The Moore Institute at the National University of Ireland Galway invites you to a live online event exploring themes of Life Writing and Well-Being during the Pandemic. The session features poet and writer Doireann Ní Ghríofa, writer and editor Marina Benjamin, and Arts Council Writer in Residence NUIG 2020 Arnold Thomas Fanning. There will be... | Read on »
Dagmawi Yimer is an Ethiopian-born, Italian-based director and activist documenting the journeys of asylum seekers and migrants. In conversation with Dr. Andrea Ciribuco (NUI Galway, Italian), Dagmawi Yimer will present his latest work “Waiting” (with English subtitles, 17 min.), discussing the links between documentary and activism, and how to use images as a medium to... | Read on »
Huston School of Film & Digital Media and The Moore Institute at NUI Galway present a Q&A with Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, directors of IFTA Best Film 2020 "Ordinary Love". Registration The session will take place live on Zoom - please register to attend at: https://tinyurl.com/y55we38l. It will also be broadcast live on the... | Read on »
The webinar will mark the launch of landmark new book ‘Sport, Film and National Culture’, edited by NUI Galway academic Dr Seán Crosson. NUI Galway’s Moore Institute will host a webinar on Sport, Film, and National Culture on Thursday, 19 November, at 4pm to mark the launch of a major new volume on this theme... | Read on »
Dr Mary-Pat O’Malley Keighran, Lecturer in Speech & Language Therapy, NUI Galway In this webinar, Mary-Pat will talk about ways in which research into multilingual speech and language development and disorders can be made accessible and meaningful to parents faced with persisting myths about raising multilingual children. For more information about Mary-Pat’s work, see www.talknua.com.... | Read on »
This online workshop, organised in association with the Moore Institute, NUI Galway follows our earlier webinar and is part of the pan-European project Mascage: Representations of Masculinities and Ageing in Contemporary European Literatures and Cinemas (2019-2022). Its aim is to present and discuss work-in-progress for a planned collection Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Culture. Attending If you are interested in... | Read on »
On the evening of 24 November 1920, Michael Moran – a prominent republican in the Tuam area – was shot and killed on the campus of University College Galway, allegedly while ‘trying to escape’ from the custody of Auxiliaries. When the shooting took place, Moran was being escorted from the police barracks in Eglinton Street to... | Read on »
Earth Writings: Bogs, Forest, Fields, Gardens, edited by Karen E. Till 8pm, Wednesday 25th November 2020 Dublin Art Book Fair, in association with the Centre for Irish Studies and Moore Institute, NUI Galway. To register go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uayxddBfSwSXjVlwkCSRzg We live in an earth facing ecological and climate crises, species extinctions, and global pandemics. How can we repair... | Read on »
Dr John McCrae, Lecturer at Data Science Institute and Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway In this webinar, Dr John McCrae will talk about the use of artificial intelligence for issues in multilinguality. The talk will give an overview of AI applications, including machine translation, that are useful for this and a particular focus will... | Read on »
Seoladh Amhránaí Sean-Nóis Cónaitheach, Ionad Léann na hÉireann, 2021 Saileog Ní Cheannabháin Déardaoin, 10 Nollaig, 2020 ag 7.30 i.n. Launch of Sean-Nós Singer in Residence, Centre for Irish Studies, 2021 Saileog Ní Cheannabháin Thursday, 10 December, 2020 at 7.30pm Attendance The launch recording will be available on the Moore Institute's YouTube channel, or you... | Read on »
