Moore Institute

Guest Lecture by Dr. Cillian O'Hogan (University of Waterloo), 'The Medieval Irish translation of Lucan's De Bello Civili'
2013-02-21 14:00 (Europe/Dublin)
The Medieval Irish translationof Lucan‰۪s De Bello Civili
A guest lecture byDr. Cillian O‰۪Hogan(University of Waterloo)
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch ‰ÛÒ Everyone is welcome

Text Help Training
2013-02-21 12:00
Text Help Training
Edit and Proofread Academic Writing using Text help Software
For more Information contact: martha.higgins@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series - MÌÁirÌ_n McCarron - THe making of a 21st-century Saint
2013-02-20 16:00
MÌÁirÌ_n McCarron
The Making of a 21st-century Saint
contact: daibhi.ocroinin@nuigalway.ie

'The Value of Archives for Doctoral Research'
2013-02-20 14:00
Information meeting for potential doctoral students in the Humanities and Social Sciences
‰Û÷The Value of Archives for Doctoral Research’
A series of short presentations by academics and archivists on archive collections pertaining to the following areas:
åá History
åá Gaeilge
åá English
åá Irish Studies
åá Film and Digital Media
åá Sociology and Political Science
All students thinking of doctoral research are strongly advised to attend. All welcome
An Archives Group initiative.

A weekly seminar on the Middle Irish Tale Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
2013-02-20 12:00
A weekly seminar on the Middle Irish Tale
Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
‘The Stratagem of Irard mac Coisse’
led by Prof. MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha (School of Humanities)
Every Wednesday at 12.00 noon
beginning Wednesday 23 January 2013
in the Moore Institute Seminar Room
The 10th-century Connacht poet Irard mac Coisse is titled ‘prÌ_m̩ices Ìärenn ‘Ireland’s foremost poet’ in his annalistic obituary (‰ÛÊ990). Among his patrons were such leading Irish figures as the king of Tara, Domnall (‰ÛÊ980) ̼a N̩ill, and his queen, Der FÌÁil (‰ÛÊ1010). Poems he wrote in their honour are among his extant works. The most important text attributed to him is the long allegorical tale Airec menman Iraird Coisse. Many scholars have commented on its great significance for understanding Gaelic literary tradition.
In Week 1 and 2, a literary context for this work will be outlined. Thereafter, transcripts of the manuscript witnesses will be compared with the aim of making a critical edition.
For further information, please contact MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha
(mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie / 087-7502095 )
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
SeimineÌÁr seachtaini̼il (trÌ_ Bh̩arla) ar an Sc̩al MeÌÁn-Ghaeilge
Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
(‘Strait̩is Ioraird Mhic Coise’)
faoi sti̼ir an Oll. MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha (Scoil na nDaonnachtaÌ_)
Gach C̩adaoin ag 12.00 nÌ_n

Book Launch -Phenomenologies of Art and Vision by Prof Paul Crowther
2013-02-19 16:00
Phenomenologies of Art & Vision – a post analytic Turn
An original study of the intrinsic significance of art that draws on ideas, thinkers and approaches from phenomenology and analytic aesthetics.

Text Help Training
2013-02-19 12:00
Text Help Training
Edit and Proofread Academic Writing Usint Text Help Sortware
Text Help (or READ Write Gold) is specialist software to support reading, writing and learning. The university has a site licence for Text Help and it is available in most of our PC suites to all students.
For more information contact martha.higgins@nuigalway.ie

SEMINAR: 'Israel, the United States and the American Jewish relationship to Israel' -Speaker: Daniel Sokatch, CEO of the New Israel Fund
2013-02-15 14:00
Israel, the United States and the American Jewish relationship to Israel
Daniel Sokatch (CEO of the New Israel Fund)
Daniel Sokatch is the Chief Executive Officer of the New Israel Fund (NIF), the leading organization committed to equality and democracy for all Israelis (www.nif.org). The NIF funds and supports social change organisations in Israel, opposes inequality, injustice and extremism and often takes the initiative in setting the public agenda. Before joining NIF, Sokatch served as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco. Prior to his tenure at Federation, he served as the founding Executive Director of the Los Angeles based Progressive Jewish Alliance. In recognition of his leadership, Sokatch has been named to the Forward newspaper’s “Forward 50,” an annual list of the fifty leading Jewish decision-makers and opinion-shapers in the US, in 2002, 2005 and 2008 and 2010. Daniel has an MA from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, a JD from Boston College Law School, and a BA from Brandeis University.His talk will address the current political situation in Israel in the wake of an election which is expected to produce a significant move to the right and the current situation in Washington, DC regarding Israel and Palestine.It will examine the current state of the American Jewish relationship to Israel and the role that this plays in relations between the United States and Israel and in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Sponsored by the School of Political Science and Sociology and the Whitaker Institute For further information contact niall.odochartaigh@nuigalway.ie

