Margaret Heavey Memorial Lecture by Dr Eoghan Moloney, Maynooth University: 'Old New Kings: Alexander the Great and the Presentation of Power' Abstract: This talk will look at the literary presentation of the Macedonian kings in early history, aiming to reconsider how the rule of the Argead kings was presented and understood by contemporaries. At the... | Read on »
Re-mapping Landscapes One-day symposium celebrating the life and legacy of Tim Robinson Architecture at the Edge presents a one-day symposium on the occasion of the exhibition Interpreting Landscapes; Tim Robinson and the west of Ireland/Rianú Talún: Tim Robinson agus Iarthar na hÉireann (curated by Nessa Cronin and Jane Conroy), which celebrates the immense contribution that Tim... | Read on »
CAMPS Lab Transnational Transformations of English Drama Dr Maria Shmygol (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Moore Institute, University of Galway) Dr Maria Shmygol (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Moore Institute, University of Galway) will be presenting on 'Transnational Transformations of English Drama: Tito Andronico (1620) and the Early Modern German Shakespeare Edition Project' This paper examines seventeenth-century German adaptations of English... | Read on »
Creative Futures at the University of Galway and the Futures Thinking Forum invite you to participate in Harnessing the Arts for Futures Thinking and Planning Incorporating new tools and methods for thinking about and planning for different possible futures is increasingly a key feature of work across a variety of sectors in Ireland, including the... | Read on »
Irish writers have long been at the forefront of formal experimentation in English-language fiction. Now, a hundred years after James Joyce and Samuel Beckett shattered expectations of the conventional novel, Irish writers are asking new questions about what fiction is capable of doing. Their works represent remarkable innovations in the representation of subjectivity, identity, and... | Read on »
University of Galway History Seminar Semester 2, 2022-23 Seminars convene at 4.00pm in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, and will be broadcast simultaneously via Zoom, unless otherwise state All are welcome to attend. Presentations will run for approximately 35-40 minutes, followed by time for discussion. For details on how to register for the Zoom link,... | Read on »
Professor Enrico Dal Lago (University of Galway) Empires, Workers, and Saints: 'Progressive Imperialism’, Working Class Radicalism, and the Rise of New Millennial Cults in the 1870s Abstract This paper argues that, by the late 1860s-early 1870s, the previously widespread Euro-American worldview that had combined the cause of nation-building with the cause of progress had... | Read on »
Inbetween Worlds: Fashioning Bodies in the Metaverse Prof. Yvonne Förster (Shanxi University Taiyuan, China and Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany) Yvonne Förster works in philosophy of fashion and technology. She reflects on the influence of digital technology on fashion design and the way bodies/identities are constructed and deconstructed in the interplay of virtual and material dimensions.... | Read on »
'Frankfurt School: Passion, Profanation, Apocalypse' Symposium This one-day symposium will consider the legacy of the Frankfurt School, marking the centenary of the establishment of the Institute for Social Research (Institut für Sozialforschung). The contributors will explore the contemporary relevance of the passions and aspirations of the Frankfurt School scholars. This event is free to attend... | Read on »
“What has happened to this house?” Brian Friel and His Mother’s People Breandán Mac Suibhne Acadamh na hOllscolaiochta Gaeilge Moderator: Daniel Carey, Director, Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies
