Moore Institute

Making England Irish? John Locke and the English Atlantic Empire
2023-05-02 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Dublin) | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
Inaugural Nicholas Canny Lecture @ the Moore Institute, University of Galway
David Armitage
Blankfein Professor of History
(Harvard University)
Making England Irish? John Locke and the English Atlantic Empire
This distinguished lecture series honours the career and contribution of Professor Nicholas Canny, emeritus chair of history and founding Director of the Moore Institute at the University of Galway, and the country’s leading interpreter of early modern Irish history and the Atlantic World.
Professor David Armitage is Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University. His many books include Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (2017), Foundations of Modern International Thought (2013), and The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000). He is completing an edition of John Locke’s colonial writings for the Clarendon Edition of his works.
Registration
This is a hybrid event. To attend in person, please register via Eventbrite. If you wish to join online, please email mooreinstitute@universityofgalway.ie for a Zoom link.

Royal Irish Academy International Affairs Annual Conference 2023: Human (in)security in an unsettled world
2023-05-02 09:30 - 17:00 | THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & streamed live on Zoom
Royal Irish Academy
International Affairs Annual Conference 2023
Human (in)security in an unsettled world
The Academy’s annual International Affairs Conference,
kindly supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
In our unsettled world of intersecting human and environmental crises, an urgent global governance challenge lies in actioning new visions and strategies of security. Two key tasks in addressing global security in the Anthropocene (the geologic era marked by human activity as the primary driver of environmental change) are: establishing holistic understandings of global security through effective communication of the overlapping human and environmental dimensions; and incorporating the range of component elements – from climate security to military security, from food security to health security – in formulating policies that work to transcend insecurities on the ground, promote global cooperation and advance integrated strategies of security. This conference takes up this dual challenge of envisioning a wider discourse of global security, and setting out how to address the planet’s overlapping insecurities more holistically. Papers will reflect on the multiple (in)securities of our contemporary moment, how they intersect in complex ways, and how more effective security responses can be achieved.
The conference will be followed by a reception hosted by the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs to launch the latest edition of Irish Studies in International Affairs.
TICKETS
Tickets are free, but booking is required. Both in-house attendance and live-streaming will be available, please register for either option.
Programme

The School of Political Science and Sociology Research Seminar: Language, Terminology and Representation Relating to Institutions Formerly known as 'mother and baby homes', 'county homes' and related institution
2023-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | CA110 Cairns Building, University of Galway
The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to the final research seminar of the 2022-2023 research seminar series, with Caroline McGregor, Carmel Devaney and Sarah-Anne Buckley.
Seminar Objectives:

To introduce the project and challenges and opportunities in relation to the methodology
To Present Selection of Findings
To raise critical awareness about terminology, language and terminology within context of Epistemic (Knowledge) injustice, Stigma and Power imbalance regarding construction and use of language, terminology and representation
To briefly highlight and ask you to publicise the Toolkit and messages for range of stakeholders
To specifically refer to what can be done by Academics, and within Academia, as a result of learning from the project.

Please note – this is the final lunch-time seminar of the 2022-2023 research seminar series.
All Welcome!

Figuring Ecologies Reading Network (FERN) – BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2023-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | The Bridge Room THB-1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway
Staff and students are warmly invited to attend the next gathering of the Figuring Ecologies Reading Network (FERN). We meet each month to discuss a literary or creative work on the subject of ecologies.
Next Meeting: Thursday 27 April 2023, Bridge Room, Moore Institute, 13.00-14.00
We will discuss BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer (email for readings).
All welcome!
For further information please contact:

Ashley Cahillane (School of English and Creative Arts) A.CAHILLANE1@nuigalway.ie
Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha (School of Languages, Literature and Cultures) L.NICHOISTEALBHA1@nuigalway.ie
Nessa Cronin (School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies) nessa.cronin@universityofgalway.ie
Patrick Lonergan (School of English and Creative Arts) patrick.lonergan@universityofgalway.ie
Tina-Karen Pusse (School of Languages, Literature and Cultures) tina-karen.pusse@universityofgalway.ie

RELIGION RE-IMAGINES THE WORLD, 1870-1930
2023-04-26 09:30 - 12:30 | The Bridge Room THB-1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway
RELIGION RE-IMAGINES THE WORLD, 1870-1930
0930-1045: Devotions and beliefs in changing times
CHAIR: Breandán MacSuibhne, Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta, Gaillimh.
‘Peripheral Vision: Marian Apparitions in Knock/An Cnoc and Dittrichswalde/Gietzrwald in the 1870s.’ Róisín Healy, Department of History, University of Galway.
‘Martyrs and Miracles: some religious aspects of Peig’s storytelling.’ Síle de Cléir, Scoil na Gaeilge, an Bhéarla agus an Cumarsáide, University of Limerick.
1045-1115: Coffee/tea
1115-1230: Religion and mission in war and peace.
CHAIR: Alison Forrestal, Department of History, University of Galway.
‘Thora Wedel Jarsberg (1863-1930): emotions, piety, practice.’ Inger Marie Okkenhaug, Department of History, Volda University College.
‘Rebuilding or Resurrection? Preliminary thoughts on French Catholics and the reconstruction of the “devastated regions” of the First World War.’ Gearóid Barry, Department of History, University of Galway.
This event is free and open to all participants.
Thanks to the History Department for sponsoring it, the Moore Institute for housing it, and the Centre for the Study of Religion for publicising it.
Convenor: Caitriona Clear, History Department, University of Galway.
Email: caitriona.clear@universityofgalway.ie

Open Scholarship Café: From Open Data to Open Science
2023-04-25 12:00 - 13:30 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
This is an in person event in the Hardiman Building, G010 (on ground floor). No previous or specialist knowledge is needed for this Cafe. All welcome! The event will finish with a free slice of fresh vegetarian pizza!
Please bring a device (laptop, tablet) as we will do some joined activities.
Emerging technologies such as AI, Data Analytics, and Robotics are critically enabling open science, but open science is more than a technology-driven change. One of the most important ones for open science to succeed is open data.
In Ireland, the National Open Data Portal (data.gov.ie) is the main repository of Irish open data. There are many benefits to opening data and reusing data for innovation. It is considered as a critical collaboration tool for many public and private sector organizations in Ireland. Open data speeds up the research process by facilitating re-use and enriching datasets while making the most of (public) investment in the production of research data. In essence, it allows more use of the same investment and thus more scope for discovery, in particular, for addressing crosscutting research questions like most of the big challenges that affect the world. In particular, this Café will look at the COVID-19 case of public health emergencies and how Irish/global research collaborations could help address the health and societal challenges.
With all that said, shared use of data goes beyond one discipline, expanding the scope of research and diversifying perspectives. It also allows for creation of new knowledge, products, and services. Still, sharing data is impeded by lack of formal recognition as data citations are not yet standard practice and by resistance from researchers who think that open data will jeopardize their individual publishing trajectory and impact.
The aim of this Café is to understand potentials of open data and importance of research data sharing for research and innovation. In addition to that, the Café will tap into the vast amount of knowledge and experiences of the participants to shed some light on the open research data discussions in the University.
The facilitator:

Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeleti is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at University of Galway and a scholar-in-residence at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Fatemeh’s expertise is in the areas of application and adoption of emerging technologies, data federation, data-driven innovation, open data, capability building, and data governance/strategy. She is the open data trainer of public bodies in Ireland and is involved in the development of the National Open Data Strategy (2022-2027). She has explored the world of R&D by managing and working in various European projects (Horizon Europe, H2020, Interreg, FP7) and national projects (IRC, SFI).
Registration
Registration is required. Please register at: https://universityofgalway.libcal.com/event/4013403

CAMPS Lab: Rosemary Power, Iona Nunnery and Its Norse-Gaelic Context
2023-04-21 12:00 - 14:00 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
This Lab is hybrid with Rosemary Power zooming in from Iona! Those in Galway still be meeting in HRB G010 at 12 noon, Friday 21st April, and lunch and discussion will follow as usual.
Rosemary will be speaking on ‘Iona Nunnery and Its Norse-Gaelic Context’:
This seminar paper concerns the foundation of the Augustinian nunnery on Iona in the late twelfth century, and the re-establishment of the Columban monastery as Benedictine some years later, with the consequent reusing of some of the architectural features. It also considers the site and the orientation of the buildings. While the main influence seems to have been Irish practice, the nunnery was situated within the archdiocese of Niðaróss [modern Trondheim], and the Norse influence is also considered.
If you wish to attend via Zoom, please register through this link:
https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMucuuqqDkjH9ORmyGbRpTk9fZew6-UQrrx

Knowledge, Vision, and Judgement in Early Modern English Literature
2023-04-20 14:00 - 18:00 | THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway
Knowledge, Vision, and Judgement in Early Modern English Literature
All are welcome to join this afternoon event, which will feature papers by:
Prof. Jane Grogan (UCD)
Dr Douglas Clark (U. de Neuchâtel)
Dr Lindsay Ann Reid (U. of Galway)
and a guest lecture by Prof. Kevin Curran (U. de Lausanne), followed by a wine reception.

The School of Political Science and Sociology research seminar: 'The eviction of Antonio Lopez - Slavery and Barcelona's colonial present'
2023-04-20 13:00 - 14:00 | AS203 (Arts/Science Building, River Room) University of Galway
The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with:
Jonathan Hannon (Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster)
‘The eviction of Antonio Lopez – Slavery and Barcelona’s colonial present’
Thursday 20th April,
1-2pm
AS203 (Arts/Science Building, River Room)
University of Galway
All Welcome!

