriesDr. Anne Cassidy, Postdoctoral Researcher 'Join-to-Farm' Teagasc/NUI Galway The Agency Paradox: gender(ed) frameworks in Irish Farming Families All WelcomeFor more information please contact gillian.browne@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar SeriesEamonn Gardiner, 'Insane at the Time of Commission': Stress, Trauma and Suicide in Temporary Cadets of the Auxiliary Division, 1920-1930.' for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

5th BABEL PUBLIC LECTURE SERIESDr Mel Boland:Contact and Conflict Zones: Reading Gesture in the short fiction of Isabel AllendeHow do we read gesture in literature? This lecture looks at how we read and interpret the description of gestures, using selected short stories from Chilean author Isabel Allende in Spanish and English.The Babel Lectures is an... | Read on »

Lecture under joint auspices of Moore Institute and the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of IrelandDr Joan Allen(Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellow / Newcastle University)‰Û÷Charles Diamond, the Catholic Herald and the Defence of the Realm Act, 1914-1920' For more information please contact john.cunningham@nuigalway.ie

Word-Bridges: Translation in Ireland Symposium This symposium examines translation in Ireland with a particular focus on the years 1700-1900. The event brings together leading scholars to explore cultural exchange in Ireland and to assess how translation was used for informative, creative and transformative purposes. It will look at translation between Irish and English side by... | Read on »

Francisco Rozano, Medieval Studies, NUIG'Saga hwÌ_t ic hatte: The Many Names and Mysteries of the Exeter Book of Old English Poetry' Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/For more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ieAll theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend