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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Bob Quinn
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Bob Quinn \n‘Huston Main’\, Huston School of Film & Digital Media\, Thursday September 14th\, 2:30pm \n \nJames Thurber wrote of himself: ‘Easy to rouse\, he is hard to quiet and people usually just go away.’ The same might be said of Bob Quinn. Under the title ‘Cinegael’\, and for nearly four decades\, in words and images\, Bob Quinn has recorded life in the West of Ireland\, especially in the Conamara Gaeltacht. He has been called a ‘talented eccentric’ (by Ken Gray\, Irish Times) a ‘maverick’ (by corporate RTE & the late Jim Kemmy)\, and was a key figure in the emergence of a distinctive Irish film culture from the 1970s onwards. He has filmed and photographed from Tatarstan to Morocco\, from India to the United States. His work has been exhibited from Galway to Los Angeles\, from Moscow to Missouri. Apart from his film work\, he has been published by Quartet Books (London & New York)\, O’Brien Press\, (Dublin)\, Brandon Press\, (Kerry)\, Lilliput Press (Dublin) and Cló Iar-Chonnacht\, (Galway). \nThe film and video company\, Cinegael\, which with Seosamh Ó Cuaig and Toni Cristofides he founded in 1973\, concentrated on the Gaeltacht of Conamara. Quinn still sees this Irish-speaking area in the West of Ireland as the grain of sand which\, in the William Morris sense\, contains and illuminates the world. Cinegael’s original intention was to reinforce the identity of this threatened linguistic minority: the group soon realised that in modern times man’s destiny is stated in political terms. Inspired by the the National Film Board of Canada’s Challenge for Change programme and using pioneering closed-circuit TV techniques it recorded local events and controversies. It mediated successfully between local opinion and public bodies. Gradually Cinegael began to engage with the larger polity. It evolved into a maker of one-off film documentaries and dramas – including acclaimed films Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoire (1975) Poitín (1977) The Atlantean Trilogy (1981/1984) and Budawanny (1987) – which were all screened on RTE\, as well as on BBC\, Channel Four\, S4C\, SBC etc. and which achieved other international recognition. In 1981 Quinn earned the Spirit of the Festival Award at the Celtic Film Festival. In 1984 he won a Jacob’s TV Award. In 2009 he was awarded the ‘Director’s Choice’ award at the Boston Irish Film Festival (BIFF). In 1988 he was the first film maker to be elected a member of Aosdána\, the Irish Parliament of Artists. (In the same year he met Colonel Ghadafi.) In 2001 Quinn was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Irish Film Institute and in 2012 he was awarded the Foras Na Gaeilge SDGI Award for Outstanding Work as a Director in the Irish Language.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/conversation-bob-quinn/
LOCATION:‘Huston Main’\, Huston School of Film & Digital Media\, NUI Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Sean%20Crosson":MAILTO:Sean.Crosson@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170913T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170913T150000
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SUMMARY:'The Irish in Latin America' A seminar and exhibition launch
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSpeakers: \nDr. Margaret Brehony (NUIG) \nThe challenges of writing the Irish into Latin American History \n  \nProf. Nuala Finnegan (UCC) \nFraming Irishness: Reflections on the Irish in Latin America Exhibition  \n  \nProf. Bill Richardson (NUIG) \nBorges and Ireland \n  \n  \n3:00pm \nWednesday 13th September \nBridge Seminar Room \nHardiman Research Building
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/irish-latin-america-seminar-exhibition-launch/
LOCATION:The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building\, University of Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Daniel%20Carey":MAILTO:daniel.carey@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170907T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170907T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - 'Re-Place - Irish Theatre Environments' by Lisa FitzGerald
DESCRIPTION:BOOK LAUNCH \nPlease join us at the O’Donoghue Centre for Drama\, Theatre and Performance\, NUI Galway for the launch of \n‘Re-Place – Irish Theatre Environments’ by Lisa FitzGerald (Oxford: Peter Lang\, 2017) \nThe book will be launched by Prof Patrick Lonergan on Thursday 7 September at 16.00 in Studio 1.  \nAll are welcome! \n  \n \n  \nBOOK DESCRIPTION\nWhat role does nature play in the cultural world of the theatre? Is the auditorium not a natural environment\, and how can theatre and nature aesthetics co-exist in the productive expression of performance? Re-Place: Irish Theatre Environments proposes a new way of thinking about Irish theatre: one that challenges established boundaries between nature and culture and argues for theatre performances to be seen as conceptual ecological environments. Broadening the scope of theatre environments to encompass radiophonic and digital spaces\, Re-Place is a timely interrogation of how we understand performance history. This book examines the work\, both as text and in production\, of three canonical Irish playwrights\, J. M. Synge\, Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel\, and looks at how theatre documentation can further the idea of a natural performance environment. The questions under consideration extend Irish theatre history into the field of the environmental humanities and draw on new materialist discourse to offer exciting and innovative ways to approach performance. \n  \nLisa FitzGerald is an environmental historian and ecocritic whose research interests include the role of nature in theatre and performance\, environmental art practice\, eco-digital art\, urban ecologies and the relationship between nature and technology. She holds a PhD from the National University of Ireland\, Galway and is a fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society\, LMU Munich. Her forthcoming project\, Eco-Digital Art: Nature and New Media Aesthetics\, examines the ecological implications of artistic representations of the natural world in digital and new media art and the emergence of ‘new natures’ from within the digital sphere.  \n  \nhttps://www.peterlang.com/view/product/79230?rskey=xUAUj3&result=6 \n 
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/book-launch-re-place-irish-theatre-environments-lisa-fitzgerald/
LOCATION:O’Donoghue Centre for Drama\, Theatre and Performance\, Studio 1\, NUI Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Patrick%20Lonergan":MAILTO:patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170904
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170907
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SUMMARY:Conference – COST Action ‘Citizen's Health through public-private Initiatives: Public health\, Market and Ethical perspectives’ (CHIP ME
DESCRIPTION:COST Action IS1303 (CHIPME) Final Conference\, September 4-6 2017 (Aula Maxima\, Quadrangle\, NUI Galway) \nCOST Action IS1303 (CHIPME) is a high capacity network formed to monitor\, and offer guidance for\, developments and emerging initiatives in genetic testing\, research and healthcare throughout Europe. With members from 26 COST countries\, this community of researchers and stakeholders brings together critical expertise in bioethics\, ELSI analysis\, genetic science\, data sharing\, information and communication technology\, public-private collaborations and patient centred initiatives (PCI). During our final conference\, we will be looking back at the work of the Action as well as looking into emerging developments that will be of interest to our field for the future. Our discussions will be dedicated to the reflection on the Action theme\, the impact of recent innovations in the field of genomics and emerging challenges with regard to the following themes: \n\nChallenges of the expanded availability of genomic information\nConsent\, return of results and new genomic technologies\nPublic health and Private sector involvement\nData-sharing and ICT developments\nParticipatory and public engagement in genetics\, science and research\nNew ethical\, legal and regulatory challenges: the case of gene editing\n\n  \nSPEAKERS \nOur speakers include Professor Pascal Borry (KU Leuven)\, Dr Deborah Mascalzoni (Uppsala University)\, Ms Isabelle Budin Ljøsne (University of Oslo)\, Dr Danya Vears (KU Leuven)\, Dr Michele Loi (University of Zurich)\, Ms Heidi Beate Bentzen (University of Oslo)\, Dr Giovanni De Grandis (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)\, Professor Timo Minssen (University of Copenhagen) Dr Ana Nordberg (University of Copenhagen)\, Dr Heidi C. Howard (Uppsala University)\, Professor Klaus Hoeyer (University of Copenhagen)\, Professor Mikko Rask (University of Helsinki)\, Ms Brígida Riso (ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon)\, Dr Lucia Galvagni (Bruno Kessler Foundation) & Dr Oliver Feeney (NUI Galway/Ghent University) and more to be confirmed. \n  \nOVERVIEW  \n\nMC meeting [CHIPME only]: Sept 4th @2pm\nMain Conference starts: Sept 4th @ 3pm\nMain Conference ends: Sept 5th @ 3pm\nWorkshop on future research [CHIPME only]: Sept 5th @ 3.30pm\nCHIPME Work Meetings:\n\nSept 5th (5.00pm-6.30pm)\nSept 6th (9.30am – 12pm)\n\n\n\n  \nWHERE \nThe main venue will be the Aula Maxima\, Quadrangle\, NUI Galway. \nThe main conference is open to the public and all are welcome. \nFor more information\, and to register for free\, please go to here and check out our website. \nFor more information\, please contact feeney.oli@gmail.com or heike.felzmann@nuigalway.ie \n    
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/cost-action-chipme-final-conference/
LOCATION:Aula Maxima The Quadrangle NUI Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Ann%20O%27%20Higgins":MAILTO:ann.ohiggins@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170831T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170831T220000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Conor McNamara "The Dublin Lockout\, 1913" New Perspectives on Class War & it's Legacy
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URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/book-launch-conor-mcnamara-dublin-lockout-1913-new-perspectives-class-war-legacy/
LOCATION:Galway Mechanics Institute\, 6-8 Middle St\, Galway\, Ireland
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170818T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170819T173000
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SUMMARY:7th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference
DESCRIPTION:***Registration for this year’s conference will close on 15 August***\nClick here to register \nClick here to download the conference programme \nThe 7th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference will be held at the Moore Institute\, National University of Ireland\, Galway\, on 18-19 August 2017.  \nThis year’s programme features plenary addresses by Professor Patricia Palmer (Maynooth University) and Professor Chris Maginn (Fordham University)\, as well as a special panel session\, ‘Visualising Early Modern Ireland’. \nRegistration costs €20 for speakers/students/unwaged and €30 for fully waged. \nThe conference dinner will take place on Friday\, 18 August at 7pm in Kirby’s Restaurant\, Cross Street Lower\, Galway. The cost of dinner is €35 (3 courses and a glass of wine/beer). \nFor information about travelling to Galway click here. \nFor information about accommodation in Galway click here.\n\n\nShould you have any questions regarding the 2017 conference\, please do not hesitate to contact the organisers at 2017@tudorstuartireland.com. \nThis year’s conference is organised by Evan Bourke (English\, NUI Galway)\, Raina Howe (History\, NUI Galway)\, Ioanna Kyvernitou (English\, NUI Galway) and Matt McGinty (History\, NUI Galway). \n  \nThe 7th Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference is generously supported by the College of Arts\, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies\, NUI Galway\, the Moore Institute\, NUI Galway\, the Discipline of English\, NUI Galway\, the Discipline of History\, NUI Galway and Marsh’s Library.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/7th-annual-tudor-stuart-ireland-interdisciplinary-conference/
LOCATION:Seminar Rooms G010 & G011\, Hardiman Research Building
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170721T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170721T153000
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SUMMARY:"Women in History\, Politics and Culture" The Path Breaking Women Event
DESCRIPTION: A mini-conference accompanying the exhibition  \nPath Breaking Women of NUI Galway: 1912-1922 and Beyond  \nAll welcome\, places limited. To RSVP and for more information contact: lydia.kelly@nuigalway.ie \n  \nProgramme \n11.00am: Registration – Tea & Co­ffee \n11.30am: Chair – Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley \nSpeaker: Dr. Nadia Claire Smith\, ‘Mary Donovan O’Sullivan and Síle Ni Cinnéide: Path-breaking women historians’ \n12.30-1.00pm: Lunch break \n1.00-1.15pm: Dr. Louis de Paor\, ‘Remembering Caitlin Maude’ \n1.15–1.45pm: Performance – ‘­The poetry of Caitlin Maude’ read by Caitríona Ní Chonaola \n1.45–2.00pm: Tea & Co­ffee \n2.00–3.00pm: Chair – Prof. Niamh Reilly \nSpeaker: Dr. Claire McGing\, ‘Parliamentary pioneers: ­the political careers of Celia Lynch and Maureen O’Carroll’ \n3.00pm: Closing \n  \nSpeakers and Chairs \nNadia Clare Smith is the author of A ‘Manly Study’? Irish Women Historians\, 1868-1949 and Dorothy Macardle: A Life. She received her PhD in history from Boston College\, where she has also taught. A specialist in modern Irish history\, her work has been recognized by the Fulbright Commission and the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. \nSarah-Anne Buckley\, is lecturer in history at the National University of Ireland Galway specialising in the history of childhood and youth; and women and gender in Ireland. Author of ­ The Cruelty Man: Child Welfare\, the NSPCC and the State in Ireland\, 1889-1956 (MUP\, 2013)\, she was recently a co-editor of a special edition of the Journal of Childhood and Youth and Soathar: the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society\, of which she is an editor. She is President of the Women’s History Association of Ireland\, Chair of the Irish History Student’s Association and co-director of the Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class at NUI Galway. \nLouis de Paor is Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway. Leabhar na hathghabhála/Poems of repossession\, his bilingual anthology of twentieth-century poetry in Irish with English translations\, was an Irish Times Book of the Year in 2016 and has been described by the Sunday Herald in Scotland as ‘one of the most important anthologies of its kind this century’.  \nCaitríona Ní Chonaola is from Camus\, Co. Galway. As well as writing plays\, songs and ‘agallaimh beirte’\, she acts. While teaching Gaeilge at Memorial University Newfoundland\, she won the Story Slam competition at St. John’s Storytelling Festival 2014. Her song\, Deartháirín Óg mo Chroí won the Pan Celtic Festival in 2003\, was sung by Nora Ghriallais at the prestigious Corn Uí Riada competition: Oireachtas na Gaeilge\, and can often be heard on RnaG. Her published works include Incubus by Cló Iar Chonnachta and Scéal na Bó by Breacadh. She teaches Gaeilge at Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge\, NUI Galway and regularly does voice overs on TG4 cartoons. She was born in the same Gaeltacht area\, went to the same secondary school\, performed in the same theatres and her friends would say that she has the same passion for the Irish Language as Caitlín Maude. Although Ní Chonaola never met Maude in person\, she has fond memories of being ‘silenced’ by her parents during a Sean Nós song on the radio by her\,’shhh\, tá Caitlín Maude ag gabháil fhoinn’. \nClaire McGing is based at Maynooth University\, where she lectures and researches in the Department of Geography and is also the university’s Athena SWAN project o‑ cer. Her main research interests lie in the history and operation of male-gendered organizational cultures\, particularly Irish political parties\, and the measures that can be taken to promote gender equality in such environments. Her most recent research focuses on the early history of women in Dáil Éireann. She has published a number of articles and book chapters on gender representation in Irish politics\, including co-written chapters in the prestigious ‘How Ireland Voted’ series in 2011 and 2016. \nNiamh Reilly is Established Professor of Political Science and Sociology at NUI Galway \nThe Path Breaking Women project\, led by Niamh Reilly\, was supported by Irish Research Council New Foundations Scheme 2016. It is co-sponsored by the School of Political Science and Sociology\, the Centre for Global Women’s Studies\, Gender ARC and the Moore Institute at NUI Galway.  The Exhibition runs until September 2017 in the library exhibition space at NUI Galway. For \nmore information see: www.nuigalway.ie/pathbreakingwomen
