Moore Institute

Dara Downey (Visiting Fellow) The Lady’s Maid’s Burden.
2018-04-12 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, Ireland
Dara Downey (Visiting Fellow) from the School of English in Trinity College Dublin.
Title: The Lady’s Maid’s Burden: Ethnicity, Race, and Servant Status in the Late Nineteenth-Century Ghost Story
This paper examines a range of uncanny tales by late-nineteenth-century American writers, in which domestic servants and slaves feature to a greater or lesser extent. For the most part, these domestic workers, whether employed or enslaved, tend, I argue, to be depicted in ways that draw their racial or ethnic status (primarily Irish/”Celtic”-American or African-American), thereby sharply distinguishing them from their white, Anglo-Protestant, but generally otherwise “unmarked” employers and owners. This paper discusses some of the uses of such figures in American gothic fiction, particularly in relation to the perceived “superstitious” or supernatural status of non-Protestant belief systems, with which these marginal figures are implicitly aligned.

'Wobblies and Fenians: The Australian connections of the Larkin family, 1916-19, and the Irish revolution'
2018-04-12 16:00 | Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
The Irish Centre for Histories of Labour and Class welcomes Jimmy Yan (Univ. of Melbourne) to give a talk entitled, ‘Wobblies and Fenians: The Australian connections of the Larkin family, 1916-19, and the Irish revolution’.
All welcome.

Picture shows Peter Larkin, brother of ‘Big Jim’, one of so-called ‘Sydney Twelve’ imprisoned for anti-war activism in 1916.

Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies (CAMPS) Research Labs.
2018-04-13 12:00 - 14:00 | The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, Ireland
Charles Doyle: The Presocratics and Christian Heretics in the works of Irenaeus and Tertullian

ADEFFI (Association for French and Francophone Studies in Ireland) Postgraduate Symposium 2018
2018-04-14 10:00 - 17:30 | Seminar Room GO10, Ground Floor, Hardiman Research Building
This annual event, organised by the Association for French and Francophone Studies in Ireland (ADEFFI), provides a supportive scholarly forum for postgraduates in the areas of French and Francophone Studies to present both work in progress and new research and allows participants to meet peers and established researchers in French and Francophone Studies from Ireland, the UK and beyond. This year’s event will be organised in partnership with the Institute for Modern Languages Research (IMLR). The ADEFFI president, Dr. James Hanrahan, will also present the annual Bourse doctorale (Doctoral Bursary) award, which is sponsored by the Irish branch of AMOPA (Association of the Members of the Order of the Academic Palms), to a participant in recognition of the quality of his or her research project.

Wondrous wizardry and a Workshop on Interactive Writing (scholarly, creative and otherwise) by Jason Nelson and Alinta Krauth (Visiting Fellows)
2018-04-16 15:00 | The Bridge, Room 1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building
“Digital poets/artists/scholars Jason Nelson and Alinta Krauth are presenting a series of workshops for NUI staff, students, and graduates aimed at inspiring you to use interactive digital interfaces to turn your scholarly papers and/or creative writing into interactive outcomes, aimed at publication in interactive journals. Interactive visual interpretation can allow readers a greater insight into your work, and can extend your audience beyond the walls of academia and out into the great Internet beyond! Join us for informal chats about your work and possible collaborations.”

An International seminar organised by the Academic Writing Center
2018-04-17 11:00 - 17:30 | James Hardiman Library, Ireland
This seminar will examine the connection between academic writing and innovation from a variety of perspectives, including the use of the Project Based Learning (PBL) and other innovative methodologies, the switch from assessing to improving student writing, the role of writing centres in academia, the ideology of writing spaces, and new ways to support librarians on the path towards publication. Confirmed Speakers: Tom Deans (University of Connecticut), Steven Engel (University of Michigan) Hellen Fallon (Maynooth University), Adrian Frazier (NUI Galway), Megan Jewel (Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio), Ann Nowak (Touro Law Center) and Laura McLoughlin (NUI Galway).
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/academic-writing-and-innovation-tickets-43974880050 Seminar Updates: http://hardimanlibrary.blogspot.ie/2018/02/academic-writing-and-innovation-seminar.html

