The College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, in conjunction with the Moore Institute, will be hosting a series or support and information workshops for staff in the coming semester. The first workshop (on Wednesday October 2nd at 1pm) will consider the topic of citation metrics and its role in identifying suitable publication outlets.... | Read on »

              By Daniel Cassidy and Dr. Aidan Kane (NUI Galway) As part of NUI Galway History Research Seminar Series Semester 1, 2019-20    

  **postponed until further notice ** By Thomas Strong A remarkable shift has occured in how we talk about witchcraft and sorcery.  Whereas these topics have long occasioned critical reflection on belief and reason, or cultural difference and human universals, the new discourse describes witchcraft as a “human rights” problem and focuses on harms associated with... | Read on »

An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? Beidh Seisiún Eolais maidir leis an tionscadal taighde Gaeltacht.net ar siúl ar 3pm i seomra G010 Dé Luain, 7 Deireadh Fómhair. There will be a Launch and Information Session regarding the educational research project Gaeltacht.net at 3pm in Room G010 on Monday, October 7th. Come along to learn more about this... | Read on »

A workshop with Dr Alexander O’Hara Oxford University Press author and Visiting Fellow, Moore Institute To register please click here  

By Prof. Steve Pincus (University of Chicago) As part of NUI Galway History Research Seminar  Series Semester 1, 2019-20 Prof. Pincus describes himself as “a historian of Britain and its Empire, of comparative revolutions, comparative empires, and of northern Europe more broadly” and works mainly on the early modern period. His monographs include a comparative study of... | Read on »

First Meeting will take place October 9th If you are interested in signing up please or looking for more information please email Laoighseach - laoighseach.nichoistealbha@oegaillimh.ie                    

  Book Launch by Dr. Erin McCarthy (University of Newcastle, Australia) Dr. Erin McCarthy (formerly of the Moore Institute, where she worked as postdoc with the RECIRC project for four years, and currently Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Newcastle, Australia) is returning to give a talk based on her imminent book: Doubtful Readers:... | Read on »

  Seminar on a unique pictorial map of Galway c. 1650 Two copies survive of a remarkable map of the city of Galway, one held by the Hardiman Library and one by TCD. The seminar marks the appearance of Paul Walsh’s study of the map, Renaissance Galway: Delineating the Seventeenth Century City (RIA, 2019). https://www.ria.ie/renaissance-galway-seminar Speakers... | Read on »