Ukraine’s Fight for Survival. Lessons & Future Prospects - a Roundtable Discussion with the Ukrainian, Polish and Lithuanian Ambassadors to Ireland
2023-04-19 11:30 - 13:00 | IT125, IT Building, University of Galway
Ukraine’s Fight for Survival
Lessons & future Prospects – a Roundtable Discussion with the Ukrainian, Polish and Lithuanian Ambassadors to Ireland
After 420 days of heroic resistance, a free Ukraine still manages to exist although having paid an extraordinary price in suffering. This in person event brings the three Ambassadors to Ireland, from Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, together with University of Galway academic staff and students, to jointly share reflections and insight. How can we make sense of the invasion and what it means for Ukraine, Europe, and Ireland? Or indeed our wider world? What lessons can or should be drawn, and how can we conceive of victory and the war ending? Join us for a timely and respectful discussion of one of Europe’s most pressing crises.
Registration
Please register via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ukraines-fight-for-survival-lessons-future-prospects-a-table-discussion-tickets-609346570997

School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Research Day in memory of Dr. Mel Boland
2023-04-19 09:30 - 17:00 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Research Day
In memory of Dr. Mel Boland
To join online: https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/j/97191090627

Programme (pdf file available here SLLC Research Day Programme)
9.30 Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Rebecca Braun (Dean, CASSCS)
Chaosheng Zhang (Vice-Dean Research, CASSCS)
Anne O’Connor (Chair, Research Committee SLLC)
9.45-10.45 Session 1: Humour
Chair: Pilar Alderete Diez
• Marie Blom: Creativity in Translation: a strategy for translating humour
• Daniela Toulemonde: The subtitling into Spanish of reference and citationality-based humour in RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Ivan Kenny: El México rojo: Entropic Humour, Naturalism and Death in Luis Buñuel’s El río y la muerte and Ensayo de un crimen
10.45-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.15 Session 2: Languages of Encounter/International Encounter
Chair: Begoña Sangrador-Vegas
• Deirdre Byrnes: Seán O’Casey in the GDR
• Sara-Louise Cooper: Marie Darrieussecq, Edouard Glissant and Gustave Flaubert: Reading Mediterranean Migration from the Caribbean
• Tony Tracy: Good Enough? Motherhood in Contemporary Irish Cinema
12.15-1.15 Lunch
1.15-2.15 Session 3: Latin America and the Canon
Roundtable Discussion
Chair: Lorraine Kelly
With contributions from: Céire Broderick; Monika Jurkiewicz; Kate Quinn; Jenny Wood
2.15-3.15 Session 4: Linguistics and Translation
Chair: Francesca Nicora
• John Walsh: New speakers of minority languages in Spain
• Andrea Ciribuco and Samantha Goodchild: International encounters in rural Ireland. Participative methods in research with culturally and linguistically diverse communities”
• Martín Veiga: Textual Mobilities: Literary Translation as Research and Creative Practice
3.15-3.30 Coffee
3.30-4.00 Dr. Mel Boland In Memoriam
Owen Harrington Fernandez (Heriot Watt University)
Dan Carey (Director of Moore Institute)
Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh (President, University of Galway)
4.00-5.00 Translation, poetry and song
Chair: Anne O’Connor
Lorna Shaughnessy: Translation between forms: from written text to visual media
Screening of Short Film Finding Mothers by Barra Convery, based on the poetry of Lorna Shaughnessy
Lillis Ó Laoire: Translating popular songs into Irish: Motivations, methods and metrics.
5.00 Concluding Remarks and Reception
Tina Pusse (Head of School, Languages, Literatures and Cultures)
Zoom Link: https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/j/97191090627

EU public diplomacy, with the occasion of the recent publication of the Special Issue ‘Global Perspectives on European Union Public Diplomacy’
2023-04-18 11:30 - 14:30 | THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room, HRB, University of Galway
The School of Political Science & Sociology is organizing a half-day public event on EU public diplomacy, with the occasion of the recent publication of the Special Issue ‘Global Perspectives on European Union Public Diplomacy’ in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, co-edited by Dr Evans Fanoulis (University of Galway) and Dr Weiqing Song (University of Macau). The Special Issue can be accessed here.
The event will take place in a hybrid mode, both online and onsite.
Please, email Dr Evans Fanoulis (evans.fanoulis@universityofgalway.ie) by 15 April 2023 to register for the event, mentioning whether you will be attending online or onsite.
The event is kindly sponsored by the Discipline of Politics of the School of Political Science & Sociology, University of Galway.

“What has happened to this house?” Brian Friel and His Mother’s People
2023-04-03 13:00 - 14:00 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
“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

'Frankfurt School: Passion, Profanation, Apocalypse' Symposium
2023-03-31 09:30 - 18:00 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
‘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 and open to all.
To book a place please email Diana Stypinska at Diana.Stypinska@universityofgalway.ie
The symposium is organized by the School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, the Sociological Association of Ireland Social Theory Study Group, and the Department of Sociology and Criminology, University College Cork

Inbetween Worlds: Fashioning Bodies in the Metaverse
2023-03-30 13:00 - 14:00 | IT 203, University of Galway
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. In her work she connects philosophical concepts, and fashion theory to analyze current developments especially in fashion and artistic practices using wearables, immersive-, and sensor-technologies. Her focus lies on the potential of fashion to create new, inclusive, and liveable futures. She considers the field of the intersection between fashion, art, and science a productive fundament to understand the cultural implications of fashion in a critically engaged way. Förster teaches and performs in collaborations with artists and creators in technology. Currently, Förster is appointed as Foreign Expert and Research Professor at Shanxi University Taiyuan, China and teaches philosophy at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany.
(If you cannot attend in person but would like to follow the lecture online, please contact felix.omurchadha@universityofgalway.ie to register).
This event is being hosted by the Discipline of Philosophy.

