Performance Matters - Irish Theatre Discussion Group
2015-10-05 18:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Performance Matters
Irish Theatre Discussion Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/
This weeks discussion: Chekhov Lizardbrain by Pig Iron Theatre Company
For more information please contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ie
All theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

Human Rights in ASEAN in times of democracy drawbacks by Dr.Sriprapha Petcharamesree (Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University)
2015-10-06 13:00
Lunchtime Seminar Series:
Human Rights in ASEAN in times of democracy drawbacks
Tuesday, 6th of October 2015, from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Seminar Room, Irish Centre for Human Rights
by Dr.Sriprapha Petcharamesree (Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University).
Dr.Sriprapha Petcharamesree is currently a full time faculty member at the IHRP, Mahidol University. She is also chairing the SHAPE-SEA Program (Strengthening Human Rights and Peace Research and Education in Southeast Asia) which is very much needed. She has served as the Thai Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights between 2009-2012. She is one of a very few scholars studying and advocating for better promotion and protection of human rights in ASEAN.
ASEAN is moving towards an ASEAN Community by the end of 2015. Not only the integration poses many challenges for ASEAN peoples but the national politics in ASEAN Member States are going through a rather volatile situation ranging from the uncertainty of elections in Myanmar in November 2015 to frequent protestations against ruling parties in Malaysia and military regime in Thailand as well as restrictions of freedoms in other ASEAN members. The “democracy drawbacks” or “democratic recession” in ASEAN has serious impacts on the human rights of ASEAN people.
Dr.Sriprapha will share her experiences and insights on human rights in ASEAN and analyse how, if at all, the existing ASEAN human rights regime could deal with the political challenges and human rights violations in the region.
All are welcome!
For more Information please contact ilangayan@googlemail.com

German Reading Group
2015-10-07 11:00, 2015-10-14 11:00, 2015-10-28 11:00
German Reading Group
Room 1003
Every wednesday 11-1
For more information please contact lucy.m.elvis@gmail.com