Academic Writing and Innovation
2018-04-17 11:30 | Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
Innovation is seen as a key ingredient for success in academia, but we often taken good academic writing for granted as a crucial skill in this process. We know from the work of Peter Elbow that writing is a creative and imaginative process, irrespective of the subject. Janet Giltrow has argued that ‘style is meaningful’ and impacts the development of ideas. More recently, Helen Sword has drawn attention to ‘stylish academic writing’, arguing that ‘intellectual creativity thrives best in an atmosphere of experimentation rather than conformity’. Yet the precise relationship between academic writing and innovation remains to be explored; to do so means to highlight the crucial importance of writing centres, writing instructors, and pedagogical initiatives to academia at large.
This seminar will examine the connection between academic writing and innovation from a variety of perspectives, including the use of the Project Based Learning (PBL) and other innovative methodologies, the switch from assessing to improving student writing, the role of writing centres in academia, the ideology of writing spaces, and new ways to support librarians on the path towards publication.
See speakers and Registration on the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/academic-writing-and-innovation-tickets-43974880050

Gender ARC: Understanding, Mapping and Negotiating the Politicisation of Evidence Based Policy Research.
2018-04-17 13:00 - 14:00 | The Bridge, Room 1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building

Re-Thinking Surrogate Motherhood and Reproductive Justice.
2018-04-18 14:00 - 16:00 | The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, Ireland

“People and Wetlands: case studies from Bendimahi (Turkey) and Boora (Ireland)” by Emel Baylan, Visiting Fellow.
2018-04-18 16:00 | Room 202, Archaeology Department, NUI Galway
This paper will examine the contrasting connections that exist between people and landscape in the Bendimahi Delta and the Boora peatlands outside Kilcormac, Co. Offaly, where the development of a sculpture park has been instrumental in not just creating a successful tourist attraction (over 120,000 visitors in 2017) but in re-imagining and reinforcing community values vis-à-vis the landscape. This level of community engagement is not evident in the Bendimahi Delta, where the socio-cultural circumstances are very different.

"Transient Topographies: Space and Interface in Digital Literature and Art"
2018-04-19 - 2018-04-21 | Seminar Rooms GO10 & GO11 Ground Floor Hardiman Research Building, Ireland
19th April Pre-Conference 11am – 3pm in Room 1001, The Bridge, Hardiman Research Building
20th April from 8:30am – 6:30pm in G010 and G011, Hardiman Research Building.
21st April from 9:30am – 6:30pm in G010 and G011., Hardiman Research Building
“Transient Topographies: Space and Interface in Digital Literature and Art” is the second Galway Digital Cultures Initiative conference. The interdisciplinary event focuses on various aspects of the aesthetic topographies of the digital age, and the spaces and interfaces of contemporary media and technological environments. The conference is funded by the Irish Research Council and the European Commission via Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and the Moore Institute at NUI Galway. Information on individual presentations and guest speakers is available on the conference website at https://transienttopographies.wordpress.com/“

Whitaker Research Day 2018
2018-04-19 09:30 - 15:30 | Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
We are delighted to announce details of the Whitaker Institute Research Day 2018. Our Research Day is an opportunity for researchers from across multiple disciplines at NUI Galway to meet and discuss how the multi-perspective research of the Whitaker Institute, on a range of social and economic issues, can promote a more sustainable and inclusive society. We are particularly pleased to welcome Professor Edgar Morgenroth, Professor of Economics at DCU Business School, who will deliver the keynote speech on the day. Professor Morgenroth will highlight how spatial patterns impact on economic performance (national and regional) and how economic forces shape the economic geography. A key aim of this year’s Research Day will be to assist members of the Whitaker Institute and researchers from STEM disciplines to identify cross-disciplinary research opportunities. Relating such research opportunities to the UN Sustainability Goals will be an area for particular discussion on the day, given the latter’s prominence in both the national and EU research agenda. Research output from Whitaker research clusters will also be on display through posters in the foyer throughout the day.
This is a free event.
Please RSVP with eventbrite here
A background on our keynote speaker, Prof Edgar Morgenroth.
Professor Edgar Morgenroth is a Professor of Economics in DCU Business School. He is also an independent member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association having served as its vice chairman and treasurer. He has held positions at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) for almost twenty years, and has worked at Keele University and the Strategic Investment Board (SIB).Professor Morgenroth holds a PhD in Economics from Keele University in the UK, and Bachelor’s (Economics and Geography) and Masters (Economics and Finance) degrees from Maynooth University. He is also an alumnus of Boston College, having been awarded a Diploma in Urban Economic Development in Boston (MA).