University of Galway History Seminar: Empires, Workers, and Saints: 'Progressive Imperialism’, Working Class Radicalism, and the Rise of New Millennial Cults in the 1870s
2023-03-29 16:00 - 17:30 | THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room, HRB, University of Galway
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 morphed into a novel and complex Euro-American ideology of «progressive imperialism», which justified the rule of empires with the extension of progressive institutions and progressive technological advancements. Yet, behind this veneer of optimism associated with the achievements of «progressive imperialism», the shrinking of the world caused by the spread of empires also led to a great deal of anxiety for those who saw them as powerful instruments in the global expansion of capitalism as a system of imperial exploitation. In 1873, the worldwide economic crisis showed the limits of the project of economic and political globalization pursued by the Euro-American powers according to the ideology of «progressive imperialism». At the same time, as a result of the worsening of the conditions of workers worldwide, this turn of events also led to a radicalization of worker movements with the rise of global anarcho-syndicalism. It also heralded the start of a new wave of millennial cults, chief among them the Jehova’s Witnesses in the United States. Less known, but well worth studying, is the movement led in Italy by Davide Lazzaretti, the ‘Christ of Mount Amiata’, which combined Socialism and Christianity in a powerful syncretistic protest in 1870s Tuscany.
Biography
Enrico Dal Lago is Established Professor of History at the University of Galway. He is the author or editor of 14 books, 6 of which authored monographs, including, most recently, Civil War and Agrarian Unrest: The Confederate South and Southern Italy (Cambridge University Press, 2018), the first comparative history of the American Civil War and Italy’s Great Brigandage, and Lincoln (Salerno Editrice, 2022), one of only two biographies of Lincoln written by an Italian historian. In 2016, he received a D.Litt. on Published Work in History by the National University of Ireland, and in 2020 he became a Member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Registration
This is a hybrid event. The paper will be delivered, in-person, in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway and streamed simultaneously on Zoom: https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/j/97525861257.
I‘m very pleased to say that this talk will also be preceded by a social event – join us from 3.30pm for tea, coffee, snacks, and an end-of-semester chat.
To attend via Zoom, please register at: https://forms.office.com/e/8tu82d33aR.
This talk is part of the University of Galway History Seminar series.

University of Galway History Seminar Semester 2, 2022-23
2023-03-29 16:00 - 17:30 | online & livestream in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
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, please check the History Department Twitter feed (twitter.com/historyatgalway) or contact Dr Kevin O’Sullivan at kevin.k.osullivan@universityofgalway.ie

New Irish Fiction: a Symposium
2023-03-25 10:30 - 17:00 | Pulitzer Hall (Journalism School), Columbia University
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 time in fiction. They are also deeply attuned to politics, writing in the wake of the global economic downturn, the collapse of the moral authority of the Catholic church, the Good Friday Agreement, and the creation of new forms of identity in Ireland.
Our day-long symposium consists of three panels and brings together some of the most widely acclaimed and adventurous Irish writers of the twenty-first century to discuss the way forward for Irish fiction in a time of migration, right-wing populism, and increasing demands for gender, racial, economic, and climate justice.
This event was originally scheduled for the Spring 2020 Semester but had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re thrilled to offer it as part of the Spring 2023 Semester.
Participants

