Moore Institute

Human Rights Lunchtime Seminar Series: LGBTI rights in Uganda - the state of human rights defenders in peril by Sandra Namutebi, human rights defender from Uganda
2015-11-09 13:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Lunchtime Seminar Series:
LGBTI rights in Uganda – the state of human rights defenders in perilby Sandra Namutebi, human rights defender from Uganda
The Irish Centre for Human Rights, in cooperation with Front Line Defenders, is pleased to welcome Sandra Namutebi, a human rights defender for the LGBTI community in Uganda.
In February 2014, Ugandan President Museveni signed a law outlawing homosexual acts which was then annulled in August 2014 due to a technical issue. Although this law no longer stands, it reflects the widespread prejudice against the LGBTI community in Uganda; it is within this climate that Sandra works. The organisation she works with, the National LGBTI Security Committee, is a safety and protection body in Uganda that deals with emergencies of sexual minorities. They provide a hotline service for LGBTI community members and track and monitor abuses motivated by prejudice against the community. The political and social climate for human rights defenders, particularly for those working for LGBTI rights, is dangerous, with hostility from both the government and society. Although fearful of the dangers and prejudices she faces daily, Sandra continues her work and recognizes its importance in this increasingly difficult environment.
Sandra’s talk will touch upon a short history of Ugandan politics and society, the general situation for human rights defenders in Uganda and the situation for LGBTI rights defenders in Uganda. Finally, she will talk about her personal story, as how governmental and societal issues affect her life and work.
All are welcome!
For more information please contact t.ananthavinayagan1@nuigalway.ie

Book Launch: Engendering Ireland : New Reflections on Modern History and Literature
2015-11-06 17:30
Engendering Ireland
New Reflections on Modern History and Literature
Editor(s):Rebecca Anne Barr, Sarah-Anne Buckley, Laura Kelly
Contributors: Laura Mernie Pomeroy, Katharina Walter, Eleanor O’Leary, Myrtle Hill, Declan O’Keeffe, Marion Krauthaker, Evelyn Glynn, Mary Muldowney, Claire McGing, Charlotte McIvor;
Book Description
Engendering Ireland is a collection of ten essays showcasing the importance of gender in a variety of disciplines. These essays interrogate gender as a concept which encompasses both masculinity and femininity, and which permeates history and literature, culture and society in the modern period. The collection includes historical research which situates Irish women workers within an international economic context; textual analysis which sheds light on the effects of modernity on the home and rising female expectations in the post-war era; the rediscovery of significant Irish women modernists such as Mary Devenport O’Neill; and changing representations of masculinity, race, ethnicity and interculturalism in modern Irish theatre. Each of these ten essays provides a thought-provoking picture of the complex and hitherto unrecognised roles gender has played in Ireland over the last century. While each of these chapters offers a fresh perspective on familiar themes in Irish gender studies, they also illustrate the importance and relevance of gender studies to contemporary debates in Irish society.
For more information please contact sarahanne.buckley@nuigalway.ie