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/women-history-politics-culture-path-breaking-women-event/
LOCATION:Seminar Room GO11\, Ground Floor\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Lydia%20Kelly":MAILTO:lydia.kelly@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170719T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170719T213000
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SUMMARY:War & Revolution: Galway Centenary Conversations
DESCRIPTION:The final event in the War & Revolution: Galway Centenary Conversations\, public history lecture series takes place in Clarin College\, Athenry on Wednesday 19 July at 8 pm. Conor McNamara and Martin O’Donoghue of the Moore Institute will be among a panel of speakers discussing the geography of revolution in County Galway\, 1917-21.  \nEvent is free and all are welcome. \n  \n 
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/war-revolution-galway-centenary-conversations/
LOCATION:Clarin College\, Athenry\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Conor%20McNamara":MAILTO:conor.mcnamara@nuigalway.ie 
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170705T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170705T130000
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SUMMARY:The Power of Listening Workshop
DESCRIPTION:All Welcome!
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/power-listening-workshop/
LOCATION:The Bridge\, Room 1001\, First Floor\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Emer%20Casey":MAILTO:emer.casey@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170624T175902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170624T175902Z
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SUMMARY:Galway Centenary Conversations -a series of free public history events organised by the Moore Institute in conjunction with the Galway County Council
DESCRIPTION:Galway Centenary Conversations – a series of free public history events organised by the Moore Institute in conjunction with the Galway County Council takes places in the Station House Theatre\, Clifden on Wednesday 28 June\, at 8pm.  Topics to be examined this week include the aftermath of the 1916 Rebellion; the conscription crisis of 1918 and the 1918 General Election. Speakers include Dr Conor McNamara (Moore Institute); Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill (author) and Micheal Micheal O Fatharthaigh (DBS). Contact Dr Conor McNamara for further details: conor.mcnamara@nuigalway.ie
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/galway-centenary-conversations-series-free-public-history-events-organised-moore-institute-conjunction-galway-county-council/
LOCATION:Station House Theatre\, Clifden
ORGANIZER;CN="Conor%20McNamara":MAILTO:conor.mcnamara@nuigalway.ie 
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T133000
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SUMMARY:"Remembering Margaret Heavey" a 'Path Breaking Women' Event
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Path Breaking Women Exhibition\, you are warmly invited to “Remembering Margaret Heavey”. \nWith keynote presentation by Dr Pádraic Moran\, lecturer in Classics NUI Galway\, followed by a roundtable discussion on the many contributions of Margaret Heavey as a classics scholar\, educationalist and long-time member of the NUI Galway community. \nAll welcome!
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/remembering-margaret-heavey-path-breaking-women-event/
LOCATION:Seminar Room G010\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Lydia%20Kelly":MAILTO:lydia.kelly@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T170000
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CREATED:20170615T081444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170615T083217Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Ruth Canning on “Trust\, Desert\, Power and skill to serue”: The Old English and Military Identities in late Elizabethan Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Focussing on the martial services and petitions of Patrick Plunkett\, Baron of Dunsany\, during the Nine Years’ War\, this paper will explore how members of Ireland’s Old English Pale community drew on military traditions and personal service as the chief means of articulating political allegiances\, grievances\, and their rights as crown subjects. It will address the increasing displacement of Old Englishmen from the crown’s military ranks alongside their pleas to be recognised as “the old experienced learned with bloody hands”.  It will also highlight their unique status as “Englishmen” living on a distant Tudor frontier and how a constant state of military preparedness shaped individual and collective mentalities.  By doing so\, this paper aims to explore how an emerging Old English identity was shaped and defined by its military traditions and its martial men. \nMoore Institute Visiting Fellow Dr Ruth A. Canning is a Lecturer in History at Liverpool Hope University. Prior to this\, she held a Marie Curie International Research Fellowship with School of History\, University College Cork\, and the School of Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University\, Montreal. A historian of early modern Ireland with a special focus on Ireland’s Nine Years’ War (1594-1603)\, Ruth’s forthcoming monograph\, The Old English in Early Modern Ireland: The Palesmen and the Nine Years’ War\, 1594-1603 (Boydell & Brewer\, 2018)\, examines the socio-political impact of war on identity formation amongst Ireland’s minority Old English population.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/dr-ruth-canning-trust-desert-power-skill-serue-old-english-military-identities-late-elizabethan-ireland/
LOCATION:The Bridge\, Room 1001\, First Floor\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="P%C3%A1draig%20Lenihan":MAILTO:padraig.lenihan@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170624
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SUMMARY:Humanitarian History: Reflections on Somalia
DESCRIPTION:This workshop brings together practitioners and academics to reflect on humanitarian action in Somalia since the 1990s. What did and didn’t work in the field? What contextual factors shaped the practice of humanitarian aid? What lessons can we draw from that experience for contemporary policy-making? \nThe workshop is organised by the School of Humanities\, NUI Galway\, in collaboration with Trócaire\, and is funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations Scheme. \nRegistration for the event is free\, but places are limited. To register\, and for details of the programme\, go to https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/humanitarian-history-reflections-on-somalia-tickets-34726296287 \n  \nFor further details\, contact: \nDr Kevin O’Sullivan (NUI Galway) – kevin.k.osullivan@nuigalway.ie \nRéiseal Ní Chéilleachair (Trócaire) – reiseal.nicheilleachair@trocaire.org
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/humanitarian-history-reflections-somalia/
LOCATION:Hardiman Research Building\, NUI Galway
ORGANIZER;CN="Kevin%20O%E2%80%99Sullivan":MAILTO:kevin.k.osullivan@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170621T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170621T140000
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SUMMARY:Neural Plausibility of Decision Making Models – Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Neural Plausibility of Decision Making Models – Panel Discussion AMB 067\, Arts Millennium Building (Psychology) 1-2pm Wednesday the 21st of June \nThere is little doubt that complex cognition depends on the brain. However\, in order for us to model human behaviour\, especially the complexities of decision making\, we need to make decisions about how to construct such models and whether they should be more influenced by the limitations of the neural system or by reliably observed cognitive and behavioural patterns. Our panel discussion will introduce focus on the “attractor” model of decision making developed by KongFatt Wong-Lin and colleagues\, which has been derived from known neural principles. Dr Wong-Lin will introduce his model and the rationale behind his approach. Dr Maria Dauvermann\, a cognitive neuroscientist\, and Dr Nick Tosh\, a philosopher\, will discuss the empirical and conceptual implications of Dr Wong-Lin’s model. The discussion will be moderated by Dr Denis O’Hora.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/neural-plausibility-decision-making-models-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:AMB 067\, Arts Millennium Building (Psychology)
