What would we like Ireland to look like in 2030? In what kind of society do we want to live, on both sides of the Border? This seems like a simple question. 2030 is just eight years away, so surely politicians, intellectuals, journalists, and the public are busy imagining our future. But this is not... | Read on »
The Creative Futures research team invites you to attend the third of our series of work-in-progress sessions. These are intended as an informal space in which colleagues can share their latest research and think through how it might connect to Creative Futures themes and methods. We have scheduled two exciting mini-presentations from colleagues across a... | Read on »
NUI Galway Library Book Launch Theatre and Archival Memory: Irish Drama and Marginalised Histories 1951-1977 By Dr. Barry Houlihan Launched by Professor Lionel Pilkington, NUI Galway Guest Speaker – Lelia Doolan Refreshments Provided
"Victorian Town and Gown Prostitution: Cambridge Spinning House and the Domestication of 'Fallen Women'" by Dr. Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz (University of Málaga, Spain) Registration To register, please email sarah-anne.buckley@nuigalway.ie
From Erin to Anthracite: Irish Immigrants in the ‘Hard Coal’ Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania by Dr Thomas Mackaman (King's College, Pennsylvania)
The Media, Sport and Ireland International Symposium will take place on 19 and 20 May 2022. Organised by the Sport & Exercise Research Group, NUIG in association with the Department of Media and Communication Studies, Mary Immaculate College, the venue for this blended event is the Moore Institute, NUI Galway. On behalf of the Sport... | Read on »
This webinar brings together researchers, writers and the public as part of the Bealtaine Festival 2022. Through presentations, discussions and readings, the online event will explore the empowering potential of women’s creativity and life writing, and the importance of recognising the diversity of women’s experiences as they grow older, experiences which are so often stereotyped... | Read on »
The Creative Futures research group is excited to invite you to this in-person gathering, set up to facilitate a variety of discussions. This World Café style event offers an opportunity to connect with Creative Futures colleagues and work together to explore themes, topics, and issues of interest, including approaches to interdisciplinary research, creative methodologies, generating... | Read on »
Paradigm shifting and the centrality of justice in pathways to low carbon economies by Professor Lorraine Elliott, Professor Emerita (and previously Professor of International Relations) in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University The debate about how to manage climate change has increasingly been linked to expectations about net-zero emissions,... | Read on »
As national institution and site of memory for France for over a century, the Tour de France is a privileged locus for investigating the interactions between sport and cultural meaning. Literary journalism chronicling the race has a long history of representing the multiple meanings and dimensions of physical performance, particularly of heroic champions, in the Tour. During the late twentieth and... | Read on »