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Sonya Kelly (actor, comedian and playwright)
2015-10-07 13:00
THIS WEEK IN THE DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE SPEAKER SERIES:
Sonya Kelly (actor, comedian and playwright)
Sonya studied Drama and Classics at Trinity College, Dublin.
Her theatre work includes THE HEIRESS, LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, LADY WINDERMERES’ FAN, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE ODD COUPLE (Gate Theatre) THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (Druid Theatre) THE SEAGULL (Corn Exchange) WIRED TO THE MOON (Fishamble) RHINOCEROUS, THE WAITING ROOM (Kabosh Theatre) THE IDIOTS AND ONE (Pan Pan) and ZAP! (Project Brand New). Dublin Fringe work includes THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, THE TRUTH OF THE MOON and WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE.
Film, television and radio work includes; THE MARRIAGE, THE CASSIDYS, MARRY ME, THE BEAUTY BEAST, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, DAMAGE and ROMANTIC ROAD, a two-part television feature directed by Michael Karen. Sonya also writes and performs in David McSavage’s very popular THE SAVAGE EYE sketch show.
As solo artist, Sonya has performed her own work in Ireland, the UK and America. She was shortlisted for The UK Funny Women Awards at the Comedy Store in 2006.
2012 saw Sonya do a national tour of THE WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE, produced by Fishamble Theatre. It was written by Sonya and developed as part of Show In A Bag in association with ITI, Absolut Fringe and Fishamble Theatre Company. The show has, and continues to travel internationally. In 2013 it was listed as Critic’s pick in The New York Times. Sonya was also the Winner of the Scotsman Fringe First Award for this show at the Edinburgh Festival (2012).
Most recently, Sonya appeared in CARE, directed by Sophie Motley, and the self-penned memoir HOW TO KEEP AN ALIEN, directed by Gina Moxley, both at the Project Arts Centre.
Sonya will next appear in a touring production of HOW TO BE AN ALIEN, with performances in Paris, London, at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and throughout Ireland.
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series: Diarmuid Wheeler, Tudor policy in the midlands territories of Leix and Offaly 1530-1603
2015-10-07 16:00
History Graduate Research Seminar Series
Diarmuid Wheeler
Tudor policy in the midlands territories of Leix and Offaly 1530-1603.
FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁch
for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Gender Arc Research Seminar Series: '1916: Home: 2016': Commemorating the Past, Performing the Future. - Dr. Miriam Haughton and Dr. Charlotte McIvor, Department of Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway
2015-10-07 16:00
Gender ARC and Global Women’s Studies at NUI Galway are pleased to invite you to the opening seminar of the Autumn 2015 Gender ArcResearch Seminar Series:
“1916: Home: 2016”: Commemorating the Past, Performing the Future
Dr. Miriam Haughton and Dr. Charlotte McIvor
Department of Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway
Abstract: This presentation introduces ‰Û÷1916: Home: 2016′ a national and international programme
of multi-disciplinary research and creative arts projects. ‰Û÷1916: Home: 2016′ focuses on two key
anniversaries occurring in 2016 within the frame of Ireland’s current Decade of Centenaries: the
centenary of Easter Rising and the 20-year anniversary of the closing of the Republic of Ireland’s last
Magdalene Laundry. By grouping events together in time in October 2016 throughout the island of
Ireland and internationally (with events also taking place in Canada, the UK, the United States, and
Brazil), ‰Û÷1916: Home: 2016′ will create spaces to reflect on a spectrum of stories that expose hidden
lives and narratives, both in Ireland and elsewhere, from 1916 to 2016 and beyond.
Miriam Haughton is a lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the National University of
Ireland, Galway. Her monograph Staging Trauma: Bodies in Shadow is forthcoming with the
Palgrave MacMillan series, ‰Û÷Contemporary Performance InterActions’. She co-edited the ISTR
journal Irish Theatre International, themed ‰Û÷Perform, or Else’ (2014), and the collection Radical
Contemporary Theatre Practices by Women in Ireland (2015). She has published multiple essays in
international journals, including Modern Drama (‰Û÷Honorable Mention’, Outstanding Articles 2015),
New Theatre Quarterly, and Irish Studies Review. Miriam is a supporting member of the National
Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), an executive committee member of the Irish Society for
Theatre Research (ISTR), and a member of the feminist working group of the International
Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR).
Charlotte McIvor is a lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at NUI Galway and Director of
Postgraduate Studies in Drama. She has previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley,
California College of the Arts and Santa Clara University. Her research specialisations include
intercultural performance at the intersection of migration and critical race and gender studies. She
has just completed an Irish Research Council funded project, ‰Û÷Interculturalism, Migration and
Performance in Contemporary Ireland’ and her monograph, Migration and Performance in
Contemporary Ireland: Towards A New Interculturalism, is forthcoming with Palgrave Macmillan.
Her publications include Staging Intercultural Ireland: Plays and Practitioner Perspectives (coedited
with Matthew Spangler) and Devised Performance in Irish Theatre: Histories and
Contemporary Practice (co-edited with SiobhÌÁn O’Gorman). Her work has appeared in Modern
Drama and Irish University Review among others and multiple edited collections including ‰Û÷That
Was Us’ Essays on Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance.

Threesis 2015 Heat 4: Applied Social Sciences and Public Policy
2015-10-08 13:00 | Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building, Ireland
THREESIS: Open Your Mind…and Get to the Point!!
Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!
Come along and support your colleagues!
Threesis 2015 Heat 4: Applied Social Sciences and Public Policy
For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

ComhdhÌÁil ar LitrÌ_ocht agus ar ChultÌÄå¼r na Gaeilge
2015-10-09 13:30
Fearann an Dr. S̩amas ÌÒ DireÌÁin fÌÁilte is fiche romhaibh chuig seoladh a shaothair Suirbh̩ ar an nGaeilge Labhartha in OileÌÁin ́rann, Co. na Gaillimhe.
1.30in Aoine 9 Deireadh FÌ_mhair 2015 ́ras na Gaeilge, NUIG http://www.comhdhail.com/ocaidi/ Mar chuid de ChomhdhÌÁil Bhliant̼il na Gaeilge sa Roinn
Dr. Jim Duran welcomes you to the launch of his life’s work A Survey of Spoken Irish in the Aran Islands, Co. Galway.
1.30pm Friday 9 October 2015 ́ras na Gaeilge, NUIG http://www.comhdhail.com/ocaidi/ As part of the annual conference of Roinn na Gaeilge The hashtag for social media engagement is #AranIrish

