School of Political Science & Sociology Seminar Series: ‘”Levelling up” or coming apart?; the UK’s constitutional future after Brexit’
Room 333, Aras Moyolaby Mike Kenny (Cambridge)
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CAMPS Webinar: Ireland’s Vikings in Twelfth-Century Historical Writing by Patrick Wadden
Dr Patrick Wadden is an Associate Professor of History at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, where he teaches a range of courses on medieval topics. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Oxford University and has previously taught in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He has published on a... | Read on »
Covid-19 Response webinar: Slavery, Race and Covid-19
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Recordings of this session are now available. The unfolding coronavirus crisis has revealed deep structures of inequality manifested in the death toll in the United States and other countries. This seminar examines patterns of racism and legacies of slavery that have informed the pandemic, especially in the US and UK. Participants Enrico Dal... | Read on »
Galway and the creative arts: performance and representation
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video and audio recordings of this session are now available Panellists in this webinar will examine the ways in which Galway has been represented historically in art and literature, and discuss the development of theatre and traditional music in the city since the 1960s. The discussion will be interspersed with live musical performances. Panellists... | Read on »
G2020/NUIG: Conference: Translating the Neighbourhood: Migration, dialogue and spaces of translation in the 21st century
Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research BuildingKeynotes: Prof. Loredana Polezzi (Cardiff) – Prof. Sherry Simon (Concordia) Urban spaces have always been places of translation (Simon 2012; Meylaerts and Gonne 2014; Cronin and Simon 2014), where encounters between languages and cultures have given birth to both conflict and exchange. In the last few decades, increasingly diverse urban environments have emerged, making coexistence... | Read on »
Ireland, Borders, and Covid-19 – Covid-19 Response Webinar
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video and audio recordings of this session are now available. This panel brings together perspectives from Sociology, Political Science and Public Health to examine debates surrounding boundaries and pandemic-control in Ireland and their relationship to pandemic controls in Britain, Europe and the wider world. It examines the extent, and the limitations, of an all-Ireland... | Read on »
Art and Digital Technology in a Time of Crisis – Covid-19 Response webinar
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video & audio recordings of this session are now available. The current public health restrictions implemented in many regions around the world, such as social distancing, have led to increased reliance on digital technologies. Creative work is no exception. In this panel, artistic practitioners and scholars discuss how the current crisis informs engagement with... | Read on »
CASSCS New Professors’ Inaugural Lecture Series: Professor AnnMarie Groarke
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar Zoom'What Enhances or Hinders Psychological Adjustment to Chronic Illness for women and men? A programme of research' Prof. AnnMarie Groarke Personal Professor, School of Psychology Professor AnnMarie Groarke will present key results from her programme of research on psychological adjustment in patients with cancer and arthritis. Given individual variability in response to diagnosis and treatment of... | Read on »
Universities and the Covid-19 Crisis: Problems, Prospects and Pathways
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video & audio recordings of this session are now available Immense challenges face universities as a result of Covid-19, including the move to online education, the financial impact of the crisis, and the implications for internationalisation and recruitment. Universities have also made vital contributions in research and provided repositories of much needed expertise. This... | Read on »
Normal People: A View from the West
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video and audio recordings of this session are now available. Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People (2018) and its 12-part TV adaptation this year have generated a remarkable response in Ireland, the UK, the US and beyond. This online discussion considers the book, its representation in the series directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hetti Macdonald, and the... | Read on »