Sport & Exercise Research Group Virtual Seminar: Psychology and Performance in Sport Prof. Jane Walsh School of Psychology, University of Galway   Link to Virtual Lecture:  https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/24fe7721c5f5415594bbf6f5df560c27 Abstract In this seminar Prof. Jane Walsh will look at the evidence from Sports Psychology to provide insight into the key characteristics and mental strategies used by top... | Read on »

Pan Pan Theatre Archive Symposium and Digital Exhibition Launch Founded in 1993 by Co-Artistic Directors, Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove, Pan Pan Theatre Company have been at the forefront of theatre and culture in Ireland and internationally for the last thirty years. The Pan Pan Archive, now fully catalogued and available at University of Galway Library Archives, is... | Read on »

Book Launch: Authors and the World. Literary Authorship in Modern Germany by Professor Rebecca Braun Introduction, Dr Tina Karen Pusse (School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, University of Galway) You are cordially invited to celebrate the launch of Prof. Rebecca Braun’s new book Authors and the World (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/authors-and-the-world-9781501391026/). The event will feature an introduction by Dr Tina Karen Pusse (School... | Read on »

You are cordially invited to an afternoon's exploration and contribution to of the work of Carol Wade, (Twitter @artofthewake), who has spent the past 14 years illustrating James Joyce's notoriously elusive Finnegans Wake as she understands it, and who is on her second painting-route through the novel. Carol will discuss her project of illustrating this rich and engaging... | Read on »

Irish Studies Seminar Series – Semester 1 2022-23  “Did Punk Save Belfast?”  Professor Kevin Dunn, Dept. of International Relations, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, US   Seminar Abstract: There is a saying, often attributed to Terri Hooley of Good Vibrations record store and label, that punk flourished in Northern Ireland in the 1970s because “we... | Read on »

Join us for the launch of a new book from Routledge Press by Red Washburn - Irish Women’s Prison Writing: Mother Ireland’s Rebels, 1960-2010s. This book explores 50 years of Irish women’s prison writing, connecting the work of women leaders and writers in the Six Counties of Ireland during the Troubles. The book documents and... | Read on »

You are invited to the launch of Diversifying the Teaching Profession:  Dimensions, Dilemmas and Directions for the Future by Drs. Elaine Keane, Manuela Heinz, Rory Mc Daid Programme 11AM: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION (PROFESSOR DAN CAREY, DIRECTOR OF THE MOORE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY) PANEL DISCUSSION Dr Vivian Rath (Project Research Officer, Association for Higher Education Access... | Read on »

Seminar on Nicholas Canny’s Imagining Ireland’s Pasts: Early Modern Ireland through the Centuries (Oxford University Press) 4pm Wednesday January 11 2023, followed by a launch of the book at 5.30pm Launch by Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer (TCD)   Panellists: Prof. Ciaran Brady (TCD) Dr Marc Caball (UCD) Prof. Marie-Louise Coolahan (University of Galway) Dr Bernadette Cunningham... | Read on »

Launch of the Irish in Italy Exhibition by Prof. Anne O’Connor and Dr Adrian Paterson Welcome address by Antonio Bibbò, Daniel Carey, and Marco Gioacchini The concept of Ireland emerges at critical moments in Italy during the first half of the twentieth century, with Irish politics entering national debates and contributing to a better understanding... | Read on »

University of Galway History Seminar Dr Kathryn Milligan  (University College Dublin) The Art of Urban Life: Painting Dublin, 1886-1949   Abstract A well-established theme in the history of art, the depiction of the city has persistently adapted its form to reflect the concerns of the time and culture in which it was created. While scholarship... | Read on »