Threesis 2015 Heat 5: Humanities in Context including Digital Humanities
2015-10-12 13:00 | Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building, Ireland
THREESIS: Open Your Mind…and Get to the Point!!
Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!
Come along and support your colleagues!
Threesis 2015 Heat 5: Humanities in Context including Digital Humanities
For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

Performance Matters - Irish Theatre Discussion Group
2015-10-12 18:00
Performance Matters
Irish Theatre Discussion Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/
This week we will be discussing Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar
For more information please contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ie
All theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

History Graduate Research Seminar Series: Francis Devine, The ITGWU and the Irish Revolution.
2015-10-14 16:00
History Graduate Research Seminar Series
Francis Devine,
The ITGWU and the Irish Revolution.
FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁch
for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Journalism guest speaker series: Dr. Ellen Culloty, DCU -Environmental reporting in Irish media
2015-10-15 13:00
Journalism Guest Speaker Series
Dr. Ellen Culloty,
DCU
Topic: Environmental reporting in Irish media
Eileen Culloty is a research assistant on the EPA-funded Climate Change Reporting in Ireland research project at the Institute for Future Media & Journalism at Dublin City University. She holds a PhD in Communication and Media Studies from DCU, where her PhD project was on the topic of: ‰Û÷Embedded Online: Iraq War documentaries In The Online Public Sphere’. She also teaches in media at the School of Communications at DCU.
For more information please contact Andrew.obaoill@nuigalway.ie

EDEN (English and Drama Exchange Network), a student-led research exchange network for English and Drama postgraduate students
2015-10-15 16:30
EDEN (English and Drama Exchange Network),
a student-led research exchange network for
English and Drama postgraduate students
For more information please contact Justine Nakase at j.nakase1@nuigalway.ie