CAMPS lab: Chris Doyle, 'The Seeming Futility of Church Sanctuary in Late Antiquity, ca. 395-423'
2013-02-15 12:00
CAMPS LAB
Chris Doyle
‘The Seeming Futility of Church Sanctuary in Late Antiquity, ca. 395-423’

Information Session: Irish Research Council postgraduate scholarships
2013-02-14 18:00
Information Session
Irish Research Council (IRC) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme.
Please note that this scheme is now open to students from all countries. Prof. SeÌÁn Ryder, member of the Council and Acting Director of the Moore Institute, will attend both sessions. IRC Postgraduate Scheme This scheme (which was announced recently – see www.research.ie ) is a principal source of doctoral funding currently available to students in the Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities and associated disciplines. If you currently hold a Hardiman Scholarship or Galway Postdoctoral Scholarship, you must apply to the IRC scheme (see the Terms and Conditions for further information). There will be a further information session on the IRC scheme at a later stage this semester.

For more information contact martha.shaughnessy@nuigalway.ie
Seisi̼n eolais faoi Chomhairle Taighde Ìäireann:
DÌÁta: D̩ardaoin 14 Feabhra, 1800-1900 Ionad: Seomra SeimineÌÁir, Institi̼id de MÌ_ra (SlÌ_ DÌÁla) Beidh an tOll. SeÌÁn Ryder, ball den Chomhairle Taighde agus Sti̼rthÌ_ir GnÌ_omhach Institi̼id de MÌ_ra, i lÌÁthair ag an dÌÁ sheisi̼n. Sc̩im Iarch̩ime Chomhairle Taighde Ìäireann FÌ_graÌ_odh an sc̩im seo le d̩anaÌ_ (www.research.ie ). Is Ì_ an sc̩im seo an phrÌ_omhfhoinse maoinithe atÌÁ ar fÌÁil do mhic l̩inn docht̼ireachta sna DÌÁna, sna hEolaÌ_ochtaÌ_ SÌ_isialta, sna DaonnachtaÌ_ agus i ndisciplÌ_nÌ_ gaolmhara eile. MÌÁ tÌÁ ScolÌÁireacht Hardiman nÌ_ ScolÌÁireacht Iarch̩ime na Gaillimhe agat cheana, tÌÁ s̩ riachtanach go gcuirfeÌÁ isteach ar sc̩im na Comhairle (l̩igh na T̩armaÌ_ agus CoinnÌ_ollacha chun breis eolais a fhÌÁil). ReÌÁchtÌÁlfar seisi̼n eolais eile faoi sc̩im na Comhairle nÌ_os d̩anaÌ_ an seimeastar seo.

History Graduate Seminar Series - Jackie UÌ_ Chionna -MÌÁirtÌ_n MÌ_r Mac Donnchadha: 'Mister Galway'
2013-02-13 16:00
Jackie UÌ_ Chionna
MÌÁirtÌ_n MÌ_r Mac Donnchadha: ‘Mister Galway’
contact: daibhi.ocroinin@nuigalway.ie

