T.K. Whitaker (1916-2017) has been described as ‘the architect of modern Ireland’. But what kind of country did he help to create? This panel discussion will reflect on Whitaker’s life, his influence, and the society that modernisation, Irish-style generated. Organised by History, School of Humanities and the Moore Institute.
Mr Eoghan Moran (Queen Mary, University of London) 'Storming the Bastille of Financial Feudalism': Centrist Populism in the French and Spanish Republics, 1930 - 36'.
Dearbhla Glynn Dearbhla Glynn is an award-winning artist, documentary filmmaker and teacher, specializing in explorations of conflict and its effect on women and children. Among her films are Gaza: Post Operation Cast Lead (2010) which offered a personal insight into the day-to-day living conditions faced by the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million conflict-stricken inhabitants. Her 2013... | Read on »
Critical Approaches to Children's Literature From Librarianship to Childhood Studies via Liberal Humanism, High Theory, Post-Theory, Metamodernism and Pooh Corner Professor Peter Hunt (Cardiff University) Over the past 50 years, children’s literature has become a vibrant and important part of university-level studies worldwide. Approaches to it have been as diverse and lively (and problematic) as... | Read on »
Dr Peadar Ó Muirceartaigh (Abersythwyth University and Moore Institute Visiting Fellow) 'Isidorian semiotics and an orthographic crux in Old Irish'
'Norse sources for Ireland: Telling tales and seeking sources'.
The session will be led by the Director of the Moore Institute Prof Daniel Carey and will have contributions from Prof Nicholas Canny, former member of the ERC Scientific Council and Dr Gary Lupton, Research Office, NUIG.
Dr Joe Regan (NUIG) 'Patrick Finney of Loughrea, Boston bounty broker in Ireland during the American Civil War'
Valediction: The Conditions of the University by Prof Rod Stoneman with an introduction by Prof Timothy Emlyn Jones Valediction: the Conditions of the University Boy bitten by a Lizard, about 1594-5, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Oil on Canvas, 66 x 49.5 cm. An undergraduate in university in England during the 1970s, returning to tertiary education... | Read on »