ORGANIZER;CN="Denis%20O%27Hora":MAILTO:denis.ohora@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170616T101327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170616T101327Z
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SUMMARY:War & Revolution Road Show: Galway Centenary Conversations
DESCRIPTION:The Moore Institute\, in co-operation with the Galway County Council\, presents the second in their six parts series of public history events in Craughwell Community Hall on Tuesday 20 June at 8 pm. This week’s event features three speakers and is free to the public. The panel features: Leona Armstrong (NUIG)\, ‘The Forgotten Voices of Galway Cumann na mBan’; John Cunningham (NUIG)\, ‘A rebel from Templemartin’; Tony Varley (NUIG)\, ‘Tom Kenny and the 1916 Rising’. \nFor further details contact Conor McNamara\, Moore Institute\, conor.mcnamara@nuigalway.ie
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/war-revolution-road-show-galway-centenary-conversations/
LOCATION:Craughwell Community Hall\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Conor%20McNamara":MAILTO:conor.mcnamara@nuigalway.ie 
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T200000
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SUMMARY:#HERSTORY SALON: An evening of celebration and reflection
DESCRIPTION:GALWAY#HERSTORY SALON \nAn evening of celebration and reflection- Tuesday 20 June 2017\, 6–‐8pm NUI Galway –Aula Maxima Lower \nHerstory is a new movement dedicated to ensuring the stories of women from the past\, present and future will now be heard and never lost again. Since its foundation by Melanie Lynch in 2015\, Herstory has been instrumental in helping to highlight forgotten histories of Irish women through performance\, exhibitions and salons. This evening of celebration and reflection will feature contributions from the university’s academic and artistic community. Through short presentations and informal discussion\, those gathered will explore women in literature\, history\, society\, dance\, theatre\, and visual art. \nMáirín Ní Dhonnchadha –A snapshot of four female poets in pre–‐tenth–‐century Ireland \nErin McCarthy –RECIRC: The Reception and Circulation of Early Modern Women’s Writing\, 1550–‐1700 \nEvan Bourke – A case study: Katherine Jones\, Lady Ranelagh \nMuireann O’Cinneide – Women Writing War: Ireland 1880–‐1922 \nBronagh McShane – The Women’s History Association of Ireland \nCarol Ballantine – ‘It’s always her fault’: Stigma and gendered shame \nBernadette Divilly – Ciúnas contemplative dance video and discussion \nSarah O’Toole – What Foremothers? play discussion \nJustine Nakase –#WakingtheFeministsWest \n_________________________________________________________________________ \nQuestions/group discussion \nLight refreshments \nArt exhibition Erstwhile: works by Dagmar Drabent\, Bridget Guest\, and Marina Wild (on display throughout the evening) \nThis is a free event.  All are welcome. \nContact: Felicity Maxwell felicity.maxwell@nuigalway.ie / Mary McGill m.mcgill4@nuigalway.ie \nwww.herstory.ie \n@HerstoryIreland \n#Herstory \n_________________________________________________________________________
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/herstory-salon-evening-celebration-reflection/
LOCATION:Aula Maxima Lower\, NUI Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Felicity%20Maxwell":MAILTO:felicity.maxwell@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
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SUMMARY:A joint talk with Dr Vicky Angelaki  & Dr Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos
DESCRIPTION:Irish-Austrian Exchanges on the Stage: Performing the Archive with Dr. Vicky Angelaki \nWhat does it mean to perform the archive? The lived historiography of theatre captures the embodied experience rather than logging decorporealised data. The archive is performed in two ways: first synchronically\, as lived history is created through our staging and spectatorial choices and then diachronically\, as we collect the traces of this presence and self-performance. The choices that we make in theatrical ‘adoption’\, adaptation\, appropriation\, consumption and ultimately intercultural exchange stand to reveal as much about our personal and collective self- and nationhood as any given country’s own cultural production. Theatrical production is at its most riveting when the lines between ‘us’ and ‘them’ or the prototypical – and problematic – binary of ‘I’ and ‘Other’ become troubled\, and blurred. \nIn this paper I will concentrate on Austro-Irish theatre exchanges\, particularly focusing on archives/performance histories of the two capitals\, Dublin and Vienna. The paper will ask questions such as: to what extent do the similarities of the two countries (socio-politically; culturally; artistically) broker a fruitful process of exchange? Is this exchange equitable? What do the absences in the archive stand to reveal – equally loudly as the presences – about national performances? \nThe paper will begin with an overview of key facts and moments in the two countries’ cultural exchanges before concentrating on the seminal contemporary example of Elfriede Jelinek’s (Nobel Prize\, 2004) adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (Ernst ist das Leben\, 2005) and An Ideal Husband (Der ideale Mann\, 2011). \nDr Vicky Angelaki is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Reading\, UK. Her latest monograph\, Social and Political Theatre in 21st Century Britain: Staging Crisis (Bloomsbury) was published in 2017. Her research specialisms include modern and contemporary British and European theatre\, the crossovers between theatre and science\, translation\, adaptation\, spectatorship and citizenship\, as well as performance\, critical/cultural theories\, philosophy and sociology. She has published extensively in these areas\, major publications including The Plays of Martin Crimp: Making Theatre Strange (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2012)\, Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2013) and the special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review titled ‘Dealing with Martin Crimp’ (24.3). She is currently writing Theatre & Environment for Palgrave Macmillan and co-editing The Cambridge Companion to British Playwriting since 1945 (with Prof. Dan Rebellato). Angelaki also co-edits the new series Adaptation in Theatre and Performance (Palgrave Macmillan\, launching 2017). \n  \n  \nCia Ludens in Performance: From Memory to Documentary with Dr Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos \nTheatrical translation can be regarded as a meeting\, and an approximation\, of different cultures on stage\, and as analytical exercise in learning about oneself\, that is to say\, the local culture\, through the lenses of the other party – the other (foreign) culture. Theatrical translation is\, in itself\, a work of playwriting\, which requires adjustment of the text\, and of extra-textual elements in a performance\, to local theatrical practices\, as well as fine adjustment of rhythms and sounds\, in the cross-cultural encounter on stage. \nThis paper aims to present a capsule description of the work of Cia Ludens\, a theatre company based in São Paulo\, Brazil\, dedicated to the translation and performance of Irish drama and Irish-related material as a way of bridging gaps of space and culture between Ireland and Brazil. The paper focuses on three productions – Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa (Dançando em Lúnassa – 2004); Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire (Balangangueri: o lugar onde ninguém mais ri – 2011-12); and Domingos Nunez’s The Two Deaths of Roger Casement (As duas mortes de Roger Casement – 2016) – and evaluates the company’s intercultural or cross-cultural practice\, including approaches that have varied from playing with memory\, to fusing original texts and recurring to documentary theatrical style. \nDr Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos is a faculty member of the Postgraduate Programme in English at the Federal University of Santa Catarina\, Brazil\, and producer and dramaturge with Cia Ludens\, a theatre company based in São Paulo\, dedicated to the production of Irish theatre. She has a PhD in Linguistic and Literary Studies in English from the University of São Paulo and serves as an executive member of IASIL\, for which she is also the Chair of the Bibliography Committee. Her publications as co-editor and organizer include: Ilha do Desterro – Contemporary Irish Theatre (Florianópolis: EdUFSC\, 2010); Coleção Brian Friel (São Paulo: Hedra\, 2013); and The Road to God Knows Where\, by Alan Gilsenan (Florianópolis: EdUFSC\, 2015)\, volume 3 of Ireland on Film: Screenplays and Critical Contexts. She is currently working on the organization of a collection of Tom Murphy’s plays translated into Portuguese and on volume 4 of the Ireland on Film series – Maeve\, by Pat Murphy.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/joint-talk-dr-vicky-angeleki-dr-beatriz-kopschitz-bastos/