CAMPS Labs: Romanas Bulatovas (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG) - Early Bronze and Inflation under the Roman Republic'
2015-10-16 12:00
Romanas Bulatovas (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG)
‘Early Bronze and Inflation under the Roman Republic’
Followed by discussion & light lunch
Everyone welcome – FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
For more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Drama, Theatre and Performance Speaker Series: Stephen Rea: Politics and the Artist
2015-10-21 13:00
Stephen Rea (Sponsored by Huston School of Film)
“Stephen Rea: Politics and the Artist”
Stephen Rea discusses the role of political engagement in arts and culture in Ireland.
RSVP: hustonfilmschool@nuigalway.ie including 1pm session in subject line
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Dr. Emilie Pine University College, Dublin - 'Top Tips for Docu-Verbatim Memory Plays: "The Laramie Project" and "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later"'
2015-10-21 14:00
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
Dr. Emilie Pine (University College, Dublin)
‘Top Tips for Docu-Verbatim Memory Plays:
“The Laramie Project” and
“The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later”‘
Dr Emilie Pine lectures in modern drama in the School of English, Drama and Film at UCD. Emilie has published widely in the fields of memory studies, Irish studies and contemporary drama, and is the author of The Politics of Irish Memory: Performing Remembrance in Contemporary Irish Culture (Palgrave), Assistant Editor of the Irish University Review, and founding Director of the Irish Memory Studies Network. Emilie is currently writing a book on memory as a commodity in the performance marketplace.
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: 'Stephen Rea: a Life in Film and Theatre'
2015-10-21 14:30
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
“Stephen Rea: a Life in Film and Theatre”
SR discusses his significant contribution to cinema and drama, in Ireland and internationally, including the screening of extracts from his film and television work.
RSVP: hustonfilmschool@nuigalway.ie including 2.30pm session in subject line
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Gender ARC and Global Women's Studies Research Seminar:Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Among U.S. University Students: European Parallels? Bill Flack, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Bucknell University and US-UK Fulbright Scholar, Ulster Un
2015-10-21 16:00
Research Seminar
Gender ARC and Global Women’s Studies at NUI Galway are pleased to invite you to:
Campus Sexual Assault (CSA) Among U.S. University Students: European Parallels?
Bill Flack, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Bucknell University and US-UK Fulbright Scholar, Ulster University
Moderator and Discussant: Dr. Vesna Malesevic, School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway
Date: Wednesday 21 October
Time: 4.00-5.00pm
Venue: ILAS Boardroom, 2nd Floor, Institute for Lifecourse and Society
All Welcome!
Abstract: This presentation will give a summary of developments in the U.S. regarding sexual violence among university students, followed by an example of research on one campus, discussion of current issues, a review of what is known about this problem in Europe, information about sources for research and advocacy, and discussion.
Bill Flack is a critical clinical psychologist and traumatologist, Associate Professor of Psychology at Bucknell University (Pennsylvania, USA), and a US-UK Fulbright Scholar at Ulster University. He is a specialist in research on violence against women, focusing on sexual assault among university students.
Vesna Malesevic has research and teaching interests in: the Sociology of Religion and the Sociology of Sexuality with a focus on the role of the Catholic Church and Civil Society. She has undertaken many research projects on topics in these areas, including on the attitudes and beliefs of university students regarding sex and sexuality and on LGBT issues, in contexts in Ireland and Eastern and Central Europe. She holds a PhD in Sociology (UCC); MA in Society and Politics (Central European University/University of Lancaster); and BA in Sociology (University of Zagreb).
For questions, please contact Gender ARC Seminar and Public Lecture Series Coordinator: Amie Lajoie, a.lajoie1@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series: Michael Clinton, Gwynedd Mercy University, Penn, French pacificsm confronts the First World War 1914-1918
2015-10-21 16:00
History Graduate Research Seminar Series
Michael Clinton, Gwynedd Mercy University, Penn,
French pacificsm confronts the First World War 1914-1918
FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁch
for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Presentation of the Scott Bills Memorial Prize to GearÌ_id Barry (History)
2015-10-21 17:00
All colleagues are cordially invited to the
Presentation of the Scott Bills Memorial Prize to GearÌ_id Barry (History)
On Wednesday 21 October 2015, 5.00pm.
Awarded by the Peace History Society (U.S.A.) in recognition of his book
The Disarmament of Hatred: Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the Legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 (2012)
Venue : Room 1001 (The Bridge), Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway
The Prize will be presented by Prof. Michael Clinton (Gwynned Mercy College, Penn.),
Peace History Society Board Member.
An informal reception with refreshments will follow brief speeches at 5.00 pm.
FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch : All very welcome.
Please note: a video recording may be made: Prof Clinton is giving a Research Seminar in the same venue at 4p.m. on ‰Û÷French pacifism and the First World War’
The Scott Bills Memorial Prize remembers American diplomatic historian and alumnus of Kent State University Scott Bills (1948-2001). Awarded biennially by the Peace History Society, an international network of historians, it recognises a first book in peace history published within a two year timeframe. http://www.peacehistorysociety.org/bills.php

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CAMPS Labs: Prof. Michael Clarke (Classics, NUIG) - 'Spirituality and Philology: Making Sense of the Irish Liber Hymnorum'
2015-10-23 12:00
Prof. Michael Clarke (Classics, NUIG)
‘Spirituality and Philology: Making Sense of the Irish Liber Hymnorum‘
Followed by discussion & light lunch
Everyone welcome – FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch
For more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Anne Clarke (Landmark Productions), 'Producing and/as Innovation'
2015-10-28 14:00
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:
Anne Clarke (Landmark Productions), “Producing and/as Innovation”
Landmark Productions is one of Ireland’s leading theatre producers. Established by Anne Clarke ten years ago, the company produces wide-ranging and ambitious work in Ireland and tours Irish work abroad.
In the past decade, the company has produced eighteen plays, including six Irish premieres and seven world premieres in Dublin including Enda Walsh’s Ballyturk, and its work has been seen in London, Edinburgh and New York.
They include the Irish premieres of David Hare’s Skylight, Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel, David Harrower’s Knives in Hens and his Olivier Award-winning play Blackbird.
World premieres include Fiona Looney’s Dandelions, October and Greener, and Paul Howard’s The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger and Between Foxrock and a Hard Place.
For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series: Ciaran O Murchadha, The Great Famine: historiographical challenges.
2015-10-28 16:00
History Graduate Research Seminar Series
Ciaran O Murchadha,
The Great Famine: historiographical challenges.
FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁch
for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Writing an ERC Advanced Grant Application by Professor Michael Woods, Advanced ERC Awardee Professor of Human Geography & Professor of Transformative Social Science at Aberystwyth University, Co-Director of the ESRC WISERD/Civil Society Research Centre
2015-10-29 12:30
NUI Galway Research Office Seminar Series