Galway Theatre Festival: Art-making session about Irish politics
2018-04-19 17:00 - 19:00 | O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance
As part of the Galway Theatre Festival production of Two Truths, a project of my PhD Gaming Audiences into Theatre, this focus group will respond to dis-attributed statements made by Irish politicians and political parties by materialising their affective responses onto full-size maps of the body. These maps will become the materials for the theatre production in which players will pick five policies to govern Ireland.
The focus group will not be discussing politics but instead exploring the ways in which affective response can be transferred via visual art. This art will be created using materials like oil pastels and acrylics. Past participants have described it as ‘relaxing’, ‘informative’, and ‘insightful’.
The more diverse opinions and experiences participants in the focus groups bring, the more options players in Two Truths will have. Sarah Hoover encourages everyone to share the project widely and bring a friend!
For more information on the focus group or the Two Truths project:
s.hoover1@nuigalway.ie, 083.164.0751
www.playtestgalway.wordpress.com

Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies (CAMPS) Research Labs.
2018-04-20 12:00 - 14:00 | The Bridge, Room 1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building

Welfare Histories Reading Group
2018-04-20 15:00 - 16:00 | The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, Ireland
Welfare Histories Reading Group
The Welfare Histories Reading Group provides a forum for staff and postgraduate students to discuss ideas of poverty, development, and ‘improvement’ in a global historical context. Our interests are very diverse, and we would very much welcome the involvement of new members from any discipline. Our next meeting is on Friday 20 April, when we will discuss the relationship between the concepts of charity and justice. If you’re interested in coming along, or simply wish for further details, including readings, contact Dr Kevin O’Sullivan (kevin.k.osullivan@nuigalway.ie).

The launch of Liz Quirkes and Colm Keegan's poetry collection.
2018-04-20 18:30 | The Black Gate Cultural Centre, 14 Francis Street, Galway City

Multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) workshop: the Optimization of Behavioral and Biobehavioral Interventions.
2018-04-23 10:00 - 2018-04-24 17:00 | Room G065, School of Psychology, NUI Galway

English Research Day
2018-04-23 14:00 - 18:00 | Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

“How to Improve the Visibility and Impact of your Research” by Joe Reilly, Research Impact Librarian, NUI Galway
2018-04-24 14:30 | Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
Joe Reilly joins NUIG in its newly created Research Impact Librarian. He’ll be helping NUIG scholars understand how to make their work more visible around the world. Joe is a veteran librarian who’s worked in the USA, Middle East, Switzerland and Asia. He is also from a Humanities background, having completed his PhD in Anthropology, focusing on scientific racism and colonialism. He is the author of Teaching the ‘Native’: Behind the Architecture of an Unequal Education System (HSRC Press: 2016).
[This talk will also be streamed live online at http://nuig.dvc.heanet.ie/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=ATHUEtkFYw ]

Post-Graduate Philosophy Conference
2018-04-25 | Old Moore Institute, Ireland
The event is an International Graduate Conference in Philosophy with Keynote Speaker, Professor. Andrew Haas (National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow).
The event will be followed by the launch of Tsarina Doyle’s Nietzsche’s Metaphysics of the Will to Power: The Possibility of Value (Cambridge University Press 2018): https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/nietzsches-metaphysics-of-the-will-to-power/00456388778CD14380989DB824093872
Registration is at 9 am. For further details, contact: Dr. Tsarina Doyle (tsarina.doyle@nuigalway.ie).

Siompóisiam: Understandings of Language and Community.
2018-04-26 10:00 - 17:00 | Aras na Gaeilge NUIG, Ireland
Followed by a Book Launch in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop for Professor Tadhg O hIfearnain and Dr. John Walsh’s new book ‘Meon Folaithe’ as well as Dr. Cassie Smith-Christmas’s own book (edited with Noel P. O Murchadha, Michael Hornsby, and Mairead Moriarty) ‘New Speakers of Minority Languages: Linguistic Ideologies and Practices.’

Dr. Jason Nelson and Alinta Krauth (Visiting Fellows)
2018-04-26 12:00 - 14:00 | The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, Ireland
Come along to see the accumulation of Moore Institute Visiting Fellowships by Dr. Jason Nelson and Alinta Krauth.
Dr. Jason Nelson and Alinta Krauth will be discussing the projects that they have been engaging with over the past three weeks during their stay at NUI, including but not limited to: digital art, digital poetry, art video games, mixed reality, projection mapping, geological and plant-based biofeedback, sound art, projecting glacial movements, interactive scholarship, engagements with place and environment across hemispheres, spaces and interfaces of digital literature and art, hidden projection.