Colin Barrett was born in 1982 and grew up in County Mayo. In 2009, he was awarded the Penguin Ireland Prize. “Young Skins” won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His work has been published in The New Yorker, A Public Space, Granta, and The Stinging Fly. In 2015, Barrett was named a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35.”
Luke Cassidy (he/him) is a writer and theatre-maker from Dundalk, Ireland. His debut novel Iron Annie was published by Bloomsbury Books in September 2021, and shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2022. He toured a theatre adaptation of Iron Annie to theatres around Ireland in 2021 and 2022, and is currently developing new work for the stage. His second novel, Tooth & Nail, will be published in early 2024, also by Bloomsbury Books. He is published in North America by Vintage/Anchor Books.
Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. Her debut novel Exciting Times was published by W&N in the UK and by Ecco in the US in 2020 and became an international bestseller with translation rights sold into thirty languages. She is the winner of the 2021 Hawthornden Prize and has been shortlisted and longlisted for awards, including the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her second novel, The Happy Couple, will be published in 2023.
Rob Doyle is the author of four internationally acclaimed books: Autobibliography, Threshold, This Is the Ritual, and Here Are the Young Men, which has been adapted for film. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Observer, Dublin Review, and many other publications, and he is the editor of two anthologies.
Nicole Flattery‘s short story collection Show Them a Good Time was published by Bloomsbury in 2019. Her work has appeared in The White Review, The Stinging Fly, and the London Review of Books. Her novel, Nothing Special, will be out in the US in July 2023. She lives in Dublin.
Mike McCormack is an award-winning novelist and short story writer from Mayo. His previous work includes Getting it in the Head (1996), Notes from a Coma (2005), which was shortlisted for BGE Irish Novel of the Year, and Forensic Songs (2012). In 2016, Solar Bones won the Goldsmiths Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, and was BGE Irish Book of the Year, and in 2017, it was longlisted for the Man Booker prize.
Eimear McBride is the author of three novels A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, The Lesser Bohemians, and Strange Hotel. She held the inaugural Creative Fellowship at the Beckett Research Centre, University of Reading, with the resulting performance work ‘Mouthpieces’ subsequently recorded for RTE Radio. Her long-form essay “Something Out of Place: Women and Disgust” was published in 2021. She is a recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, Kerry Prize, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Desmond Elliot Prize, and James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Lisa McInerney is the author of three novels: The Glorious Heresies, The Blood Miracles, and The Rules of Revelation. She has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Desmond Elliott Prize, the RSL Encore Award, and the Premio Edoardo Kihlgren for European literature, and has been nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award, the Premio Strega Europeo, the Sunday Times Short Story Award, and twice for the Dylan Thomas Award. Lisa is the editor of the Irish literary magazine, The Stinging Fly.
Belinda McKeon is a novelist and playwright. Her novels, Solace (2011) and Tender (2016), were both Irish bestsellers and won awards, including the Faber Prize and Irish Book of the Year. She lived in New York for many years and is now back in Ireland, where she is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Maynooth University, Ireland.
Moderator
Colm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including Brooklyn and The Master. He is Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University.
Kevin Power is a novelist and critic. He graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in 2002, an MA in 2003, and a PhD in American Literature in 2013. His first novel, Bad Day in Blackrock, was published in 2008 and was filmed as What Richard Did (2012), directed by Lenny Abrahamson. He is an assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin.
Other Moderator to be announced shortly.
Registration
Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-irish-fiction-tickets-490515634467
Further information is available at: New Irish Fiction: a Symposium | Event | SOF/Heyman (sofheyman.org)

Harnessing the Arts for Futures Thinking and Planning
2023-03-24 12:30 - 17:00 | The Bridge Room THB-1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway
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 public sector. In this half day workshop participants will be introduced to creative approaches to harnessing the arts and literature to imagine and explore possible futures from multiple perspectives. The hands-on practical element of the day allows professionals working in research, practice and/or policy environments to experience using the Literary Futures approach to create and interrogate their own imagined futures and consider the challenges that might emerge were these worlds to come into existence, including, for example, the effect of any unintended consequences on different stakeholders and communities. The workshop will also explore the ways that Literary Futures might contribute to the day-to-day work of participants.
Literary Futures workshops, developed at the Universities of Lancaster and Galway, are designed to be accessible and empowering. All activities are easily replicated and can be used in a variety of planning, research or policy situations. They also encourage communication and collaboration among different stakeholders at a time when multiple voices feed into and influence policy decisions and approaches.
This event responds to the OPSI / OECD Policy Brief, ‘Towards a Strategic Foresight System in Ireland’ and the ongoing ‘Strengthening Policy Making and Foresight in the Irish Public Service’ project. Literary Futures is a method that can be used within this wider foresight landscape. It contributes to the ‘Strengthening Policy Making and Foresight in the Irish Public Service’ project’s aims of supporting organisations and departments make sense of and act upon different ideas of the future, informing better decisions about the future that require action today.
Registration is essential. Spaces on this workshop are limited.
No previous experience is necessary.
Programme:
12.30 – 1.00: Buffet lunch on arrival
1.00 – 1:30 Testimonies from Futurists in the UK and Irish Public Sectors
1:30-3.30: Literary Futures Workshop
3.30 – 4.00: Break
4.00 – 5.00: Group Reflection: The Practical Implications of Literary Futures In/for the wider Futures Thinking Landscape
If you have any questions please contact Dr Orla Lehane orla.lehane@universityofgalway.ie or Dr Maria Roca Lizarazu maria.rocalizarazu@universityofgalway.ie

CAMPS Lab: Transnational Transformations of English Drama
2023-03-24 12:00 - 14:00 | THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room, HRB, University of Galway
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 plays, which were taken to the Continent by travelling players from the 1580s onwards. These German play texts emerged from a process of cultural and theatrical translation, whereby English drama was adapted for German audiences, often through a process of streamlining the plot and placing greater emphasis on physical action. Dr Shmygol’s paper situates these plays in the broader history of early modern transnational drama and practices of textual editing. This is primarily achieved through offering an account of the Early Modern German Shakespeare project, which has produced modern English scholarly editions of four ‘German’ Shakespeare plays (including a version of Titus Andronicus), published in Bloomsbury’s Arden Shakespeare series.
Registration
This is a hybrid event. The paper will be delivered, in-person, in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway and streamed simultaneously on Zoom.
If you wish to attend via Zoom, please register through this link: https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkcu6gqTwsH9aTRylLKNnINMq_-7dTFT_H