LOCATION:The Bridge\, Room 1001\, First Floor\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Patrick%20Lonergan":MAILTO:patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie 
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170619T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170613T092825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170613T132309Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Modelling Decision Making With Dr KongFatt Wong-Lin
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Modelling Decision Making – Monday 19th of June\, 2-5pm Computer Lab\, Arts Millennium Building (Psychology) \nThe development of clearly defined models of human behaviour enables us to translate theoretical concepts into precise hypotheses for experimental work. This workshop is an introduction to the practice of cognitive modelling focusing on decision making. How do we go from theoretical statements to a model and how do we test models? With Dr KongFatt Wong-Lin\, we will explore these questions and get to work with established models in a supportive environment. \n \nDr. KongFatt Wong-Lin is a Senior Lecturer at the Intelligent Systems Research Centre\, Ulster University. His research area is in the highly interdisciplinary Computational Neuroscience\, including the computational modelling of decision making.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/introduction-modelling-decision-making-dr-kongfatt-wong-lin/
LOCATION:Computer Lab\, Arts Millennium Building (Psychology)
ORGANIZER;CN="Denis%20O%27Hora":MAILTO:denis.ohora@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170616T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170617T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170607T103233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170613T080905Z
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SUMMARY:Migration and the Humanities: Critical Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Migration and the Humanities: Critical Challenges  16-17 June 2017  \nMoore Institute NUIG/ Irish Humanities Alliance  \nMigration – and its social\, cultural\, political\, and economic consequences – represents one of the most significant issues facing Europe today. This conference will draw together scholars from humanities disciplines such as art history; geography; history; literature; modern languages; politics; and cultural studies to offer cross-over perspectives on migration. Participants will explore the centrality of the humanities in widening our understanding of the phenomenon of migration and its challenges\, engaging with the work of social scientists and activists. \nThe overarching aim of the conference is to focus on the human experience of migration\, humanitarian concerns and migration narratives centred on the human condition. Speakers will offer insights into historical parallels with the current crisis; systems for managing displaced peoples; the social\, economic & cultural contribution of migrants; the gender implications of migration; labour and migrancy; Ireland & migration; processes of ‘othering’ and ghettoisation; discourses of race and ethnic difference; and the challenge of language acquisition for migrants. \nFor further details contact Prof. Daniel Carey\, NUI Galway (daniel.carey@nuigalway.ie)\, and Dr. Mel Farrell\, Irish Humanities Alliance (m.farrell@ria.ie)\, and visit www.irishhumanities.com \nFriday\, June 16th \n3.00 Welcome (coffee and tea available) \nSession 1 \n3.30 Ireland (I) [Experience of migrants in Ireland] \nMary Gilmartin (Maynooth) \nT.J. Hughes (NUI Galway) \nValerie Ledwith (NUI Galway) \nPiaras Mac Éinrí (UCC) \nAnne O’Connor and Andrea Ciribuco (NUI Galway) \n5.30 Reception \nConference dinner \nPearla na Mara \n  \nSaturday\, June 17th \nSession 2 \n9.30 Ireland (II) [Experience of Irish migrants] \n  \nMargaret Brehony (NUI Galway) \nSara Goek (Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy) \nBrian Hughes (Maynooth) \nNiamh Kirk (DCU) \n11.00 coffee break \nSession 3 \n11.30 Migration and the Arts \nPatrick Crowley (UCC) \nAileen Dillane (Limerick) \nDebbie Lisle (QUB) \nCharlotte McIvor (NUI Galway) \nVukasin Nedeljkovic (DIT) \nTina O’Toole (Limerick) \n1pm lunch \nSession 4 \n2pm Gender/Politics/Race \nRonit Lentin (TCD) \nJohn Morrissey (NUI Galway) \nAnne Mulhall (UCD) \nKevin O’Sullivan (NUI Galway) \nJennifer Redmond (Maynooth) \n3.30 coffee break \nSession 5 \n4.00 Conclusion \nAllen White (UCC) \nand open discussion
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/migration-humanities-critical-challenges/
LOCATION:Seminar Room G010
ORGANIZER;CN="Daniel%20Carey":MAILTO:daniel.carey@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170615T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170615T203000
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SUMMARY:John Ford biographer Joseph McBride to talk at Huston School of Film & Digital Media
DESCRIPTION:Huston School of Film & Digital Media (NUI Galway) are delighted to welcome Joseph McBride\, author of the award-winning biography Searching for John Ford (2001) for a public lecture at the school entitled  “John Ford\, Irish-American Poet and Comedian”. McBride’s talk will take place on Thursday June 15th at 7pm\, is free and open to all. \n“If there is any single thing that explains either of us\,” John Ford once said to Eugene OʼNeill\, “itʼs that weʼre Irish.” Their worlds intersected in 1940\, when Ford directed his film version of OʼNeillʼs tetralogy of one-act sea plays\, The Long Voyage Home. John Ford\, aka John Feeney (1894-1973)\, the American-born son of Irish immigrants\, was a man of many varied and often conflicting moods\, themes\, and obsessions. Although Ford usually is identified with the Western genre\, in which he made such masterpieces as Stagecoach and The Searchers\, his vast body of work encompasses a wide range of subject matter. Perhaps closest to his heart were his films about his beloved Ireland. \nFor McBride\, “Ford’s humor is one of his strongest and most characteristic attributes. Being both a “poet” and a “comedian” is essential to Ford’s tragicomic (and very Irish) view of the world and to the anarchic\, subversive streak that coexists with his lifelong reverence for tradition.” \nFurther information: Dr. Tony Tracy – tony.tracy@nuigalway.ie \nJoseph McBride is the author of  Searching for John Ford\, hailed by both the Irish Times and the New York Times as the “definitive” biography of the director. A veteran writer for Variety\, McBride has also written highly acclaimed biographies of  Steven Spielberg and Frank Capra. McBride’s interview with John Ford appears in his most recent book Two Cheers for Hollywood: Joseph McBride on Movies.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/john-ford-biographer-joseph-mcbride-talk-huston-school-film-digital-media/
LOCATION:Huston School of Film & Digital Media\, NUI Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Tony%20Tracy":MAILTO:tony.tracy@nuigalway.ie
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170615T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170614T122411Z
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SUMMARY:Election Special - Discussion on the UK election\, Northern Ireland\, France\, and more!