Hilary Bishop, Visiting Fellow (Liverpool John Moores University) talk on ‘Irish Mass Rocks’.
2018-04-26 14:00 - 16:00 | The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, Ireland
‘Sliding Rock’ Mass Rock, Shantalla, Galway City.
We are delighted to invite you to a seminar by Moore Institute Visiting Fellow and Irish Studies Scholar, Dr Hilary Bishop on ‘Irish Mass Rocks’ at NUI Galway next week.
The history of Catholicism is an essential component in the history of modern Ireland. As locations of a distinctively Catholic faith, Mass Rocks are important historical, ritual and counter-cultural sites. Their continued use reflects, and helps reconstruct and legitimise, contemporary Irish identity whilst providing a tangible and experiential connection to Irish heritage and tradition. Based on initial research in counties Cork, Mayo and Galway, this paper will challenge a number of accepted assumptions concerning the nature and location of Mass Rock sites and explore the language, memory and ritual use of Mass Rocks in Ireland.
Biography:
Dr Hilary Bishop studied at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool and now works at Liverpool John Moores University. She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and holds a Willard Potts and Don Jordan Emerging Scholar Award from the American Conference for Irish Studies (West) in San Francisco.
To find out more information on Hilary Bishop see the following link http://mooreinstitute.ie/visiting-fellows-scheme/ and her research-dedicated website: www.findamassrock.com.

Book Launch Event hosted by Postdoctoral Researcher Cassie Smith-Christmas.
2018-04-26 18:30 | Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway.
There will be a joint book launch of Professor Tadhg O hIfearnain and Dr. John Walsh’s new book ‘Meon Folaithe’ as well as Dr. Cassie Smith-Christmas’s own book (edited with Noel P. O Murchadha, Michael Hornsby, and Mairead Moriarty) ‘New Speakers of Minority Languages: Linguistic Ideologies and Practices.’.
This event is following: “Siompóisiam: Understandings of Language and Community” to find out more information, please click the following link: http://mooreinstitute.ie/event/siompoisiam-understandings-of-language-and-community/

The European Union and The Northern Ireland Peace Process.
2018-04-27 09:00 - 17:00 | O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance
Information: https://eupeacenuig.weebly.com – Twitter EUpeaceNUIG

EDEN All Island Postgraduate Conference
2018-04-27 10:00 - 2018-04-28 18:00 | Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
EDEN 2018: Borders and Bodies is an all-island interdisciplinary postgraduate conference with speakers drawn from across the humanities and featuring plenary talks by Prof Dan Rebellato (Royal Holloway, London) and Prof Margaret Kelleher (UCD). This event is free and all are welcome to attend. The full conference schedule and registration links can be found at edenconf.wordpress.com.

Centre for Antique, Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies (CAMPS) Research Labs.
2018-04-27 12:00 - 14:00 | The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, Ireland
Michael Shields: How Frauenlob saw light. A German poet’s look at immateriality, rainbows and Aristotelian physics in 1300.

Theatre as Intercultural Dialogue?: Migration, Interculturalism and Theatre in Europe Today
2018-04-27 14:00 - 16:00 | G001 (Ground Floor), Human Biology Building (HBB)
A panel that will be facilitated by Charlotte McIvor. These companies will be in residence with me at the O’Donoghue for two days prior for an intensive practice-sharing exchange closed to core participants only. Introduced by Professor Anne Scott, Vice-President for Equality & Diversity. This panel gathers practitioners from four of Europe’s leading intercultural theatre companies to discuss the role of performance as an intervening force in ongoing debates about migration, minority representation and cultural diversity in the European Union and beyond.

Tomás Ó Neachtain, this year’s Sean-nós Singer in Residence, hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies
2018-05-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
Tomás Ó Neachtain, this year’s Sean-nós Singer in Residence, hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies.

Seminar: ‘The Ocean Archive: Atlantic History and Heritage by Kayak’ by Moore Institute Visiting Fellow & Irish Studies' Scholar Dr. David Gange
2018-05-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Centre for Irish Studies
We are delighted to invite you to a seminar discussion on Irish and archipelagic coastal heritages by Dr David Gange, University of Birmingham (Moore Institute Visiting Fellow 2017-18 and Irish Studies’ Scholar) entitled, ‘The Ocean Archive: Atlantic History and Heritage by Kayak’. His book, The Frayed Atlantic Edge: A Historian’s Journey from Shetland to the Channel will be published by Harper Collins in 2019.
David will be joined in conversation by Dr Lillis Ó Laoire (Gaeilge, OÉ Gaillimh) and Mr Eoin Warner (Documentary Presenter, Éire Fhiáin: An Chósta Thiar, 2017).
The session will be moderated by Dr Nessa Cronin (Irish Studies, NUI Galway), and will take place at 11am, Wednesday 2 May, Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies, Distillery Road, NUI Galway.
