John Carney was born in Dublin and was educated at De La Salle College Churchtown and at Synge Street CBS. He was bassist for Irish rock band The Frames between 1991 and 1993 and also directed some of their music videos. In addition to shooting music videos, Carney also wrote and directed two award-winning short... | Read on »
Dr Frances McCormack (English, NUIG) 'From Weeping Trees to Heated Hearts: Towards an Understanding of Compunction in Old English poetry'.
Dr. Andrew Newby of the University of Helsinki will launch the book. All are welcome!
As part of the All Aboard 2017 Digital Skills Week, the Moore Institute's Digital Humanities Manager, David Kelly, will give a talk on an Introduction to Web Analytics & Online Tracking. This presentation will include using web analytics for business or research projects; types of analytics tools available for digital projects; types of reporting &... | Read on »
Sport & Exercise Research Group, Moore Institute, NUI Galway Monthly Research Seminar (First Wednesday of each month) Featuring Dr. Tony Hall (School of Education, NUI Galway) Physical activity and regular exercise invariably, if not incontrovertibly, form part of a healthy lifestyle; and not only physical wellness but also mental and emotional wellbeing. Research also... | Read on »
Marie Mannion - Heritage Officer, Galway County Council: Galway Community Heritage: Building a Digital Platform Dr. Gerard Jennngs - Western Family History Association: Promotion of Genealogy & Family History Research Prof. Noel Wilkins - Galway Archaeological & Historical Society: “A very good place to start”: the role of Special Collections in local research Dr. Christy... | Read on »
MA students in Classics and Medieval Studies will be presenting their final palaeography projects at 2 p.m. Tuesday, 11 April, in IT 203. One group will explore the scriptorium of Sankt Gallen in the time of Winithar and the other the scriptorium of Cologne in the time of Hildibald. All are welcome!
As part of the Arts, Humanities and Innovation – Connecting with Industry speaker series, Dr Úna Newell, Content Architect at Orreco, will talk about her experience moving from an academic career as a humanities researcher, to working with a sports science company that focuses on improving the performance of pro-athletes. Úna will discuss the types of skills we have as scholars of... | Read on »
A Public Seminar organised by French, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, NUI Galway, the French Embassy in Ireland and Cúirt Featuring Sarah Berthaud (Portsmouth) Theoretical and practical Challenges of Franco-Irish Translation Marie Blom (NUI Galway) Translating Humour: The Case of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy in French Eamon Maher (Tallaght) Gavin Bowd (St Andrews)... | Read on »