CAMPS Labs: Prof. John Waddell (Archaeology, NUIG) 'Medieval Windows on a Pagan Past'
2015-11-06 12:00
Prof. John Waddell (Archaeology, NUIG)
‘Medieval Windows on a Pagan Past’
Followed by discussion & light lunch
Everyone welcome – FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
For more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Journalism guest speaker series: Sally Galiana, President AMARC Europe
2015-11-05 14:00
Journalism Guest Speaker Series
Sally Galiana, President AMARC Europe.
AMARC is the international organisation for community radio. Ms. Galiana, of Dublin’s NEAR FM, is currently president, and will be talking about community media and alternative approaches to news production.
For more information please contact Andrew.obaoill@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Moonfish Theatre, 'Developing Practices: A Conversation on Creating Star of the Sea and Cultivating A Theatre Company'
2015-11-04 14:00
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
Moonfish Theatre, “Developing Practices: A Conversation on Creating Star of the Sea and Cultivating A Theatre Company”
Moonfish is a Galway-based theatre company creating work in English and Irish that is rooted in the limitless possibilities of the imagination. Moonfish produce theatre for young people and adults. Our work is defined by its energy, imagination and quality. We produce classics, new writing and devised work and with each piece we seek to immerse our audience in a theatrical experience. We have used shadow work, live music, dance and more to create these experiences… they are always different but each is created with a passion for theatre.
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Digital Scholarship Seminar: Evan Bourke (NUI Galway) - Female Involvement, Membership, and Centrality: A Social Network Analysis of the Hartlib Circle
2015-11-04 12:00
Digital Scholarship Seminar:
Evan Bourke (NUI Galway)
Female Involvement, Membership, and Centrality: A Social Network Analysis of the Hartlib Circle
The Hartlib circle was an intellectual correspondence network that was formed in London in 1641, centred around Samuel Hartlib, John Dury, and Jan Amos Kaminski. This group was mainly active between 1641 and 1661, and included well-known figures such as Robert Boyle, Henry Oldenburg, and Benjamin Worsley. However, the network also had female members, such as Lady Ranelagh, and Dorothy Moore – and these women will be the focus of this talk. Through an extensive analysis of the Hartlib database this talk will introduce these women’s involvement in this network, focusing on their participation in religious and scientific activities. Then, using social network analysis, this talk will interrogate the importance of these women’s involvement, questioning whether they were important to the way information flowed through this network, and whether their position in the network granted them influence over other members.
Connect with DSS: Website | Facebook | Mailing list
Seminars are open to all and conclude with discussion over lunch
For further informatition, contact: Dr PÌÁdraic Moran (padraic.moran@nuigalway.ie),
or Dr Justitin Tonra (justitin.tonra@nuigalway.ie)

Archaeology research seminar series: Yolande O'Brien
2015-11-03 16:00
Archaeology research seminar series:

Yolande O’Brien – doctoral candidate in Archaeology
All welcome!

for more information please contact maggie.ronayne@nuigalway.ie

Performance Matters - Irish Theatre Discussion Group
2015-11-02 18:00
Performance Matters
Irish Theatre Discussion Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/
For more information please contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ie
All theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

The Rory Kavanagh Bursary
2015-11-02 18:00 | Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building, Ireland
THE RORY KAVANAGH BURSARY
The Bursary has been made possible by a generous donation from the family of the late Rory Kavanagh (1971-1996), a 1993 B.A. graduate of National University of Ireland, Galway. Rory spent the 1991-1992 academic year in Italy at the University of Bologna under the ERASMUS Student Mobility Programme. This Bursary is awarded annually to allow a student of Italian spend a year at a university in Italy. It is awarded to a fulltime undergraduate student of Italian who passes the second year examinations in Arts or Commerce.
For more information please contact paolo.bartoloni@nuigalway.ie

Book launch invitation Early Medieval Ireland and Europe: Chronology, Contacts, Scholarship A Festschrift for DÌÁibhÌ_ ÌÒ CrÌ_inÌ_n
2015-10-30 17:00
Book launch invitation
Early Medieval Ireland and Europe: Chronology, Contacts, Scholarship A Festschrift for DÌÁibhÌ_ ÌÒ CrÌ_inÌ_n
PÌÁdraic Moran & Immo Warntjes (eds)
(Turnhout: Brepols, 2015)
A collection of 27 articles on cultural interactions between Ireland, Britain and the Continent during the early Middle Ages. Offered to DÌÁibhÌ_ by friends and colleagues on the occasion of his 60th birthday. To be launched by Prof. Nicholas Canny and Dr Michael Ryan. Enquiries to: padraic.moran@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Blue Raincoat Theatre, 'A Company History: From Then to Now'
2015-10-30 14:00
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
Blue Raincoat Theatre, “A Company History: From Then to Now”
We are a venue-based professional theatre ensemble. Our company and our venue, The Factory Performance Space, were founded in 1991. We produce between four and six professional productions every year, with an emphasis on staging modern European classics, new writing and new adaptations for stage. We employ a repertory system to tour each of these productions throughout Ireland and internationally. We provide a broad range of professional arts related support for community and cultural programming within our immediate region. We implement training, teaching and cultural development programmes with relevant state agencies and third-level institutions throughout Ireland.
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

The OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka: the catharsis moment for the protection and promotion of human rights or business as usual? by Mr. Glyn Morgan and Mr. Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan, LL.M. (Maastricht)
2015-10-30 13:00
Lunchtime Seminar Series:
The OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka: the catharsis moment for the protection and promotion of human rights or business as usual?by Mr. Glyn Morgan and Mr. Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan, LL.M. (Maastricht)
Glyn served in the British Army and British Police before spending six years in the Office of the Prosecutor at International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Thereafter, he worked for eleven years at Europol dealing with trans-national organised crime. Since 2012 he worked as an independent consultant on “international crimes” i.e. war crimes & transnat OC. From December 2014 to March 2015 he worked as Military Advisor to OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka.
Thamil is a PhD candidate and Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. His PhD thesis deals with the Sri Lankan human rights system and inquires the unconducive nature of this system to international efforts, predominantly the United Nations Human Rights Council, to promote and protect human rights.
The talk will, in its first section, shed light on the reasons for human rights abuses that led to the outbreak of the civil war in Sri Lanka and then, in its second section, deal with the mandate, working method and the thematic areas of the human rights investigation on Sri Lanka. The talk will, subsequently analyse and discuss the governmental response and usher into a interactive dialogue between audience and speakers as how this OHCHR report could serve as a vehicle to achieve accountability in Sri Lanka and promote and protect human rights.
All are welcome!
For more information please contact ilangayan@googlemail.com

Journalism Screening: Pranksters, media manipulation, and more
2015-10-30 13:00
Journalism Screening
Pranksters, media manipulation, and more
On the 77th anniversary of the broadcast of Orson Welles’ classic adaptation of War of the Worlds, we’ll listen to the broadcast, watch material from contemporary media pranksters The Yes Men, and discuss a range of related issues, from media hoaxes to message framing in social activism.
For more information please contact Andrew.obaoill@nuigalway.ie

CAMPS Labs: Fanch Bihan-Gallic (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG) 'Burial islands in Scotland and the Celtic Watery Journey to the Afterlife'
2015-10-30 12:00
Fanch Bihan-Gallic (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG)
‘Burial islands in Scotland and the Celtic Watery Journey to the Afterlife’
Followed by discussion & light lunch
Everyone welcome – FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
For more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Nietzsche Symposium
2015-10-30 10:30 | Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building, Ireland
Nietzsche Symposium at NUI, Galway:
The Galway Nietzsche Symposium is a one-day event that brings together academics and advanced graduate students working on Nietzsche from John Cabot University Rome, NUI Galway and University College Cork. It is an open event and formal registration is not required.

10.30 – 11.30
Tom Bailey (John Cabot University, Rome)
‰Û÷Nietzsche’s Modest Theory of Agency’

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee

12.00 – 1.00
Tsarina Doyle (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷The Will to Power and the Metaphysics of Value’

1.00 – 2.30 LUNCH

2.30 – 3.00
Ruud Thomas Burke (UCC)
‘Type-facts and Nothing but the Facts: Reductionism and Nietzsche’s Philosophy’

3.00 – 3.30
Trine Riel (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷Nietzsche’s askesis: Philosophy as an art of existence’

3.30 – 4.00 COFFEE

4.00 – 4.30
Chris Hansen (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷Nietzsche and Perspective’

4.30 – 5.00
Steven McHugh (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷Nietzsche: Morality in the Pejorative Sense and Human Flourishing’

Contact: Tsarina Doyle, Philosophy, School of Humanities: tsarina.doyle@nuigalway.ie

Grand Final Threesis 2015
2015-10-29 18:00
THREESIS: Open Your Mind…and Get to the Point!!
Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!
Come along and support your colleagues!
Grand Final Threesis 2015
For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

The Culture of Italian Music: Opera and Colonialism - Prof. Paolo Bartoloni: Introduction, Mario Inglese: The Italian Language and Opera: Verdi and Puccini - Alessandro Luchetti: The Music of Italian Colonization in Africa: Racism and Sexism
2015-10-29 18:00 | Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building, Ireland
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Italian Studies
The Culture of Italian Music: Opera and Colonialism
Prof. Paolo Bartoloni: Introduction
Mario Inglese: The Italian Language and Opera: Verdi and Puccini
Alessandro Luchetti: The Music of Italian Colonization in Africa: Racism and Sexism
Mario Inglese’s talk will focus on some traits of Italian as employed in Verdi’s late operas (Otello and Falstaff) and Puccini’s mature works. While considering the obvious differences in age and style, one must remember that the careers of these two giants of operatic music did overlap, albeit for a short span of time.
Mario Inglese is a Research Scholar at NUIG. He has taught at various universities in the US, Australia, and Canada. He has published extensively in the field of literary criticism, poetry, applied linguistics, and opera and literature.
Alessandro Luchetti’s talk will discuss the impact of colonial propaganda songs on Fascist society. A selection of songs from the late Thirties will be analysed in order to observe how racist and sexist stereotypes helped build a consensus around the colonial enterprise.
Alessandro Luchetti is a PhD Student at NUIG. His main research interest focuses on postcolonial literature in Italian.
For more information please contact mario_inglese@yahoo.com

