University of Galway History Research Seminar Manuscripts at the Margins: How social network analysis can help find non-elite readers Professor Erin McCarthy (University of Galway)   Biography Professor Erin McCarthy is Established Professor of English Literature and Computational Humanities. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Irish Research Council and European Research Council-funded project "STEMMA:... | Read on »

A one hour talk and discussion on the photography exhibition 'Unusual Gestures'. Irish Artist Lorraine Tuck’s newly commissioned work tells the story of a family living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability. Curated and produced by PhotoMuseum Ireland this intensely moving and emotionally powerful photographic exhibition had its world premiere in the Printworks space at... | Read on »

Join us for the Launch of Elaine Feeney’s new collection of poems, All the Good Things You Deserve (Vintage, 2024) Tuesday 19 March at 5pm Hardiman Research Building seminar room THB-G010 In this volume of new work, Elaine Feeney juxtaposes violence, hurt and the tyranny of shame with love, beauty and the transformative possibilities of... | Read on »

Roundtable: Engaging with media and challenging gender-based violence: foregrounding migrant women's perspectives And launch of:  Stories of Migrant Women in Ireland: Surviving Gender-based Violence  - a collection of first-person accounts by participants in the EU/IRC Gender Net Plus MIG-GBV research project (2019-2023) Chair: Susan McKay, Press Ombudsman  Roundtable speakers: Dr Salome Mbugua CEO, AkiDwA, the national network... | Read on »

Children’s Studies Research Seminar  “Home is Where the Cat is: Kinship and Community in Recent Children’s Literature about the Holocaust"  Professor Janneke van de Stadt (Williams College, USA)   Abstract: Animals abound in children’s literature and the picturebook genre is no exception. Focused on the particular role and function of their respective feline characters, my... | Read on »

ISTR Postgraduate Forum Introduction The Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR) is hosting a forum for PhD researchers in the field of Drama, Theatre, and Performance. This online event offers participants an opportunity to receive feedback on their research from established academics. It aims to forge connections between international postgraduate researchers and to encourage discussions... | Read on »

Iris Murdoch: Literature and Philosophy in Dialogue INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Date: April 12-13, 2024 Place: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University PROGRAMME OF THE IRIS MURDOCH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 78 years after Iris Murdoch’s first visit to Paris, and as her scholarship continues to grow outside the United Kingdom, Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneUniversity is delighted to host the first Iris... | Read on »

COMHDHÁIL:                                                 #MeáinÉireannCnaG #meáin2024 COMHDHÁIL - Gníomhaíochas, An Ghaeilge agus na Meáin- Clár críochnaithe Ollscoil na Gaillimhe: 12-13 Aibreán 2024    Ó bunaíodh Conradh na Gaeilge, breis agus 130 bliain ó shin, anuas go... | Read on »

This project explores attention through literature. Join us in Galway, April 2024 for an international conference Attention, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. MAPPING ATTENTION: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW Abstracts are invited for paper presentations for an interdisciplinary conference on the theories, practices and beneficiaries of attention. Anxiety about, critique of, and interventions into the ‘attention economy’ are... | Read on »

Translation Studies Network of Ireland Conference Programme 25-26 April 2024 University of Galway We are delighted to host the 4th annual conference of the Translation Studies Network of Ireland at the University of Galway, on April 25-26, 2024. This year, the theme of the conference is “Translation and Creativity”, which mirrors our city’s proud tradition... | Read on »