"Hidden Sins: Miraculous Mind Reading and the Confessional"  Barbara Newman, Professor of English, Religious Studies and Classics Northwestern University   Shortly after the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 mandated annual confession for all Christians, a new type of miracle began to appear in saints' Lives. Holy women and a few lay brothers--but curiously, not priests--came to... | Read on »

On 19 October the Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC) is hosting a talk by Bruno Esperante Paramos  titled the ‘Agrarian Fascism Innovation Paradigm in Spain between 1939 -1955’. The talk will consider the main agrarian policies of Francoist Spain in war and peace, focusing especially on policies aimed at motorizing agriculture via the introduction of... | Read on »

                                                  Modernist Studies Ireland’s monthly forum for new work in Irish modernist studies—Works in Progress—cordially invites you to its second session of this autumn season, taking place on Tuesday, 23 Oct,... | Read on »

The Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster (School of Political Science & Sociology), and the Irish Centre for Human Rights, are co-hosting a visit by Dr. Lea David, who is currently Marie Curie fellow (2017-2019) in the School of Sociology, UCD. The focus of this lecture is the way in which collective memory and memorialization... | Read on »

An bhfuil suim agat i scríbhneoireacht na Gaeilge? An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh do shaothar féin a roinnt le daoine, agus aiseolas a fháil, nó d'obair a phlé go neamhfhoirmiúil le daoine eile a bhfuil Gaeilge acu? Nó an bhfuil tú ag iarraidh éisteacht le scríbhneoirí eile ag léamh a saothar amach os ard? Má... | Read on »

This year’s Symposium focuses upon the regeneration of Nun’s Island, Improving Galway City’s public Realm and placemaking in rural towns and villages. The event is on the last day of the Architecture At The Edge event. It is open to the public and free but spots needs to be reserved Links: Register on the Event... | Read on »

  REGISTER ON EVENBRITE Event Information DESCRIPTION PLEASE NOTE Visitor Information: There is limited paid parking on the grounds of NUI Galway. On-street parking is available nearby. Pay & Display and permit holder parking available at the Park & Ride facility, North Campus, NUI Galway located just off the main Galway-Oughterard-Clifden Road. The President of... | Read on »