Re-mapping Landscapes
2023-03-24 09:45 - 17:00 | Kylemore Abbey, Galway
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 made to understanding the landscape of the west of Ireland currently on display at Kylemore Abbey. The Architecture at the Edge symposium is organised in collaboration with Kylemore Abbey, the Royal Irish Academy and the Moore Institute, University of Galway.
For further information and booking details see: https://www.architectureattheedge.com/events-2023
For more information please email: architecture.edge@gmail.com and Dr Nessa Cronin nessa.cronin@universityofgalway.ie

Margaret Heavey Memorial Lecture
2023-03-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Joseph Larmor Theatre (Concourse)
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 heart of this investigation is the inevitable contrast of Philip II and Alexander III, emphasizing the limits of many stock comparisons and highlighting, instead, the subtlety of the approach of the ancient Macedonians.
Speaker: Dr Eoghan Moloney is Lecturer in Ancient History in the Department of Ancient Classics, returning to Maynooth having formerly been senior lecturer in Classical Studies at the University of Winchester (2015–2022) as well as lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Adelaide (2006–2012). Eoghan took both BA & MA in Maynooth and then then moved to Darwin College, Cambridge, where he completed his PhD on the cultural history of the ancient Macedonians in the Faculty of Classics. That remains a key topic of interest, with a new History of Macedonia in preparation for publication by Bloomsbury. But Eoghan has also published on the reception of Classics in Ireland and on the topic of peace in antiquity (Peace and Reconciliation in the Classical World (Routledge 2017, with Michael Williams).
Reception to follow. All welcome!

A conversation with Claudia Durastanti
2023-03-23 17:00 - 18:00 | AMB-G065, Psychology Building, University of Galway (hybrid event)
Description: Francesco Chianese (Cardiff University) and Michela Sereni (University of Galway) in conversation with Italian author Claudia Durastanti. Durastanti is the author of four novels, including the 2019 La Straniera, which was shortlisted for the Premio Strega and was translated into English as Strangers I Know by Elizabeth Harris (2022). Durastanti is a translator herself, working from English to Italian: she translated the latest Italian edition of The Great Gatsby and has also translated works by Donna Haraway, Joshua Cohen, and Ocean Vuong.
The talk will be delivered in English.
Webinar registration: https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jhLHqatQROWuK9CD6-VcAw

Breaking Ground: Diversity and Inclusivity in Ireland’s Literary and Publishing Communities
2023-03-23 13:00 - 16:00 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
Breaking Ground: Diversity and Inclusivity in Ireland’s Literary and Publishing Communities
To mark Nelson Mandela Anti-Racism Week at the University of Galway, this event addresses the following question: how can we develop more inclusive literary and publishing industries that reflect Ireland’s rich and diverse culture? In the first part of the event (1:00-2:00 pm), authors from Breaking Ground Ireland (Ashwin Chacko, Charlotte Rea-Patel, Mary Watson) will deliver readings from their creative work. Launched in 2022, Breaking Ground Ireland, is a groundbreaking publication that profiles emerging and established writers and illustrators from ethnic minority backgrounds, including those from Irish Traveller backgrounds. Refreshments will be served during a social interval (2:00-2:30 pm). In the second part of the event (2:30-4:00 pm), speakers (Sharmilla Beezmohun of Speaking Volumes and Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan of Skein Press) will address different aspects of inclusion and diversity in the literary and publishing industries in Ireland, referring to their personal experiences of advocacy and activism in this area. Both will examine the current state of the field and make recommendations on best practices for building inclusivity in those environments. The event will conclude with a roundtable discussion featuring all invited speakers. This event is co-organised and moderated by Dr Justin Tonra and Dr Lindsay Reid of the School of English and Creative Arts.
Further information and registration at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-ground-diversity-inclusivity-in-literature-publishing-tickets-526493485187

The School of Political Science and Sociology research seminar: ‘Spoiled for choice: The effects of negative political messaging in multiparty systems with multimember electoral districts’
2023-03-23 13:00 - 14:00 | AS203 (Arts/Science Building, River Room), University of Galway
The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with:
Michele Crepaz (Queen’s University Belfast)
Supported by the Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster
‘Spoiled for choice: The effects of negative political messaging in multiparty systems with multimember electoral districts’
Abstract:
Classical electoral behaviour theories associate the use of negative campaigning with two-party plurality systems. Nevertheless, negative campaigning has become a widely used electoral strategy also outside of these contexts, despite scant scholarly evidence of its benefits for political parties and candidates who employ it. Our research question is simple – is negative campaign messaging effective in multiparty systems with multimember districts? Or does it create a ‘boomerang effect’ in this context, for which the producer of the message faces a backlash? Multiparty systems with multimember districts should, according to the literature, be least-likely scenarios, where the effects of negative campaigning are most complex if not unpredictable. If found to be effective, this could be evidence that the strategy of attacking political opponents is less context dependent than previously assumed. This paper uses the newly available archive of Facebook political ads to inform a survey experiment design that tests the effects of negative political messages on voters. We employ this survey in Ireland, which uses the single transferable vote system, as a suitable least-likely case. Our results suggest some preliminary evidence in support of the efficacy of negative campaigning in these contexts which invalidate previously held assumptions. We also probe the causal mechanisms that underlie the effects of negative messages in this context.
Paper Authors:
Alan Duggan (University of Nottingham)
Michele Crepaz (Queen’s University Belfast)
Liam Kneafsey (Trinity College Dublin)
All Welcome!

