Book Launch Paolo Bartoloni, Sapere di scrivere. Svevo e gli ordigni di La coscienza di Zeno, Il Carrubo.The book will be launched by Dr Giuseppe Stellardi, The University of Oxford; with an introduction by Daniel Carey.The book launch and all talks will be in English.For more information please contact Paolo Bartoloni at italian@nuigalway.ie
ÌÒ Briain Annual Public Lecture - Prof Jan Pedersen,University of Stockholm, 'Subtitling CulturalReferences: When Mr Rodgers became Donald Duck One of the classic translation problems is cultural references, and when it comes to subtitling the constraints are quite severe: not only is there a shift from spoken to written mode but there is also the... | Read on »
'Language Games': An AWC Seminar on Language and Literature.All welcome.This week's seminar will deal with W.B. Yeats's A Vision Texts for discssion will be provided at the meeting.Contact: irina.ruppo@nuigawlay.ie
Smoking: Are e-cigarettes part of the problem or part of the solution? A panel discussion According to the WHO, tobacco use kills more than 5 million people per year. It is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths. Among the five greatest risk factors for mortality, it is the single most preventable cause of death.... | Read on »
Public LecturebyClaudia Kinmonth, Moore Institute Visiting FellowRevising Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950Piggins, Noggins & Fowl IndoorsAll welcomeFor more information please contact kate.thornhill@nuigalway.ie
Medieval Studies Postgraduate Research DayFor more information please contact kim.loprete@nuigalway.ie
What is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and where does it come from? The simplest definition of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) consists of a list of the typical symptoms. Professor Killeen provides a more comprehensive definition that informs us of the events that trigger ADHD in both its acute and chronic manifestations; the neurobiology that underlies... | Read on »
A Peculiar Society? Ireland, 1970s-1990sProgrammePROGRAMME‰Û÷A peculiar society'? Ireland, 1970s-1990sMoore Institute, Hardiman Research Building,National University of Ireland Galway24-25 April 2015‰Û÷Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century' (John McGahern)24 April 201510.30 - Registration11.15 - Welcome and Introductory... | Read on »