In conjunction with the Moore Institute, the Research Office is pleased to present:
Writing an ERC Advanced
Grant Application
by
Professor Michael Woods, Advanced ERC Awardee
Professor of Human Geography & Professor of Transformative Social Science at
Aberystwyth University,
Co-Director of the ESRC WISERD/Civil Society Research Centre
12.30pm, Thursday, 29th October
Room G010, Hardiman Research Building
All are welcome to attend
For more information please contact martha.shaughnessy@nuigalway.ie

Journalism Screening:Media Pranks: From Welles to the Yes Men
2015-10-29 14:00
Journalism Screening
Title: Media Pranks: From Welles to the Yes Men
Details: October 30th 1938 saw one of the most celebrated media hoaxes of all time, when a young radio director, Orson Welles, broadcast an adaptation of HG Wells’ War of the Worlds. We will listen to this iconic radio broadcast, and examine it in relation to contemporary media hoaxes – specifically the work of New York-based culture-jamming activists, The Yes Men.
Links:
https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesMrBruns
http://theyesmen.org/
Dr. Andrew ÌÒ Baoill
andrew.obaoill@nuigalway.ie

The Culture of Italian Music: Opera and Colonialism - Prof. Paolo Bartoloni: Introduction, Mario Inglese: The Italian Language and Opera: Verdi and Puccini - Alessandro Luchetti: The Music of Italian Colonization in Africa: Racism and Sexism
2015-10-29 18:00 | Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building, Ireland
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Italian Studies
The Culture of Italian Music: Opera and Colonialism
Prof. Paolo Bartoloni: Introduction
Mario Inglese: The Italian Language and Opera: Verdi and Puccini
Alessandro Luchetti: The Music of Italian Colonization in Africa: Racism and Sexism
Mario Inglese’s talk will focus on some traits of Italian as employed in Verdi’s late operas (Otello and Falstaff) and Puccini’s mature works. While considering the obvious differences in age and style, one must remember that the careers of these two giants of operatic music did overlap, albeit for a short span of time.
Mario Inglese is a Research Scholar at NUIG. He has taught at various universities in the US, Australia, and Canada. He has published extensively in the field of literary criticism, poetry, applied linguistics, and opera and literature.
Alessandro Luchetti’s talk will discuss the impact of colonial propaganda songs on Fascist society. A selection of songs from the late Thirties will be analysed in order to observe how racist and sexist stereotypes helped build a consensus around the colonial enterprise.
Alessandro Luchetti is a PhD Student at NUIG. His main research interest focuses on postcolonial literature in Italian.
For more information please contact mario_inglese@yahoo.com

Grand Final Threesis 2015
2015-10-29 18:00
THREESIS: Open Your Mind…and Get to the Point!!
Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!
Come along and support your colleagues!
Grand Final Threesis 2015
For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

Nietzsche Symposium
2015-10-30 10:30 | Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building, Ireland
Nietzsche Symposium at NUI, Galway:
The Galway Nietzsche Symposium is a one-day event that brings together academics and advanced graduate students working on Nietzsche from John Cabot University Rome, NUI Galway and University College Cork. It is an open event and formal registration is not required.

10.30 – 11.30
Tom Bailey (John Cabot University, Rome)
‰Û÷Nietzsche’s Modest Theory of Agency’

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee

12.00 – 1.00
Tsarina Doyle (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷The Will to Power and the Metaphysics of Value’

1.00 – 2.30 LUNCH

2.30 – 3.00
Ruud Thomas Burke (UCC)
‘Type-facts and Nothing but the Facts: Reductionism and Nietzsche’s Philosophy’

3.00 – 3.30
Trine Riel (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷Nietzsche’s askesis: Philosophy as an art of existence’

3.30 – 4.00 COFFEE

4.00 – 4.30
Chris Hansen (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷Nietzsche and Perspective’

4.30 – 5.00
Steven McHugh (NUI, Galway)
‰Û÷Nietzsche: Morality in the Pejorative Sense and Human Flourishing’

Contact: Tsarina Doyle, Philosophy, School of Humanities: tsarina.doyle@nuigalway.ie