Palynology and land-use in Preseli: Investigating the origin of the Stonehenge bluestones
2023-03-23 13:00 - 13:50 | Education Room, Galway City Museum
The School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies Spring Lunchtime Lecture Series 2023
Thursday, 2 March Dr Kevin Lynch
Can sand dunes survive climate change?
Thursday, 9 March Conor Newman
The bull with the sun on its forehead
Thursday, 16 March Dr Kieran O’Conor
Recent research at Moygara Castle, Co. Sligo
Thursday, 23 March Dr Daisy Spencer
Palynology and land-use in Preseli: Investigating the origin of the Stonehenge bluestones
Thursday, 30 March John Brady
Locating Athenry in ‘Castlerampart’: Mary Lavin’s literary townscapes

Fráma Eile: An tOileánach / The Islander by Tomás Ó Criomhthain
2023-03-23 11:30 - 13:30 | Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies, University of Galway
Fráma Eile: An tOileánach / The Islander by Tomás Ó Criomhthain

Description:
The Fráma Eile roundtable series, organized by PhD students in the Centre for Irish Studies and Roinn na Gaeilge, explores new approaches to framing established texts (in both English and Irish), material objects, and artwork in the Irish Studies canon.
The first roundtable discusses An tOileánach / the Islander by Tomás Ó Criomhthain, the famous Blasket Island autobiography. Three speakers will highlight aspects of the text which have escaped critical attention to date, as well as suggest new reading methods and consider how An tOileánach has been framed in the academy to date.
This event will be bilingual.
All are welcome, and after presentations, the floor will be open to contributions and comments from all in attendance.

Public Speak Outs
2023-03-22 19:30 - 2023-03-23 19:30 | Druid Theatre, Galway City & Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort
The UrbanLab is hosting two public Speak Outs later this month that invite citizens to give short presentations on local development issues. The Speak Outs ask how we can make Galway and the wider region a better place.
The Galway City Speak Out is on Wednesday, 22 March at 7.30 pm at the Druid Theatre. The Eventbrite page is here.
The Gort Speak Out is on Thursday 23 March at 7.30 pm at the Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort. The Eventbrite page for the event is here.

Exhibition Launch Gerald Dawe: Cultural Belongings
2023-03-22 17:30 - 18:30 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
Join us for the launch of the exhibition Gerald Dawe: Cultural Belongings.
The career of the prolific poet, essayist, and memoirist Gerald Dawe has led him from his origins in Belfast to graduate work in Galway and a lecturing post here, and subsequent move to Dublin where he taught at TCD. He is author of ten collections of poetry and numerous books of criticism, life writing and anthologising of Irish writing.
This event features Gerry in conversation with Dr Frank Ferguson (Director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, Ulster University).

The audio recording of the Exhibition Launch Gerald Dawe: Cultural Belongings event is available on the Moore Institute Podcast Channel

Speakers include:
Professor Dan Carey (Director of the Moore Institute, University of Galway)
Professor Pól Ó’Dochartaigh (Registrar and Deputy President, University of Galway)
Dr. Frank Ferguson (Director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Ulster) in conversation with Gerald Dawe
Dr. Barry Houlihan (Archivist, University of Galway)

Digital Innovation & Creativity in Arts and Humanities Research
2023-03-22 13:30 - 15:00 | THB-G011 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway & online via Zoom
Digital Innovation & Creativity in Arts and Humanities Research
Sessions
Lightning Talks: Current Directions in Digital Innovation & Creativity in AHSS Research
Panel Discussion: “The future of digital innovation & creative technologies in AHSS research at University of Galway”

1:30 Words of welcome Prof. Dan Carey
1:40
Lightning Presentations: 3 mins/3 slides
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Presentation 1
Prof. Marie Louise Coolahan;
Funding: ERC Consolidator Project;
RECIRC: The Reception and Circulation of Early modern Women’s Writing, 15501700 is a research project about the impact of women writers and tehir works in the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries.
Link: https://recirc.universityofgalway.ie
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Presentation 2
Dr. Mairéad Ní Chroinín
Funding: Arts Council of Ireland
Designing mechanics to encourage practices of ‘ecological perception’ through digital performance.
Through a Theatre Artist in Residence grant from the Arts Council of Ireland, in partnership with Nuns Island Theatre and the Moore Institute, I am exploring how interactive, immersive performances created with digital technologies can change our understanding of how we are connected with the environment around us. This builds on the argument developed by Laura Sewall (ecopyschologist) that we must ‘practice’ different ways of paying attention to our bodies and the world around us in order to connect with the ways in which we are a part of, rather than separate from, the ecosystem in which we live. Sewall argues that fostering this new ‘ecological perception’ is crucial to changing the negative human behaviours that have contributed to the environmental and climate crises.
In this project I am exploring the ways in which digital technologies such as sensor technologies, responsive audio, and mixed and virtual reality allows us to create performance mechanics that encourage the audience member to physically ‘practice’ these new forms of ‘ecological perception’.

