As national institution and site of memory for France for over a century, the Tour de France is a privileged locus for investigating the interactions between sport and cultural meaning. Literary journalism chronicling the race has... | Read on »

Ba mhór ag Institiúid de Móra tú a bheith i láthair nuair a sheolfaidh an tOllamh Regina Uí Cholltáin, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath an leabhar One Hundred Years... | Read on »

Irish Travellers / Mincéirs and the State, 1922-2022  This two-day conference will examine Irish Travellers’ experiences of discrimination since the foundation of the state, paying particular attention to the state’s... | Read on »

Sports events are powerful vehicles for the construction, reproduction and, less frequently, the negotiation or contestation of national identity. The increasingly complex interplay between broadcast, print and new media is... | Read on »

Abstract August 2022 marked the 450th anniversary of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, long regarded as the archetype of religious violence and fanaticism in Europe. In this talk, Prof. Stuart... | Read on »

The School of Political Science and Sociology and the Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster invite you to a research seminar with:   Dr. Thomas Leahy, Cardiff University,  ‘The Intelligence War against... | Read on »

This lecture will examine the relationship between sport and film internationally, with a particular focus on the American experience. It will draw on the extensive research undertaken by Dr. Seán Crosson (author of Sport... | Read on »

Online discussion of how academics, researchers and policymakers can work together effectively to create evidence based public policy. About this event As the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research,... | Read on »

You are invited to the launch of the edited volume Language, Policy and Territory: A Festschrift for Colin Williams on Thursday 29th September at 5.00 on Zoom. Dr John Walsh (School... | Read on »