DESCRIPTION:Election Special! \n The Moore Institute will host a snap event to discuss the UK election\, Northern Ireland\, France\, and more! \n With contributions from Jane Conroy\, Eoin Daly\, Niall Ó Dochartaigh\, and others. \n Thursday\, June 15th at 12 noon \n Moore Institute seminar room (G010) Hardiman Research Building \n  \nAll welcome! \n  \n 
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/discussion-uk-election-northern-ireland-france/
LOCATION:Seminar Room GO10\, Ground Floor\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Daniel%20Carey":MAILTO:daniel.carey@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170614T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170619T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170612T091713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170612T091713Z
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SUMMARY:Galway Centenary Conversations: War & Revolution Roadshow
DESCRIPTION:Galway Centenary Conversations: War & Revolution Roadshow \nThis summer will see a series of free public history events around the County organised by NUI Galway\, GMIT\, local history societies and Galway County Council as part of its Decade of Commemoration strategy (2013-23). Galway Centenary Conversations: War & Revolution Roadshow will take place in Tuam\, Craughwell\, Clifden\, Portumna\, Skehana and Athenry throughout June and July. Each event is free and all are welcome. \nThe talks will feature an array of local and national historians discussing key events\, personalities and developments during the independence struggle in Galway. Topics to be examined include the aftermath of the 1916 Rebellion; the conscription crisis; the 1918 General Election; the War of Independence; Cumann na mBan and the Galway Volunteers. \nFamily history and memorabilia  \nThe series is also a chance for the public to offer their family reminiscences of the period and discuss the involvement of local communities and families. National experts will be available to offer advice or support to budding researchers and encourage people to bring along material from their own family’s involvement or any relevant letters\, memorabilia. \nTuam Library \nThe series kicks off in Tuam Library on Wednesday 14 June where the Old Tuam Society will host an event focusing on the 1918 General Election in North Galway. The event begins at 8 pm and features Dr Conor McNamara and Dr Martin O’Donoghue of NUI Galway. \nWhere and When: \n\nWednesday 14 June 8pm Tuam Library\n\n\nTuesday 20 June 8pm Craughwell Hall\n\n\nWednesday 28 June 8pm Clifden Station House Theatre\n\n\nWednesday 5 July 8pm Portumna Workhouse Centre\n\n\nWednesday 12 July 8pm Screene’s Lounge\, Skehana\n\n\nWednesday 19 July 8pm Athenry Community Centre\n\n  \nFurther details: Contact Conor McNamara\, NUI Galway: conor.mcnamara@nuigalway.ie
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/galway-centenary-conversations-war-revolution-roadshow/
LOCATION:Various Locations\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Conor%20McNamara":MAILTO:conor.mcnamara@nuigalway.ie 
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170614T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170602T080857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170602T080857Z
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SUMMARY:'Researching Disasters' A talk by William M (Bill) Taylor
DESCRIPTION:The Moore Institute in association with The School of Education are pleased to host a seminar on Researching Disasters by Professor William M (Bill) Taylor \n \n Histories\, representations and ethics of catastrophe \nThis seminar draws on my research over a number of years\, on different projects and building histories that all seem to involve disasters of one kind or another: broken bridges\, collapsed buildings and drowned cities. My research methods have varied\, including approaches borrowed from the philosophy of science\, from architectural history and design theory\, and from the broad church of disaster studies.  The research ethos has been multi-\, inter- or trans-disciplinary as prevailing fashion across the humanities can describe it\, although experience suggests these terms are not what they’re cracked up to be. Discussion of research methods in the academy typically begins by assuming the ‘right’ correspondence of project aims and outcomes so that working between or across academic disciplines is more than likely to throw a spanner in the works\, to send a project haywire or make one’s compass go awry.  (These are all metaphors and outcomes from the illuminating history of technological failure.) \nSo\, how do we research things that go ‘wrong’? How do we study disaster and why? Homer-Dixon sees hope in the “upside of down” (2006)\, that studying catastrophe can teach us how we can “reinvigorate the economic\, political\, and social systems that sustain us.”  There may be more than optimism behind his theory.  With its emphasis on “innovation” as the linchpin between human suffering and social renewal there could be collusion with prevailing neoliberal thinking.  Nonetheless\, researching disasters—and teaching about them may bear consideration.  Educators and educationalists in particular may find an opportunity to “reinvigorate” forms of pastoral care and character-building hitherto relegated to the dustbin of Victorian era school history\, so that studying disaster can be a preventative to hubris and cultivator of personally-transformative and progressive values. \nWilliam M. Taylor is Professor of Architecture at the University of Western Australia where he teaches architectural design and history and theory of the built environment. Research interests include architecture\, social and political theory. A list of his publications can be found here: http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/person/Bill.Taylor
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/researching-disasters-talk-william-m-bill-taylor/
LOCATION:The Bridge\, Room 1001\, First Floor\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Gerry%20MacRuairc":MAILTO:GERRY.MACRUAIRC@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170613T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170613T200000
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CREATED:20170530T132005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170530T132005Z
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SUMMARY:Informationism and the Gig Economy: Labour's Digital Policy Fight for the 21st Century - A talk by Brian Dolber
DESCRIPTION:  \nBrian Dolber is Assistant Professor of Communication at California State University\, San Marcos. He is a historian of media and the labour movement in the United States\, and studies communications policymaking in the neoliberal\, digital age. Dr. Dolber has been a longtime labour activist and served as staff for three different unions in the U.S. He is the author of Media and Culture in the U.S. Jewish Labor Movement: Sweating for Democracy in the Interwar Era (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2017)\, and holds his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. \n  \n 
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/informationism-gig-economy-labours-digital-policy-fight-21st-century-talk-brian-dolber/
