The First International Symposium on Teaching and Learning of Spanish as a Foreign Language has been organized by Pilar Alderete and Cristina Garcia in Spanish and all the information and promotional video can be found in http://eleineirinn.wordpress.com/ The event is free and in Spanish but there are a limited number of places available. Time: 24th... | Read on »

The seminar will be organised jointly between the Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland), National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) and the FLINT consortium. The objective of this seminar is to progress the knowledge base and expertise in the fields of agricultural and agri-food value chain sustainability by bringing together research in relation to:... | Read on »

                                                Margaret Ward on actress, suffragette and revolutionary Maude Gonne McBride, described by W. B. Yeats as possessing ‘beauty like a tightened bow’. Dr Margaret Ward is a Visiting Research Fellow at... | Read on »

    A talk entitled 'Some student days from UCG, 1920', organized by the NUI Galway Retired Staff Association, will be presented by Patrick Larkin. Formerly, President of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, Patrick Larkin, is a Galway native and a chartered chemist who graduated from University College Galway with a B.Sc. degree in... | Read on »

The Feminist/Queer Space for Postgraduate Researchers meets fortnightly to read and share current feminist/queer research across disciplines. We aim to creative a supportive space for fellow feminist researchers ­– this might entail peer review on writing, assistance on feminist/queer theory/methodology/readings you might be grappling with, sharing resources on feminist/queer CFP’s, conferences, workshops, etc., and, importantly, creating a space to discuss the frustrations... | Read on »

Welfare Histories Reading Group The Welfare Histories Reading Group provides a forum for staff and postgraduate students to discuss ideas of poverty, development, and ‘improvement’ in a global historical context. Our interests are very diverse, and we would very much welcome the involvement of new members from any discipline. Our next meeting is on 19... | Read on »