ILAS International Research Training Series - 2023/24 Unlocking the Potential of Empirical Research:  An Introduction to R for Statistical Analysis and Data Visualisation  Description: This immersive research session goes through R programming, a powerful tool for statistical analysis, data manipulation, and visualisation. This session aims to showcase the versatility of R in empirical research, focusing... | Read on »

Co-Designing Socially Engaged Research: The Approach of Immersive Empathy Part of the Masterclasses @ Centre for Creative Technologies collection. Introducing the methods used on the Immersive Empathy project along with some of the ethical questions raised by socially engaged research. This event will also be streamed via Zoom – if you would prefer to attend online,... | Read on »

Launch: Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic. The Children’s Report We are delighted to invite you to the launch of a new children’s research report, conducted by UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway in partnership with Foróige, and published as... | Read on »

Irish Studies Seminar Series, 2023-24 (in person, and on zoom) Dr Anna Falkenau, “Embedded in Zeitgeist, Embodying Zeitgeist: Traditional Music and Arts Developments in Galway, 1971-1981” Focusing on the urban site of Galway City, this paper explores the embeddedness of Irish traditional music and arts events in the zeitgeist of the 1970s. Described in a national... | Read on »

Webinar hosted by the Irish Society for Theatre Research Title: Irish Circus and Performance: From Heritage to Practice Date: 29 February Time: 4pm to 5pm Via Zoom Registration and info: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/irishsocietyfortheatreresearch/1168313 Contact: barry.houlihan@universityofgalway.ie

Award-winning Japanese film director Kazuhiro SODA coming to University of Galway and  PALAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29TH Renowned Japanese documentary filmmaker, Kazuhiro SODA is visiting Galway  for a workshop and a screening of his award-winning documentary ZERO (2020). His visit is presented by the School of English Media and Creative Arts, University of Galway in association... | Read on »

International Women's Day 2024 Centre for Global Women’s Studies Discipline of Gender and Women’s Studies School of Political Science and Sociology Date: 4th March 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 pm (GMT) G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, H91 REW4 or online via Zoom Áine Treanor In 2022, Áine spent three months in the West Bank as a Human Rights monitor.  During her time there,... | Read on »

You are warmly invited to an online seminar with Marilyn J. Chiat, Ph.D. and Jeanne Halgren Kilde, Ph.D. on 5th March 2024 at 4pm GMT: Remembering and Restoring the Past to Ensure the Future: Religious Sites of Minneapolis and St. Paul This online seminar is a collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Religion at University... | Read on »

The second Digital Humanities Research Group seminar of this semester will take place on Wednesday 6 March 12pm in room THB-G010 (Hardiman Research Building). Pádraic Moran, Classics, University of Galway ‘Two new resources for manuscript studies: network graphs, linked open data, open-access publishing, natural language processing.’ This talk will discuss Digital Humanities aspects of work... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Rethinking Veterancy from the Colonies Dr Dónal Hassett (University College Cork)   Biography Dr Dónal Hassett is Senior Lecturer in French at University College Cork. His research has two main focuses: the history of the French Empire, in particular North Africa, and the legacies of conflict, especially veteran studies. He... | Read on »