LOCATION:City Library\, Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew%20%C3%93%20Baoill":MAILTO:andrew.obaoill@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170612T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170612T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T205326
CREATED:20170410T123423Z
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SUMMARY:Prof. Federico Luisetti- Public Lecture on Biopower / Geopower
DESCRIPTION:Current perspectives on the Anthropocene are reformulating Michel Foucault’s biopolitical paradigm\, introducing a discourse on geopower and animistic states of nature that account for the political agency of unfamiliar webs of life and nonlife.​ \n  \nFederico Luisetti is an Italian philosopher and professor of Italian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of several books and essays on philosophy\, literature\, visual studies\, the Avant-gardes\, and political thought. He is currently writing a monograph on the states of nature of the Anthropocene. \nhttp://romancestudies.unc.edu/faculty/federico-luisetti/
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/professor-federico-luisetti-public-lecture-biopower-geopower/
LOCATION:The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building\, University of Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Paolo%20Bartoloni":MAILTO:paolo.bartoloni@nuigalway.ie
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170608T084500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170608T190000
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CREATED:20170523T075243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170606T110243Z
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SUMMARY:NUI Galway Study Day: "Medicine and Mystery -The Dark Side of Science in Victorian Fiction" - A Victorian Popular Fiction Association
DESCRIPTION:Organisers: Dr.s Anna Gasperini and Paul Raphael Rooney \nKeynote speakers: Ms Sarah Wise\, Author – Mr Gilbert’s weird psychological novel’: Shirley Hall Asylum and Victorian states of mind; Mr Alexander Black\, Department of Anatomy\, NUI Galway – The Early Years of Anatomy in Galway (this keynote will be in NUI Galway’s Anatomy Lecture Theatre) \nBackground \nThe internationally recognised Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA) and the National University of Ireland\, Galway are the hosts of this interdisciplinary study day devoted to exploring representations of medicine and mystery in the Victorian era. The nineteenth century saw unprecedented developments in medical science\, which caused simultaneously wonder and anxiety in the wider public. Victorian popular authors such as Wilkie Collins\, Florence Marryat\, Charles Dickens\, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon enthusiastically explored the themes of medicine and surgical innovation in their work\, exploiting their sensational potential. At the same time\, the hopes and controversies generated by advancements in the medical field were often the subject of public debate via newspapers\, magazines\, and cartoons. Covering a wide range of topics going from class and gender\, to ethics\, to space\, to mental health\, and fin-de-siécle literature\, this Study Day aims to involve academics to a variety of disciplines in the exploration and discussion of the fascinating intermingle between literature and science in the Victorian era. \n  \nDuring the Study Day\, it will be possible to visit the exhibition Medicine and Mystery in C19th Galway”\, Curated by Anna Gasperini and Paul Rooney. \nRegister at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vpfa-study-day-medicine-mystery-the-dark-side-of-science-in-victorian-fiction-tickets-34605683531 \nFor those who may wish to attend the conference dinner at Mona Lisa Restaurant\, Galway\, please contact us at medicineandmystery19@gmail.com \n  \n08:45 – 9:15 Registration and Opening Remarks \n09: 15 Keynote 1 – Ms Sarah Wise\, Author – room G010 \n‘Mr Gilbert’s weird psychological novel’: Shirley Hall Asylum and Victorian states of mind \nChair: Anna Gasperini\, NUI Galway \n10:15 Tea break \n10:40 PARALLEL SESSION 1 \nGender and Class – room G010 \nPanel Chair: Eavan O’Dochartaigh\, NUI Galway \nSara Zadrozny\, University of Portsmouth – Medicine and Victorian notions of gender \nAbby Boucher\, Aston University\, Birmingham – Fashionable Illness: Consumerism\, Medicine\, and Class in the Silver Fork Novels \nRuth Doherty\, Trinity College Dublin – ‘But you and I may say the truth’: reproduction and infection in late nineteenth-century fiction \nSpaces and Bodies – room G011 \nPanel Chair: Paul Rooney\, NUI Galway \nLouise Benson James\, University of Bristol – Sick Rooms\, Death-Beds\, and Operating Theatres: Gothic Medical Spaces in the Fiction of Lucas Malet (1852-1931) \nNeil MacFarlane\, Independent Scholar – ‘Full of fire and animation’: sthenic corpulence in Dickens’s fiction  \n12:00 LUNCH \n13:30 Keynote 2 – Mr Alexander Black\, Department of Anatomy\, NUI Galway \nThe Early Years of Anatomy in Galway \nThe keynote will be in NUI Galway’s Anatomy Lecture Theatre \nChair: Anna Gasperini\, NUI Galway \n14:50 PARALLEL SESSION 2 \nMedicine and Ethics – room G010 \nPanel chair: Ciaran McDonough\, NUI Galway \nJennifer Jones\, University of Portsmouth – ‘“[M]erely a question of being the first time”’: Scientific Overreach and Middle-Class Masculinity \nDebbie Harrison\, Independent Scholar – Body of evidence: Forensic science\, psychology and the doctor-detective in “The Moonstone” and “Middlemarch” \nChristopher Pittard\, University of Portsmouth – Loveday Brooke\, Experimental Physiology\, and the Crimes of Animality \nFin-de-siècle – room G011  \nPanel Chair: Muireann O’Cinneide\, NUI Galway \nJames Machin\, Birkbeck University of London – “A slight lesion in the grey matter\, that is all”: fin-de-siécle medical practice in Arthur Machen’s weird fiction \nCaitlin R. Duffy\, Stony Brook University – Cartography of the Imperial Mind: The Dangerous Forms and Reforms of Dracula \nMathilde Giret\, Université Bordeaux Montaigne (Bordeaux 3) – Signs of the Plague in Dracula: a literary and medical investigation \n16:20 Tea break \n16:40 PARALLEL SESSION 3 \nMental Health – room G010  \nPanel Chair: Ruth Doherty\, Trinity College Dublin \nEmily Turner\, University of Sussex – New Moon journalism and patient powered publications \nMarjolein Platjiee\, University of Amsterdam – Was it really “in his nature to do it”? Re-examining the doctor’s Explanation of Little Father Time’s suicide in “Jude the Obscure”. \nCharlotte Whittingham\, Imperial College – The Angel in the Asylum \n18:00 Closing remarks \n19:00 Conference dinner at Mona Lisa Restaurant in Galway*
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/nui-galway-study-day-medicine-mystery-dark-side-science-victorian-fiction-victorian-popular-fiction-association/
LOCATION:Seminar Rooms G010 & G011\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Anna%20Gasparini":MAILTO:medicineandmystery19@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:'Teaching Austerity' A talk by William (Bill) Taylor