Information session: Irish Research Council postgraduate scholarships
2013-02-13 13:00
Information Session
Irish Research Council (IRC) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme.
Please note that this scheme is now open to students from all countries. Prof. SeÌÁn Ryder, member of the Council and Acting Director of the Moore Institute, will attend both sessions. IRC Postgraduate Scheme This scheme (which was announced recently – see www.research.ie ) is a principal source of doctoral funding currently available to students in the Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities and associated disciplines. If you currently hold a Hardiman Scholarship or Galway Postdoctoral Scholarship, you must apply to the IRC scheme (see the Terms and Conditions for further information). There will be a further information session on the IRC scheme at a later stage this semester.
For more information contact martha.shaughnessy@nuigalway.ie
Seisi̼n eolais faoi Chomhairle Taighde Ìäireann:
DÌÁta: D̩ C̩adaoin, 13 Feabhra, 1300-1400 Ionad: Seomra SeimineÌÁir, Institi̼id de MÌ_ra (SlÌ_ DÌÁla)
Beidh an tOll. SeÌÁn Ryder, ball den Chomhairle Taighde agus Sti̼rthÌ_ir GnÌ_omhach Institi̼id de MÌ_ra, i lÌÁthair ag an dÌÁ sheisi̼n. Sc̩im Iarch̩ime Chomhairle Taighde Ìäireann FÌ_graÌ_odh an sc̩im seo le d̩anaÌ_ (www.research.ie ). Is Ì_ an sc̩im seo an phrÌ_omhfhoinse maoinithe atÌÁ ar fÌÁil do mhic l̩inn docht̼ireachta sna DÌÁna, sna hEolaÌ_ochtaÌ_ SÌ_isialta, sna DaonnachtaÌ_ agus i ndisciplÌ_nÌ_ gaolmhara eile. MÌÁ tÌÁ ScolÌÁireacht Hardiman nÌ_ ScolÌÁireacht Iarch̩ime na Gaillimhe agat cheana, tÌÁ s̩ riachtanach go gcuirfeÌÁ isteach ar sc̩im na Comhairle (l̩igh na T̩armaÌ_ agus CoinnÌ_ollacha chun breis eolais a fhÌÁil). ReÌÁchtÌÁlfar seisi̼n eolais eile faoi sc̩im na Comhairle nÌ_os d̩anaÌ_ an seimeastar seo.

A weekly seminar on the Middle Irish Tale Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
2013-02-13 12:00, 2013-02-06 12:00
A weekly seminar on the Middle Irish Tale
Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
‘The Stratagem of Irard mac Coisse’
led by Prof. MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha (School of Humanities)
Every Wednesday at 12.00 noon
beginning Wednesday 23 January 2013
in the Moore Institute Seminar Room
The 10th-century Connacht poet Irard mac Coisse is titled ‘prÌ_m̩ices Ìärenn ‘Ireland’s foremost poet’ in his annalistic obituary (‰ÛÊ990).Among his patrons were such leading Irish figures as the king of Tara, Domnall (‰ÛÊ980) ̼a N̩ill, and his queen, Der FÌÁil (‰ÛÊ1010).Poems he wrote in their honour are among his extant works.The most important text attributed to him is the long allegorical tale Airec menman Iraird Coisse.Many scholars have commented on its great significance for understanding Gaelic literary tradition.
In Week 1 and 2, a literary context for this work will be outlined.Thereafter, transcripts of the manuscript witnesses will be compared with the aim of making a critical edition.
For further information, please contact MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha
(mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie / 087-7502095 )
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
SeimineÌÁr seachtaini̼il (trÌ_ Bh̩arla) ar an Sc̩al MeÌÁn-Ghaeilge
Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
(‘Strait̩is Ioraird Mhic Coise’)
faoi sti̼ir an Oll. MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha (Scoil na nDaonnachtaÌ_)
Gach C̩adaoin ag 12.00 nÌ_n
ag tosn̼ D̩ C̩adaoin 23 EanÌÁir 2013
i Seomra SeimineÌÁir Institi̼id de MÌ_ra
Tugtar ‘prÌ_m̩ices Ìäirenn‘ ar an bhfile Connachtach Iorard mac Coise san iontrÌÁil ar a bhÌÁs sna hannÌÁla (‰ÛÊ 990). I measc na ndaoine nÌ_tÌÁilte a bhÌ_ mar phÌÁtr̼in aige bhÌ_ Domhnall (‰ÛÊ 980) ua N̩ill, agus Dear bhFÌÁil (‰ÛÊ1010), rÌ_ agus banrÌ_on na Teamhrach. TÌÁ dÌÁnta a chum Iorard mar adhnÌ_ orthu ar marthain fÌ_s. Is ̩ an t̩acs is tÌÁbhachtaÌ_ dÌ_obh sin a leagtar air nÌÁ ‘Aireag meanman Ioraird mhic Coise’. Is iomaÌ_ scolÌÁire a thrÌÁcht ar a thÌÁbhachtaÌ_ is atÌÁ an t̩acs seo chun traidisi̼n liteartha na Gaeilge a chur i dtuiscint.
I Seachtain a hAon is a DÌ_, d̩anfar traidisi̼n liteartha a rianadh don t̩acs seo. As san amach, cuirfear trascrÌ_obha na gcÌ_ipeanna lÌÁimhscrÌ_ofa den t̩acs i comparÌÁid le ch̩ile d’fhonn eagrÌÁn critici̼il a dh̩anamh.
Tuilleadh eolais le fÌÁil ach teangmhÌÁil a dh̩anamh le MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha
(mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie / 087-7502095 )
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch

Performance Matters - Irish Theatre Discussion Group
2013-02-12 18:00
Performance Matters
Irish Theatre Discussion Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/
For more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ie

Nicolas de Warren (Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium) -The Thinking of Painting in Merleau-Ponty's Eye and Mind
2013-02-12 16:00
Professor Nicolas de Warren (Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium)
Title of Paper: The Thinking of Painting in Merleau-Ponty’s Eye and Mind
For more information contact Dr. Felix ÌÒ Murchadha (felix.omurchadha@nuigalway.ie)

MA in Drama Guest Speaker Series: Playwright, screenwriter and actor Mark O'Halloran (the award-winning scriptwriter of Adam & Paul, Garage, Trade, Mary Motorhead, and Prosperity)
2013-02-11 17:00
MA in Drama Guest Speaker Series
Playwright, screenwriter and actor Mark O’Halloran
(the award-winning scriptwriter of Adam & Paul, Garage, Trade, Mary Motorhead, and Prosperity)
will be speaking in the Moore Institute Seminar Room at 5pm on Monday, the 11th of February 2013.
ALL ARE WELCOME!

Theatre Projects - Discussion Group
2013-02-07 18:00
THEATRE PROJECTS
A weekley meeting to discuss and plan the creation of opportunities for projects within DramSoc
for productions as well as workshops and other social events
contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series - Kenneth Coyne-Oath & Betrayal on the First Crusade
2013-02-06 16:00
Kenneth Coyne
Oath & Betrayal on the First Crusade
contact: daibhi.ocroinin@nuigalway.ie

ECHO Workshop: Publish, not perish!
2013-02-04 16:00
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Publish, not perish!
The first session of the term explores strategies on how, where and when to publish, and the art of producing the first-rate journal article or essay.
4pm Monday 4th February
Moore Institute Seminar Room
All welcome!
ECHObrings together researchers of all disciplines to discuss research questions in a friendly environment.
Contact: adrian.paterson@nuigalway.ie, charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie or anne.karhio@nuigalway.ie
or see our website: http://echoforum.wordpress.com

Irish Centre for Histories of Labour & Class - Inaugural Meeting
2013-02-01 13:00
Inaugural Meeting
Guest: Dr Emmet O’Connor
on
‘ Labour History in the Academy’
For more information contact john.cunningham@nuigalway.ie

Prof. Idelber Avelar (Tulane University) - Rituals and Fictions of Masculinity in Jorge Luis Borges
2013-01-31 18:00
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures – Spanish
Lecture
Rituals and Fictions of Masculinity
in Jorge Luis Borges
Prof. Idelber Avelar
(Tulane University)
The Moore Institute Seminar Room, NUIG
Thurs 31st January 2013, 6.00 p.m.
Professor Avelar has published extensively on Latin American literature and culture.
For more information see: http://tulane.edu/liberal-arts/spanish-portuguese/idelber-avelar.cfm

History Graduate Research Seminar Series - Adrian Grant - The Republican Congress, 1934: A case study in Irish Socialist Republicanism
2013-01-30 16:00
Adrian Grant
The Republican Congress, 1934: A case study in Irish Socialist Republicanism
contact: daibhi.ocroinin@nuigalway.ie

A weekly seminar on the Middle Irish Tale - Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
2013-01-30 12:00

Performance Matters Irish Theatre Discussion Group
2013-01-29 18:00
Performance Matters
Irish Theatre Discussion Group
29 January – looking at Sarah Kane’s Blasted
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/
For more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ie

Book Launch by TÌ_mas Finn - 'Tuairim, intellectual debate and policy formulation: Rethinking Ireland, 1954-75'
2013-01-23 18:00
Book Launch by TÌ_mas Finn
‰Û÷Tuairim, intellectual debate and policy formulation: Rethinking Ireland, 1954-75‰۪
Contact: tomas.finn@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series - TomÌÁs Finn - 'Towards a Better Ireland':DÌ_nal Barrington & the Irish Constitution
2013-01-23 16:00
TomÌÁs Finn
‘Towards a Better Ireland’:DÌ_nal Barrington & the Irish Constitution
contact: daibhi.ocroinin@nuigalway.ie

