What impact did women writers make in history? When is a female author (not) a female author? Join us as we explore these questions in a guided tour of the ‘Readers & Reputations’ exhibition, to celebrate International Women’s Day, on Saturday 7 March 2020. The exhibition, sponsored by the Irish Research Council, showcases the work... | Read on »

The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with the tools and confidence to create video content using the technology already in their pockets – their smart phones. This content can be utilised for anything from conference, event or course promotion, to effective communication of complex research topics. The session will cover basic composition,... | Read on »

by Professor Martin Feely, Earth & Ocean Sciences, NUI Galway

Between 2013 and 2018, approximately 700,000 individuals have crossed the Mediterranean to seek asylum in Italy. The LINCS project (Language Integration and New Communities in  a multicultural Society) explores the role of language and translation in their lives, as they forge links with the Italian society and make sense of the new environment. Andrea Ciribuco... | Read on »

Peter C. Mancall is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at the University of Southern California.  His books include Hakluyt’s Promise: An Elizabethan’s Obsession for an English America (2007), Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson—A Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic (2009), and, the just-released The Trials of Thomas... | Read on »

  Registration necessary. Over 200 articles written by our research community have been published on the RTÉ Brainstorm website. Jim Carroll, the editor of RTÉBrainstorm, will be on campus to explain how NUIGalway staff and research students can contribute to Brainstorm. He will also deliver insights into pitching content for a public audience and developing... | Read on »

By Mary Clancy (Global Women's Studies) At a time of heightened international debate about democratic and social change during the early decades of the twentieth century, the place of the woman citizen remained contentious. The demand to extend the parliamentary franchise to qualified women, debated in Westminster, for instance, since the mid-19th century, was politically and... | Read on »

            Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts Research, Moore Institute, this will be the first of four seminars hosted by NUI Galway during 2020 as part of the European Capital of Culture. Produced in partnership with Galway 2020, each seminar will bring together a mix of academics, practitioners, policy... | Read on »

TO BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE Modernist Studies Ireland is delighted to re-launch its Works in Progress series with a double act on Monday, 16th March, at 4 pm in THB—GO11. You are cordially invited to join us for what promises to be two fantastic talks by early career researchers, shining a light on... | Read on »

TO BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE   Sponsored by: NUI Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies Research Support Scheme, Drama and Theatre Studies, Gender ARC Registration: Tickets (free) available on Eventbrite. For queries, please email Dr Miriam Haughton: ‘miriam.haughton@nuigalway.ie’. For information on upcoming or past FSN events, please check the website... | Read on »