DESCRIPTION:The Moore Institute in association with The School of Education are pleased to host a seminar on  Teaching austerity  by Professor William M (Bill) Taylor  \n \nAusterity is commonly associated with periods of restraint in government spending and the managed conservation of public resources during economic crises.  Government measures geared for austerity are typically contrast by policies seeking to stimulate economies\, increase consumption and gross domestic product.  Such was the aim of the Australian Government’s response to the GFC and its ‘Building the Education Revolution’ (BER) program.  This was an initiative that sought to stimulate the nation’s construction industry (a key indicator of economic prosperity) by massive investment in new school infrastructure.  This was capital spending that was also promised to ‘transform’ Australia’s education sector\, making it ‘better’ somehow and improve the lives (and competitiveness) of Australian pupils now and well into the future.  Cranking up the rhetoric on both sides of the austerity debate\, among those both for and against government interference in the economy and in what Margaret Thatcher famously wrote off as ‘society’ is a longstanding reactionary and moralising tendency that relates restraint to simpler times\, to ‘setting one’s house in order’ or to ‘living within one’s means’.  Many of us can remember hearing those lessons at home\, church and school. Austerity thus raises fundamental questions about the past and historical memory.  It is about who ‘we’ are or once were as a people and society\, about core beliefs and values. \nAs well as a brief foray into theory relating to the architecture of ‘enterprise culture’ (Mary Douglas)\, the seminar introduces a historical perspective\, recognising that ‘building austerity’ has appeared in multiple guises. Historically\, ‘austere’ practices are seen during times of conflict brought on by a range of crises\, including periods of spiritual\, demographic and geo-political turmoil (notably war).  This seminar outlines a parallel and at times intersecting history of practices and built environs designed for cultivating\, representing and governing parsimony of various kinds. The Quaker meeting house\, Ireland’s famine-era workhouses and the settings for ‘literary education’ (Ian Hunter) in Victorian era day schools are among a number of examples and opportunities to examine the architecture of public morality\, pedagogy and power. \nWilliam M. Taylor is Professor of Architecture at the University of Western Australia where he teaches architectural design and history and theory of the built environment. Research interests include architecture\, social and political theory. A list of his publications can be found here: http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/person/Bill.Taylor
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/teaching-austerity-talk-william-bill-taylor/
LOCATION:The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building\, University of Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Gerry%20MacRuairc":MAILTO:GERRY.MACRUAIRC@nuigalway.ie
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SUMMARY:Sport & Exercise Monthly Seminar: "Representations of Rugby Union in the Professional Era" with Dr. Marcus Free
DESCRIPTION:Sport & Exercise Research Group \nMonthly Research Seminar\, Wednesday June 7\, 1pm\, Moore Institute \n  \n‘From there to here’: Narratives of Transition\, Migration and National Identity in Irish Media Representations of Rugby Union in the Professional Era \nDr. Marcus Free (Mary Immaculate College\, University of Limerick) \n  \n \n  \nIrish media representation of rugby union in the post-1995 professional era has become a vehicle for the rehearsal of fantasies and anxieties concerning national identity in the context of the Republic of Ireland as a neoliberal state.  Irish rugby’s reorganisation and competitive successes have facilitated comforting images and discourses of centralised management\, national cohesion and continuity while successive Irish governments’ neoliberal policies have focused on deregulation\, facilitating foreign direct investment and reduced social services spending.  Representations of advancements in rugby management and coaching intersected with pervasive managerialist discourses in Irish media and politics during and following the 2008 collapse of the Celtic Tiger boom\, but with a heavy stress on serving the ‘national interest’. Relatedly\, the targeted import of foreign players and coaches is often depicted as reflective of Irish rugby management’s successful negotiation of the neoliberal environment of contemporary European and world rugby. However\, the paper focuses on how recent concerns regarding the potential hindrance of ‘native’ player/coach development and the threat of economically driven out-migration evince anxieties concerning Irish rugby’s fragile economy and cultural identity that interconnect with broader concerns regarding Ireland’s enduring economic vulnerability following the 2008 crisis. \n  \nMarcus Free is a lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at Mary Immaculate College\, University of Limerick. He has taught previously at the Universities of Sunderland and Wolverhampton. His current research interests are in the fields of sport as lived culture\, the cultural politics of the representation of sport in film and popular media\, the psychodynamics of fans’ emotional and cultural investment in sport and sport media\, and memories of media and cultural consumption in the construction of autobiographical narrative. He is co-author (with John Hughson and David Inglis) of The Uses of Sport: a Critical Study (Routledge\, 2005)\, and has published many international journal articles and chapters in scholarly collections on constructions of gender\, race and national identity in sport\, sport fandom and sport media. He also published research on Irish migration\, gender and national identity in contemporary film and television drama.
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/sport-exercise-research-group-monthly-seminar-irish-media-representations-rugby-union-professional-era-dr-marcus-free/
LOCATION:Seminar Room GO10\, Ground Floor\, Hardiman Research Building
ORGANIZER;CN="Sean%20Crosson":MAILTO:sean.crosson@nuigalway.ie
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SUMMARY:Prof. Federico Luisetti- Master Class on 'Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Cosmic Crisis'
DESCRIPTION:Pier Paolo Pasolini has theorized the irrational\, oneiric\, elementary\, and barbaric elements of audiovisual communication. I will connect Pasolini’s reflection on cinema with his posthumous novel Petrolio\, and show how Petrolio’s “demoniac technique” addresses contemporary capitalism’s “cosmic crisis”. \n  \nFederico Luisetti is an Italian philosopher and professor of Italian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of several books and essays on philosophy\, literature\, visual studies\, the Avant-gardes\, and political thought. He is currently writing a monograph on the states of nature of the Anthropocene. \nhttp://romancestudies.unc.edu/faculty/federico-luisetti/
URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/federico-luisetti-master-class-pier-paolo-pasolinis-cosmic-crisis/
LOCATION:The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building\, University of Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Paolo%20Bartoloni":MAILTO:paolo.bartoloni@nuigalway.ie
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SUMMARY:Discovery Across Boundaries: New Approaches to Tomorrow's Challenges
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URL:https://mooreinstitute.ie/event/discovery-across-boundaries-new-approaches-tomorrows-challenges/
LOCATION:Room IT125\, IT Building\, NUI Galway\, Ireland
ORGANIZER;CN="Jim%20Duggan":MAILTO:jim.duggan@nuigalway.ie
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