Dr Emily Webster (Durham University) Ecologies of Typhoid and Geographies of Knowledge in 19th Century Ireland Abstract In 1880, Charles Cameron, Medical Officer of Health for the City of Dublin, was nearly laughed out of a meeting of the British Medical Association for a paper he read entitled “Typhoid from Oysters.” Despite Cameron’s assertion... | Read on »
ITALIANGRAM Docenti e content creator si incontrano: Webinar per la promozione della lingua e della cultura italiana nell'era dei social In collaborazione con l'Istituto Italiano di cultura di Dublino This webinar (in Italian) is organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin, as part of the 2022 Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo... | Read on »
The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with: Dr. phil. Alexander I. Stingl, Mag. Art. ‘BioEconomy and Society’ Cairnes Building, CA110 Thursday 20th of October, 2022 1-2pm All Welcome! Bio-Economy Works in Ecosystem Services, Biotechnology, and Global Political Economy: Elaborating a new field for the social sciences and situating... | Read on »
Sport & Exercise Research Group Seminar Football and Cinema under Francoism - Comparing Visual Motifs to Unveil Historical Symptoms (Dr Manuel Garin - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) Virtual Lecture via Blackboard Collaborate: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/4e5604442fcb44b68f5d5630040e8755 When it comes to the relation of archival materials with historical and political epistemes, the uses of sport, and specifically football,... | Read on »
Professor Kevin Boyle (Northwestern University) Blood Ties: An Intimate History of Early Twentieth Century American Political Violence Biography Kevin Boyle is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University. He is the author, most recently, of The Shattering: America in the 1960s (W. W. Norton & Co., 2021), a history of... | Read on »
The Lilliput Press cordially invites you to join us in celebrating the legacy of Mary O'Malley, and the launching of Bernard Adams' new biography on her life and work. With special contributions from Professor Lionel Pilkington, Professor Daniel Carey and Conor O'Malley. Archive exhibition from the O'Malley/Lyric Theatre Archive, curated by Dr. Barry Houlihan. Copies... | Read on »
Centre for Irish Studies Seminar Series ‘The Law of the Mother and the Sibling World: Leeanne Quinn’s Queer Ecologies’ Professor Moynagh Sullivan Moynagh Sullivan is a Professor of English at MU, and the Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy Associate Dean for Equality, Diversity Inclusion and Interculturalism. A visiting scholar at The Centre for... | Read on »
Translation and Territory - Seminar series Development, language maps and the problem of translation Prof. Federico M. Federici, UCL How can accurate data about language proficiency and use help development organisations? This seminar is part of the TRANSLATION AND THE TERRITORY SEMINAR SERIES, AUTUMN 2022. Events organized by the Emily Anderson Centre for Translation... | Read on »
Open Scholarship Café - Part of Open Access Week 2022 In recent years, the rapidly evolving world of scholarly communication has been subjected to several divisive issues, but none as hotly debated as the transition to Open Access publishing. It seems to be a good idea but also a bit daunting and you might have heard... | Read on »
Plague, Prayer, and Print in Sixteenth-century Italy Katherine Tycz (Discipline of Italian) Plague was a constant fear for early modern Italians. When plague broke out in Italy, people turned to a variety of devotional tools and practices for protection from disease and spiritual solace. In this presentation, I will explore the production of printed devotional... | Read on »