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Presentation 3
Dr. Pat Collins
Measuring Place Resonance

UrbanLab Galway brings together a range of views, expertise and methods to investigate and prototype solutions to contemporary urban issues. Building partnerships between communities and organisations in order to promote participatory approaches to the sustainable transformation of place.
Current projects, funded by Horizon Europe (INSITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in no-urban areas), funded by SFI (Platform Urbanism: Knowing the city), both make use of technology to help us better understand the role of culture and creativity in making places.
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Presentation 4
Dr. Conn Holohan
Funding: IRC (2019, 2022), SFI Discover (2023)
Immersive Empathy
Using Immersive Technologies to communicate the experience of homelessness – the objective of the project is to explore Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) immersive experiences in collaboration with clients from the Galway Simon Community to look at how we can capture and convey aspects of the experience of homelessness
Link: https://iempathy.universityofgalway.ie

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Presentation 5
Dr. Jacopo Bisagni – presented by Dr. Sarah Corrigan, postdoctoral researcher on the project.
Funding: IRC Laureate
IRCABRITT Ireland and Carolingian Brittany: Texts and Transmission. The project explores the intellectual exchanges between Ireland, Brittany and Francia during the Carolingian age (c. AD 750–1000).
Link: https://ircabritt.nuigalway.ie
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Presentation 6
Dr. Justin Tonra
Funding: European Assoc for Digital Humanities
Eververse was a yearlong project which synthesised perspectives from the humanities and sciences to develop critical and creative explorations of poetry and poetic identity in the digital age. Deploying tools and methods from poetic theory, data processing and analysis, and Natural Language Generation (NLG), Eververse used data from a quantified self device to automatically generate and publish poetry which correlated with the poet’s varying physical states.
Link: https://eververse.nuigalway.ie
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Presentation 7
Marie Boran – Archivist, James Hardiman Library
Funding: IRC and Heritage Council
Irish Landed Estates project is running since 2005. It aims to create a signpost for those wishing to know more about landed estates in Ireland, c.1700-c.1914. It includes a short description of the estate with details of the families who owned it and any Big Houses. A principal element are the references to the location of archival and printed sources which provide more information on the estate.
Data for 11 counties in Connacht and Munster is currently available while work is nearing completion on three Ulster counties, Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. The database, including an interactive map, is available at https://landedestates.ie/.
Link: https://landedestates.ie

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Presentation 8
Dr. Seán Crosson
Funding: CASSCS Strategic Research Development Scheme
Sport and European Cinema: This web resource has developed from ongoing research by Dr. Seán Crosson of the depiction of sport in film and is dedicated to capturing the extraordinary story of how sport has featured across the history of European cinema – and the fascinating insights relevant productions give us today into the development of specific sports, national cultures and European society more broadly. On this platform visitors will find an extensive database of primarily European fiction films featuring sport dating back to the first fiction production from 1910, Rogues of the Turf (UK), and includes relevant links to further databases (both international and national), information and (in some cases) streaming possibilities. The database will also allow visitors to explore data visualisations of some of the information gathered there, including with regard to time of release, country, associated genre and production company. In addition to the database, the platform also hosts case studies based on the research materials gathered, a list of relevant project publications, a bibliography of relevant texts on the subject of sport in the cinema, and a blog (that we welcome new entries to). Learning resources are currently being developed as part of a related EC funded project ‘Film Corner’.
Link: https://sportandfilm.eu
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Presentation 9
An tOll Rióna Ní Fhrighil presented by Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Research Assistant on the project.
Funding: IRC Laureate
Republic of Conscience: Human Rights and Modern Irish Poetry (RoC) is an IRC-funded research project that examines how Irish poets respond to international human rights violations and crises in their poetry. RoC proposes a multilingual understanding of ‘Irish poetry’ and includes poems composed in Irish or in English as well as poems translated into Irish or English in the 20th and 21st century.
A significant output is an open-access, searchable database with details of relevant poems collected to date.
Link: https://roc.nuigalway.ie (In Progress)

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2:15 Panel Discussion
“The future of digital innovation & creative technologies in Arts and Humanities research
at University of Galway”
Chair: Dr. Paul Dodd, Vice President for Engagement
Panellists:

Dr. Pádraic Moran – Current IRC Laureate PI of project Global and Local Scholarship on Annotated Manuscripts (GLOSSAM), Co-ordinator of the Digital Humanities Research Group within the Moore Institute/CASSCS.
Dr. Erin McCarthy – Current IRC Laureate PI of “STEMMA: Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse, 1558–1660” and incoming ERC Coordinator PI of ‘Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse, 1475–1700 (STEMMA)’.
Dr. Conn Holohan, Director of the Centre for Creative Technologies and PI of the IRC funded Immersive Empathy Project.
Prof. Rebecca Braun – Executive Dean, CASSCS
David Kelly – Digital Humanities Manager, Moore Institute

2:50

Networking – Tea/Coffee
