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 »

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 »

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 »

Join us for the launch of Justin Tonra’s book on Thomas Moore (1779–1852), the first monograph devoted to a celebrated poet, best known for Irish Melodies, and the major poet writing in Ireland before Yeats. Launching the book are: Prof. Matthew Campbell (York) Prof. Claire Connolly (Cork) Prof. Sean Ryder, Head of the School of... | Read on »