A weekly seminar on the Middle Irish Tale - Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
2013-01-23 12:00
A weekly seminar on the Middle Irish Tale
Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
‘The Stratagem of Irard mac Coisse’
led by Prof. MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha (School of Humanities)
Every Wednesday at 12.00 noon
beginning Wednesday 23 January 2013
in the Moore Institute Seminar Room
The 10th-century Connacht poet Irard mac Coisse is titled ‘prÌ_m̩ices Ìärenn ‘Ireland’s foremost poet’ in his annalistic obituary (‰ÛÊ990).Among his patrons were such leading Irish figures as the king of Tara, Domnall (‰ÛÊ980) ̼a N̩ill, and his queen, Der FÌÁil (‰ÛÊ1010).Poems he wrote in their honour are among his extant works.The most important text attributed to him is the long allegorical tale Airec menman Iraird Coisse.Many scholars have commented on its great significance for understanding Gaelic literary tradition.
In Week 1 and 2, a literary context for this work will be outlined.Thereafter, transcripts of the manuscript witnesses will be compared with the aim of making a critical edition.
For further information, please contact MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha
(mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie / 087-7502095)
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
SeimineÌÁr seachtaini̼il (trÌ_ Bh̩arla) ar an Sc̩al MeÌÁn-Ghaeilge
Airec menman Iraird maic Coisse
(‘Strait̩is Ioraird Mhic Coise’)
faoi sti̼ir an Oll. MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha (Scoil na nDaonnachtaÌ_)
Gach C̩adaoin ag 12.00 nÌ_n
ag tosn̼ D̩ C̩adaoin 23 EanÌÁir 2013
i Seomra SeimineÌÁir Institi̼id de MÌ_ra
Tugtar ‘prÌ_m̩ices Ìäirenn‘ ar an bhfile Connachtach Iorard mac Coise san iontrÌÁil ar a bhÌÁs sna hannÌÁla (‰ÛÊ 990). I measc na ndaoine nÌ_tÌÁilte a bhÌ_ mar phÌÁtr̼in aige bhÌ_ Domhnall (‰ÛÊ 980) ua N̩ill, agus Dear bhFÌÁil (‰ÛÊ1010), rÌ_ agus banrÌ_on na Teamhrach. TÌÁ dÌÁnta a chum Iorard mar adhnÌ_ orthu ar marthain fÌ_s. Is ̩ an t̩acs is tÌÁbhachtaÌ_ dÌ_obh sin a leagtar air nÌÁ ‘Aireag meanman Ioraird mhic Coise’. Is iomaÌ_ scolÌÁire a thrÌÁcht ar a thÌÁbhachtaÌ_ is atÌÁ an t̩acs seo chun traidisi̼n liteartha na Gaeilge a chur i dtuiscint.
I Seachtain a hAon is a DÌ_, d̩anfar traidisi̼n liteartha a rianadh don t̩acs seo. As san amach, cuirfear trascrÌ_obha na gcÌ_ipeanna lÌÁimhscrÌ_ofa den t̩acs i comparÌÁid le ch̩ile d’fhonn eagrÌÁn critici̼il a dh̩anamh.
Tuilleadh eolais le fÌÁil ach teangmhÌÁil a dh̩anamh le MÌÁirÌ_n NÌ_ Dhonnchadha
(mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie / 087-7502095)
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch

CAMPS Lab: Rosemary Power - 'Saints, scholars and cherished beliefs: Exploring academic and popular interpretations in County Clare'
2013-01-18 12:00
CAMPS lab
Rosemary Power.
‰Û÷Saints, scholars and cherished beliefs: Exploring academic and popular interpretations in County Clare‰۪.

Public Lecture by Dr Niamh Whitfield - 'Making the 'Tara' Brooch: Craftsmen's Hidden Skills'
2013-01-17 16:00
Public Lecture by Dr Niamh Whitfield
‰Û÷Making the ‰ÛÏTara‰۝ Brooch: Craftsmen‰۪s Hidden Skills‰۪,
It is based in part on her own microscopic analysis of the brooch and includes unpublished photographs
.
