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IT in the Humanities Eleventh Annual Conference

IT in the Humanities Eleventh Annual Conference IT building, NUI, Galway, Monday, 7th April 2014 9:30Welcome IT125 9:40 ‰ÛÒ 11:10IT125 9:40 ‰ÛÒ 11:10IT204 Roddy Burns: Technology development of free language translation Evan Flaherty*: Digital camera use in public places ‰ÛÒinvading privacy? Tomas Malone: The preservation of languages through digitisation Richard McKinley: Smartphone security: is the... | Read on »

Digital Scholarship Seminar: Dr Niall ÌÒ Dochartaigh (Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway)-Technologies of Peace, – Dr Ida Federica Pugliese (Moore Institute, NUIG) The (Dis?)advantages of Using Technologies to Enhance Qualitative Research Projects

Digital Scholarship Seminar Dr Niall ÌÒ Dochartaigh(Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway)Technologies of PeaceDr Ida Federica Pugliese(Moore Institute, NUI Galway)The (Dis?)advantages of Using Technologies to Enhance Qualitative Research ProjectsRefreshments will be served after the talksFor further information, contact Dr PÌÁdraic Moran (padraic.moran@nuigalway.ie)or Dr Justin Tonra (justin.tonra@nuigalway.ie).www.facebook.com/nuigdsswww.nuigalway.ie/digital-seminar Join the DSS mailing list

ECHO seminar: Peter Kelly – Reduced to Tears: Liquefaction and the permeable body in Ovid’s Metamorphoses – Lindsay Ann Reid -Medieval Emotion Scripts and Renaissance Playscripts: “Passioning” like Ariadne in The Two Gentlemen of Verona

PASSION PLAY PETER KELLY Reduced to Tears: Liquefaction and the permeable body in Ovid's Metamorphoses LINDSAY ANN REID Medieval Emotion Scripts and Renaissance Playscripts: "Passioning" like Ariadne in The Two Gentlemen of Verona ECHO brings together researchers of all disciplines to discuss research questions in a cordial environment. Contact: adrian.paterson@nuigalway.ie or see our website: http://echoforum.wordpress.com

Juan RamÌ_n Jim̩nez: Reflections at the Centenary of Platero y yo

Juan RamÌ_n Jim̩nez: Reflections at the Centenary of Platero y yo Chair: Jos̩ Luis PenÌ_n (UCD) This panel discussion on the Nobel-Prize winning Spanish poet, Juan RamÌ_n Jim̩nez, takes place within the context of the Annual Conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland. It includes a screening of the documentary Los... | Read on »

Workshop: Computational Stylometry: An Introduction

Computational Stylometry: An IntroductionMoore Institute, NUI Galway, 24 April 2014This one-day workshop led by Dr Francesca Benatti (Open University) is a hands-on introduction to stylometric analysis using Stylo, a tool created for use in the statistical programming language R.What is Computational Stylometry?Computational stylometry (or stylistics) is the study of how the stylistic features of texts... | Read on »

Humanities Book Sale

EVERY BOOK A FIVER OR LESS in the First Great Humanities Book Sale, GS011 (The Hardiman Research Building) NUI,Galway.Academic books (all disciplines with lots of history, English & women/gender); fiction; non-fiction; children‰۪s/young adult; some old books. Quality book CDs & DVDs also available. All proceeds will go toA Night for Kathleen: In February this year,... | Read on »

Pushing Form: Innovation and Interconnection in Contemporary European Performance 25 – 26 April 2014

Pushing Form: Innovation and Interconnection in Contemporary European PerformanceKeynotes: Sodja Lotker and Milija GluhovicHow does the present reality of European theatre and performance challenge traditional assumptions? And howspecifically does formal innovation provide the space for critiques of power that may rework the concept of ‰ÛÏEurope‰۝ as realizedthrough performance? How has performance responded to neoliberalism and... | Read on »