Journalism Screening:Media Pranks: From Welles to the Yes Men
2015-10-29 14:00
Journalism Screening
Title: Media Pranks: From Welles to the Yes Men
Details: October 30th 1938 saw one of the most celebrated media hoaxes of all time, when a young radio director, Orson Welles, broadcast an adaptation of HG Wells’ War of the Worlds. We will listen to this iconic radio broadcast, and examine it in relation to contemporary media hoaxes – specifically the work of New York-based culture-jamming activists, The Yes Men.
Links:
https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesMrBruns
http://theyesmen.org/
Dr. Andrew ÌÒ Baoill
andrew.obaoill@nuigalway.ie

Writing an ERC Advanced Grant Application by Professor Michael Woods, Advanced ERC Awardee Professor of Human Geography & Professor of Transformative Social Science at Aberystwyth University, Co-Director of the ESRC WISERD/Civil Society Research Centre
2015-10-29 12:30
NUI Galway Research Office Seminar Series

In conjunction with the Moore Institute, the Research Office is pleased to present:
Writing an ERC Advanced
Grant Application
by
Professor Michael Woods, Advanced ERC Awardee
Professor of Human Geography & Professor of Transformative Social Science at
Aberystwyth University,
Co-Director of the ESRC WISERD/Civil Society Research Centre
12.30pm, Thursday, 29th October
Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
All are welcome to attend
For more information please contact martha.shaughnessy@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series: Ciaran O Murchadha, The Great Famine: historiographical challenges.
2015-10-28 16:00
History Graduate Research Seminar Series
Ciaran O Murchadha,
The Great Famine: historiographical challenges.
FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁch
for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Anne Clarke (Landmark Productions), 'Producing and/as Innovation'
2015-10-28 14:00
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
Anne Clarke (Landmark Productions), “Producing and/as Innovation”
Landmark Productions is one of Ireland’s leading theatre producers. Established by Anne Clarke ten years ago, the company produces wide-ranging and ambitious work in Ireland and tours Irish work abroad.
In the past decade, the company has produced eighteen plays, including six Irish premieres and seven world premieres in Dublin including Enda Walsh’s Ballyturk, and its work has been seen in London, Edinburgh and New York.
They include the Irish premieres of David Hare’s Skylight, Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel, David Harrower’s Knives in Hens and his Olivier Award-winning play Blackbird.
World premieres include Fiona Looney’s Dandelions, October and Greener, and Paul Howard’s The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger and Between Foxrock and a Hard Place.
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

German Reading Group
2015-10-28 11:00
German Reading Group
Room 1003
Every wednesday 11-1
For more information please contact lucy.m.elvis@gmail.com

CAMPS Labs: Prof. Michael Clarke (Classics, NUIG) - 'Spirituality and Philology: Making Sense of the Irish Liber Hymnorum'
2015-10-23 12:00
Prof. Michael Clarke (Classics, NUIG)
‘Spirituality and Philology: Making Sense of the Irish Liber Hymnorum‘
Followed by discussion & light lunch
Everyone welcome – FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
For more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Presentation of the Scott Bills Memorial Prize to GearÌ_id Barry (History)
2015-10-21 17:00
All colleagues are cordially invited to the
Presentation of the Scott Bills Memorial Prize to GearÌ_id Barry (History)
On Wednesday 21 October 2015, 5.00pm.
Awarded by the Peace History Society (U.S.A.) in recognition of his book
The Disarmament of Hatred: Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the Legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 (2012)
Venue : Room 1001 (The Bridge), Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway
The Prize will be presented by Prof. Michael Clinton (Gwynned Mercy College, Penn.),
Peace History Society Board Member.
An informal reception with refreshments will follow brief speeches at 5.00 pm.
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch : All very welcome.
Please note: a video recording may be made: Prof Clinton is giving a Research Seminar in the same venue at 4p.m. on ‰Û÷French pacifism and the First World War’
The Scott Bills Memorial Prize remembers American diplomatic historian and alumnus of Kent State University Scott Bills (1948-2001). Awarded biennially by the Peace History Society, an international network of historians, it recognises a first book in peace history published within a two year timeframe. http://www.peacehistorysociety.org/bills.php

