'Frontiers, states and identity in early modern Ireland and beyond' Essays in honour of Steven G. Ellis Christopher Maginn & Gerald Power, editors launch by Prof Ciaran Brady (Dept of History, Trinity College Dublin) RSVP (acceptance only) Four Courts Press | info@fourcourtspress.ie To learn more about this book, visit the Four Courts Press website at http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2016/frontiers-states-and-identity-in-early-modern-ireland-and-beyond/ The scholarship of the influential historian, Steven G. Ellis, provides inspiration and coherence to this collection of original essays assembled in his honour. Explorations of…

Véronique Montémont (Université de Lorraine) 'Digital Humanities Applied to Literary Studies in France' The Spring 2017 series of Digital Scholarship Seminar continues on Tuesday 21 February with a talk by Véronique Montémont of the Université de Lorraine on digital humanities and literary studies in France. Dr Montémont’s presentation takes a twofold approach, first sketching a brief history of the discipline in France, before focusing on pertinent projects and initiatives in the fields of literature and linguistics. As ever, all are…

'This 90-minute roundtable discussion is convened by Visiting Fellows at the Moore Institute Prof. Chris Maginn and Dr Gerald Power. It addresses a variety of aspects associated with research into Tudor Ireland, including sources and debates, and new or underexplored topics. The event will be of especial interest to PhD students working in this area, but could also be of interest to postgraduates (Master's or PhD) in related fields, such as the late medieval, medieval or Stuart ages.'

An Dr Úna Ní Bhroiméil (Mary Immaculate College, UL) 'John Quinn - Irish American patron and powerbroker in turn of the century New York'

Theatre and Translation Dr Alinne Fernandes' talk will reflect on an ongoing practice-based research project, which aims to contribute to the dramaturgical study and dissemination of a number of Irish and Northern Irish women’s plays in Brazil. The project is motivated by the relative lack of study and translation of contemporary female voices in Irish and Northern Irish theatre, such as Patricia Burke Brogan, Christina Reid, Geraldine Aron, Anne Devlin, and Marina Carr, to name a few, and the desire to promote intercultural understanding through performance. Some of these playwrights, more…

Dr Kieran O'Connor (Archaeology, NUIG) 'Temple House Castle - from Templar castle to New English mansion'

Lizzy Williamson (Folger Shakespeare Library) 'Material Texts and Digital Provenance: Opening a Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama'

Prof. Jean-Paul Pittion, fellow emeritus at TCD and former professor of Renaissance Studies in the Université François Rabelais, Tours, has published widely on the history of the book, Protestant academies in France, Huguenot emigration to Ireland, intellectual history, the history of medicine and medical publishing in the early modern period.