BRESAL 2017: Europe and the Social Supported by the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance and the School of Humanities Research Incentivisation Scheme NUI Galway 26-27 October 2017 Europe, as continent, social community, and political union, is in crisis. Societies are fraught with economic instability and cultural tensions, while the refugee crisis has led... | Read on »
Huston Guest session: Kevin Toolis: "The Wonders of the Irish Wake and other Adventures in the Screen Trade." Thursday October 26, 2.30pm, Huston Main. The award-winning filmmaker and writer Kevin Toolis will speak in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media on Thursday, 26 October 2017 at 2.30pm. The event is organised by Aonad Léann... | Read on »
Galway Music Residency in association with the Huston School of Film & Digital Media present a screening of the silent film, Nosferatu, with a score performed live by Con Tempo Quartet Thursday October 26, 7.30pm, Huston Main If you’re looking for something a little different this Halloween, the Galway Music Residency has just the thing! This... | Read on »
Postgraduate seminar in Archaeology - All welcome! Speaker: Peter Casby, PhD student in Archaeology and IRC scholarship holder Title: Arboreal Trends and Patterns in Medieval Settlement Enclosures Date and Time: Tuesday 31st October at 4pm Venue: GO1O
Conference Organising Session Wednesday November 1st, 1-2pm in the Bridge Room - Lunchtime Seminar We will be joined by Ciara L. Murphy (O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance), Evan Bourke (English), and Dr Anne Karhio (English). They will be talking us through their experiences of organising conferences at NUI Galway, including how to craft a CFP,... | Read on »
The participants in this workshop are scholars working on various topics related to digital media and Irish popular and public cultures, based in Ireland and France. The purpose of the workshop is to share material and ideas, to discuss individual projects, and to make plans for collaboration in the future. The morning sessions are for... | Read on »
‘Ansbacher Bankers Present . . .’ or ‘Theatre and Privatisation in 1980s Ireland.’ **A lecture** Lionel Pilkington 1980s Ireland is dominated by a range of political and legislative measures whose overall effects severely curtail the claims of labour in relation to capital, restrict, and substantially retract, the state’s responsibilities towards social protection, and halt altogether... | Read on »
Friday 3rd November: Marianne Ailes: Tolerating the Religious Other in Crusading Literature (Title TBC) Light Lunch Served
NUI Galway in conjunction with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) will host a public lecture by Fintan O’Toole entitled ‘Bernard Shaw and the Uses of Celebrity’ to mark the publication of Judging Shaw on Tuesday, 7 November at 6.30pm. The event will take place in the Aula Maxima at the University and will be followed by a... | Read on »