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Gender ARC and Global Women's Studies Research Seminar:Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Among U.S. University Students: European Parallels? Bill Flack, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Bucknell University and US-UK Fulbright Scholar, Ulster Un
2015-10-21 16:00
Research Seminar
Gender ARC and Global Women’s Studies at NUI Galway are pleased to invite you to:
Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Among U.S. University Students: European Parallels?
Bill Flack, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Bucknell University and US-UK Fulbright Scholar, Ulster University
Moderator and Discussant: Dr. Vesna Malesevic, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway
Date: Wednesday 21 October
Time: 4.00-5.00pm
Venue: ILAS Boardroom, 2nd Floor, Institute for Lifecourse and Society
All Welcome!
Abstract: This presentation will give a summary of developments in the U.S. regarding sexual violence among university students, followed by an example of research on one campus, discussion of current issues, a review of what is known about this problem in Europe, information about sources for research and advocacy, and discussion.
Bill Flack is a critical clinical psychologist and traumatologist, Associate Professor of Psychology at Bucknell University (Pennsylvania, USA), and a US-UK Fulbright Scholar at Ulster University. He is a specialist in research on violence against women, focusing on sexual assault among university students.
Vesna Malesevic has research and teaching interests in: the Sociology of Religion and the Sociology of Sexuality with a focus on the role of the Catholic Church and Civil Society. She has undertaken many research projects on topics in these areas, including on the attitudes and beliefs of university students regarding sex and sexuality and on LGBT issues, in contexts in Ireland and Eastern and Central Europe. She holds a PhD in Sociology (UCC); MA in Society and Politics (Central European University/University of Lancaster); and BA in Sociology (University of Zagreb).
For questions, please contact Gender ARC Seminar and Public Lecture Series Coordinator: Amie Lajoie, a.lajoie1@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series: Michael Clinton, Gwynedd Mercy University, Penn, French pacificsm confronts the First World War 1914-1918
2015-10-21 16:00
History Graduate Research Seminar Series
Michael Clinton, Gwynedd Mercy University, Penn,
French pacificsm confronts the First World War 1914-1918
FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁch
for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: 'Stephen Rea: a Life in Film and Theatre'
2015-10-21 14:30
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
“Stephen Rea: a Life in Film and Theatre”
SR discusses his significant contribution to cinema and drama, in Ireland and internationally, including the screening of extracts from his film and television work.
RSVP: hustonfilmschool@nuigalway.ie including 2.30pm session in subject line
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Dr. Emilie Pine University College, Dublin - 'Top Tips for Docu-Verbatim Memory Plays: "The Laramie Project" and "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later"'
2015-10-21 14:00
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
Dr. Emilie Pine (University College, Dublin)
‘Top Tips for Docu-Verbatim Memory Plays:
“The Laramie Project” and
“The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later”‘
Dr Emilie Pine lectures in modern drama in the School of English, Drama and Film at UCD. Emilie has published widely in the fields of memory studies, Irish studies and contemporary drama, and is the author of The Politics of Irish Memory: Performing Remembrance in Contemporary Irish Culture (Palgrave), Assistant Editor of the Irish University Review, and founding Director of the Irish Memory Studies Network. Emilie is currently writing a book on memory as a commodity in the performance marketplace.
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Drama, Theatre and Performance Speaker Series: Stephen Rea: Politics and the Artist
2015-10-21 13:00
Stephen Rea (Sponsored by Huston School of Film)
“Stephen Rea: Politics and the Artist”
Stephen Rea discusses the role of political engagement in arts and culture in Ireland.
RSVP: hustonfilmschool@nuigalway.ie including 1pm session in subject line
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

CAMPS Labs: Romanas Bulatovas (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG) - Early Bronze and Inflation under the Roman Republic'
2015-10-16 12:00
Romanas Bulatovas (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG)
‘Early Bronze and Inflation under the Roman Republic’
Followed by discussion & light lunch
Everyone welcome – FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
For more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie
