Will Collins Will Collins is a screenwriter whose credits include the Oscar-nominated SONG OF THE SEA, the acclaimed follow-up feature to Tomm Moore's, The Secret of Kells; Will received an ANNIE AWARD nomination for his ‘Achievement in Writing for an Animated Feature’. Will also wrote, MY BROTHERS, his award-winning live-action debut feature which premiered at... | Read on »
The Archives service of the James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway are hosting a half-day seminar on the theme of 'Archives in Research'. The seminar will feature expert speakers in various academic fields who will showcase new research projects which are based on innovative use of archival collections. The seminar will focus on a range of... | Read on »
Touchstones John McGahern's Classical Style by Prof Frank Shovlin (Director of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool) Launch by Dr John Kenny (English, NUIG) Further information on the following link: http://nuigarchives.blogspot.ie/2017/01/archives-in-research-seminar-and-book.html
Dr Clodagh Downey (Gaeilge, OÉ Gaillimh) 'Poetic positioning in medieval Irish poetry: the case of dindshenchas ('the lore of prominent places')'
Maria Engberg (Malmo University) Augmented and Mixed Reality Design for Contested and Challenging Histories
Mr David Kilgannon (NUIG) 'A most lamentable series of practices': Accommodating the Intellectually Disabled in Ireland, 1950 - 67'.
Paul Webster Paul Webster is an award winning director from Navan, Co. Meath. He is a graduate of the MA in Production and Direction at the Huston School of Film & Digital Media (NUIG). Paul was the winner of the Físín Pitching Award at the Dingle International Film Festival 2012 from which his film... | Read on »
Dr Sarah Corrigan (Classics, NUIG) 'Through the spirit of anger': the exegesis of the Red Sea crossing and its emulation in early Irish hagiography'
Special Screening: Meetings with Ivor (2016). Mon. Feb 13th Eye Cinema, 7:15 pm. Followed by Q+A with Director Alan Gilsenan hosted by Dr. Tony Tracy (Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway). Meetings with Ivor is an 81-minute documentary on the life and work of ground-breaking psychiatrist Ivor Browne. Browne has been a central figure in Irish mental... | Read on »
Francesca Benatti (Open University) 'A Question of Style? Stylometry, Authorship and the Edinburgh Review'
