Special Collections Lunchtime Seminar SeriesDr. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington Early floras and natural history guides -what can we learn?Dr. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington will look at some of the unusual, rare and key natural history books in Special Collections and explain the significance of a selection of these.Some examples will be on display during the talk.For more... | Read on »

School of Languages,Literatures and Cultures Reserach DayPROGRAMME 9.30 - 10am: Reception with tea and coffee & Welcome from Professor PÌ_l ÌÒ Dochartaigh 10 - 11 am: Panel 1 (Chair: Tina-Karen Pusse) Barry NEVIN (French): Ida (1935) Revisited: Post-war Trauma and the Looming Threat of Fascism in Jean Renoir's Front Populaire Output' Maura STEWART (French): ‰Û÷Le... | Read on »

Public LectureAndrew Laurence-KingPlay, Work/Chaos, Ordomedieval Opera? Bringing 13th Century Life to Performance in Ludus Danielis (MS Egerton 2615)FÌÁilte Roimh ChÌÁch!For more information please contact kim.loprete@nuigalway.ie

Dr Kevin James, University of Guelph and Moore Institute Visiting Fellow'Take my advice, go to Mongan's Hotel': Sport, Charity, and Tourism in late-Victorian Rural Co. Galway A free public lecture entitled ‰Û÷Take my advice, go to Mongan's Hotel: Sport, Charity, and Tourism in Late-Victorian Connemara' will be held in Galway city on Monday, 11 May... | Read on »

The recent controversy over the ‰Û÷Boston Project' tapes has demonstrated that the unfinished business of the Troubles still has the power to disrupt political progress in Northern Ireland; but it also reveals the attempts of disparate republican voices to establish the dominant narrative of ‰Û÷armed struggle'. This talk examines the memoirs of former IRA men... | Read on »

Sara Brennan of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh Can Irish be Sold Outside the Gaeltacht? A Critical Sociolinguistic Investigation of the Contemporary Promotion of Irish in Business This talk will present insights from on-going PhD research on the promotion of Irish as an economic resource for businesses in urban areas located outside the Gaeltacht. Drawing on... | Read on »

Digital Material is a conference that considers the intersections of digital and material cultures in the humanities.Recent years have seen an intensification of interest in both digital and material cultures. This broad trend has been mirrored in the academy by the growing prominence of digital humanities and the renewed focus on materiality and material objects... | Read on »

Charles Barr, Moore Institute Visiting Fellow Filming O'Casey Venue: Huston School Main Room Sean O'Casey never had much respect for commercial cinema, even though he worked with two of its greatest directors. Alfred Hitchcock filmed Juno and the Paycock in England in 1929; John Ford filmed The Plough and the Stars in Hollywood in 1937.... | Read on »

Inishbofin festival promises a wealth of poetry, music and ‰Û÷Island Conversations' An innovative cultural festival, featuring the best in literature, poetry, film and music will take place on the island of Inishbofin from Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st May next. The inaugural Inish Festival - subtitled "Island Conversations"- will see international musicians, writers and artists... | Read on »

Gender ARC is pleased to host a Research Workshop with Dr. Ivana Radacic, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia & Dr. EilÌ_s Ward, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway "Methods and methodologies in researching the sex trade: Ireland and Croatia considered"Followed by Gender ARC reception and public lecture with Professor Kate... | Read on »