The Traveller Woman in Ireland as a Literary Device and as a Whole Human The talk features a work-in-progress session on the figure of the Irish traveller woman by Melania Terrazas of the University of La Rioja, Spain. Dr Terrazas discusses the traveller woman as a literary device and as a whole human in the... | Read on »
Making the machine work for you: plain text and software for an efficient writing workflow Thursday 12 October 5pm-6:30pm Room 1001 ‘The Bridge’, Hardiman Research Building We use computers all the time for writing, but are we getting the best out of these machines? This EDEN session seeks to demystify the “black box” and show... | Read on »
Friday 13th October: Maria Hallinan: Social Status in Early Medieval Ireland and the Senchas Már Status Tract: The Evidence Thus Far Light Lunch Served
Special Event - Methodologies for Research in the Humanities 12 Noon, 17 October, Bridge Seminar Room This event features descriptions of different methodologies for approaching research across the humanities, with plenty of time of open discussion and questions. All are welcome, particularly anyone applying for IRC postgraduate funding (the application process requires a statement... | Read on »
'Arts in Action' and the James Hardiman Library, present a special lunchtime event from the archives of the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. Acclaimed television and film actor Stella McCusker will read a selection of stories and poems from Threshold literary journal, published by the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. Edited by the likes of Mary O'Malley, John Montague,... | Read on »
18 Oct. Mel Farrell (UCD) From Cumann na nGaedheal to Fine Gael: ‘Civil War politics’ and the foundation of the United Ireland Party in September 1933.
This information session will be chaired by Prof. Dan Carey, Director of the Moore Institute with contributions from Dr. Marina Ansaldo of the Research Office, NUI Galway. Details of the scheme can be found here.
President Trump and the impact of the working class voter: Implications for US Policy. Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 from 3:00pm-4:00pm in the Siobhan McKenna Theatre, Arts Millennium Building Paul Sracic is a professor and the chair of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University in Ohio who specializes in US politics,... | Read on »
25 Oct Wayne te Brake (Purchase College, SUNY), Making Religious Peace in Early Modern Europe: An Irish Perspective.
The Long War CENTCOM, Grand Strategy, and Global Security by John Morrissey Nowhere has the U.S. military established more bases, lost more troops, or spent more money in the last thirty years than in the Middle East and Central Asia. These regions fall under the purview of United States Central Command (CENTCOM); not coincidentally, they... | Read on »
