Strzelecki Exhibition Launch Symposium 3pm-6pm, Wed., 27 Sept. 2023 Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway   The next event in the University of Galway History Research Seminar series will take place at 3.00pm on Wednesday, 27 September 2023 . This is an in-person event, in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway... | Read on »

Handbook of Glossing workshop University of Galway, 28–29 September 2023 Background The Handbook of Glossing will be a new publication that will document, for the first time, the full extent of the practice of glossing internationally, while providing outlines of new theoretical and conceptual frameworks that can be used by researchers both engaged in individual fields and working... | Read on »

'On Constellations of Populism’  Oliver Simpson (Lancaster University)  One of the consistently slippery and illusive aspects of populism for social and political research is specifying exactly what the term designates. Attempts to define populism as a political ideology often leave one with a definition so broad it seems to apply to all politics, or a... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar Ireland in the Ottoman press, 1914-1918  Dr Merve Doğan Kader Abstract In this study the news about Ireland in the Ottoman press between 1914-1918, that is, during the First World War, is analysed. In the first months of 1914, it is seen that the Curragh Incident was reported in... | Read on »

Guest Lecture: Thursday 5th of October at 5 p.m. in THB-G010 World Crime Fiction and Comparison: Back to the Future Stewart King. Monash University   Abstract The transnational turn in literary studies has transformed the field of crime fiction, challenging the hegemony of British and American models as the defining features of the genre. The... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar  Writing Haughey: Ethics and Dilemmas in Political Biography Professor Gary Murphy (Dublin City University) Abstract On his death in June 2006, Charles Haughey was little mourned. Beyond his circle of family and close friends his death was met largely with indifference by the Irish public. Yet during his political... | Read on »

Flow Art, Space and Wellbeing Dr Heta Mulari, Tampere University, heta.mulari@tuni.fi MA Maaria Hartman, Tampere University, maaria.hartman@tuni.fi Zoom link: https://universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/j/97532199773?pwd=TG41bUxLUGNWNzNpNDJwNzRXdnp5dz09 “You learn to see the world as a playground. Instead of everyone trying to guide us to follow certain routes. What if you just break the rules, go all over the place, and do handstands... | Read on »

Irish Studies Seminar Series Semester 1, 2023-24 (in person and on zoom)  We are delighted to invite you to the first seminar of our Irish Studies Seminar Series for this academic year, and to welcome back Dr Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna who will speak on his new IRC postdoctoral research project, at 4pm Thursday 12th October,... | Read on »