27 September          John McCafferty, UCD. Nosebleeds, Tears and Italianated Hearts: Thinking about the History of Emotions on the Seventeenth-Century Irish Mission  To be followed at 5pm by launch of Alison Forrestal’s Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform (Oxford University Press, 2017) by our guest speaker.}

Thursday 28 September at 5:00 PM in The Bridge, Room 1001 HRB! The theme of the evening will be academic networking, with a workshop on crafting your ‘elevator pitch’ and a chance to put them in practice by introducing yourself to your fellow NUIG PhD peers. Pints and chats to follow at McGinn's—all are welcome!

Celebrating the Power of Architecture to Transform Lives Architecture at the Edge (AATE) is a weekend celebration of exceptional architecture in the West of Ireland. Featuring a series of talks, tours, workshops and exhibitions, the festival invites people of all ages to explore the built environment of their city and county. Showcasing some of the... | Read on »

September 29, 2017-  Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway DEVELOPED UNDER THE IRC "NEW FOUNDATIONS" SCHEME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IMMIGRANT COUNCIL OF IRELAND   9.00   Welcome 9.30 - Migration, Language and New Media (Chair: Andrea Ciribuco) - Mary Gilmartin (NUI Maynooth): “Narratives of Belonging” - Lisa McEntee-Atalianis (Birkbeck): “Tracing the Migrant Voice in... | Read on »

Seminar and Book Launch Prof. Kerby A. Miller  (University of Missouri) Best to Forget?  Conflict, Memory, and Memoir-Writing by Irish Emigrants to the United States, c1870-c1950                                                                                          Kerby A. Miller is Curators’ Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri. His book Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America (1985) was... | Read on »

The Yeats Family Sale: NUI Galway, the Irish State, and the Auction Wednesday 4 October 12noon The Bridge Seminar Room (Hardiman Research Building 1001) Participants: Adrian Paterson Adrian Frazier Anne Byrne Barry Houlihan Marie Boran The major sale of items associated with W.B. Yeats, Jack B. Yeats, and their family in 224 lots went ahead... | Read on »

“Worlding Women's Work: The Migrant Female Domestic Worker in May-Lan Tan's ‘Date Night’ (2014)” by Dr Kate Houlden (Anglia Ruskin University)   Date: Wednesday, 4th October 2017 Time: 1:00–2:00pm Venue: The Bridge Seminar Room, Hardiman Building   ALL WELCOME!

4 Oct. Daragh Gannon (National Museum of Ireland/ Maynooth University) Irish Home Rulers in Britain and the Irish Revolution.*

Huston Guest Session: Award-winning Music documentary Cinematographer Frank Shortt Thursday October 5th 2.30pm, Huston Main Frank Shortt has worked in the film industry for almost twenty years, specialising in the music documentary genre and contributing as a cinematographer to award-winning productions including for leading international rock acts Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Rush. Originally from Norway,... | Read on »