Book Launch by Dr. Erin McCarthy (University of Newcastle, Australia) Dr. Erin McCarthy (formerly of the Moore Institute, where she worked as postdoc with the RECIRC project for four years, and currently Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Newcastle, Australia) is returning to give a talk based on her imminent book: Doubtful Readers:... | Read on »

  Seminar on a unique pictorial map of Galway c. 1650 Two copies survive of a remarkable map of the city of Galway, one held by the Hardiman Library and one by TCD. The seminar marks the appearance of Paul Walsh’s study of the map, Renaissance Galway: Delineating the Seventeenth Century City (RIA, 2019). https://www.ria.ie/renaissance-galway-seminar Speakers... | Read on »

The Department of Music at NUI Galway welcomes Fred Freeman, Professor of Traditional Music at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and former Moore Visiting Fellow who will play tribute to Hamish Henderson with a lecture in this, the centenary of his birth. Thursday, 10th October 2019, THB-G011 Seminar Room, 5.00 pm Drawing song and verse... | Read on »

Welcome to all new PhDs and welcome back to those returning! EDEN is back with it's first session of the year. The theme of the evening will be academic networking, with some academic 'speed-dating'. This is a chance to introduce yourself to your fellow NUIG PhD peers. And, as always, drinks and chats to follow at McGinn's—all are welcome!

  By Jason O’Rorke as part of CAMPS Seminar Series

  By Professor Eamon O’Shea In this seminar, Professor Eamon O’Shea explores the influences on performance in sport and the structures and strategies that  are important in building successful and sustainable teams. A number of key influences are considered, including: values; vision; teamwork; personality; leadership; confidence; and resilience. He examines the lessons to be learned from... | Read on »

  By Prof. Felipe Fernandez Armesto (University of Notre Dame) As part  of  NUI Galway History Research Seminar  Series Semester 1, 2019 This week’s History Research Seminar features world-renowned scholar and intellectual Prof. Felipe Fernandez Armesto speaking on the theme, “How to be Imperial: The Case of the Global Spanish Monarchy”. Armesto is William P.... | Read on »

By Monica Jansen, Utrecht University With the concepts of “scandal” (Pasolini) and “iconoclash” (Latour) this lecture investigates the tensions between religion and aesthetics created by a post-secular work of art when it enters in collision with the public sphere. For this purpose it compares the iconoclast reactions of the public to Romeo Castellucci’s performance Sul concetto... | Read on »