Professor Brendan O'Leary: public lecture on ‰Û÷Power-sharing in deeply divided places with special reference to Iraq and Northern Ireland', NUI Galway, 27 August, 2014. Part of the President's of Ireland's ‰Û÷Ethics Initiative' Distinguished Irish political scientist Professor Brendan O'Leary of the University of Pennsylvania, Visiting Fellow at the Moore Institute,will give a public lecture on... | Read on »

VISITING SPEAKER Thursday, 4th Sept 2.00 -4.00 pm Room 1001, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building Professor Charles Hirschman Census Classifications and Racial Ideology in Malaysia The official classifications of ethnicity used in population censuses are generally thought to be non-controversial administrative products that reflect commonly understood population categories. Cultural and phenotypical differences are, however, are... | Read on »

Language Games:A Seminar on Language and Literature Language Games is dedicated to all matters relating to language and literature, including linguistics, translation, language instruction, and literary experiments in language and their reception. The round-table format of the seminar is designed to allow participants to share and workshop their ideas, stimulating further discussion and new insights... | Read on »

Yves Navarre : Une vie ÌÊ ̩crireEn hommage ÌÊ la vie et ÌÊ l'Òuvre d'Yves Navarre (1940-1994)This international conference held at NUI, Galway is the first event of its kind to be devoted to the French writer Yves Navarre (1940-1994) on the 20th anniversary of his death. It brings together academics and practitioners from a... | Read on »

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/This week we're going to be tackling Lucy Prebble's Enron. The script is available to all NUI Galway students and can be accessed through the Drama Online portal at the NUIG Library website. If anyone needs some help accessing the play script (or directions etc.) just email PerformanceMattersNUIG@gmail.com or contact us... | Read on »

Interpreting LandscapeMoore Institute International Symposium Tuesday 30 September 2014 Aula Maxima, The Quadrangle, National University of Ireland, Galway Booking essential: http://www.nuigalway.ie/mooreinstitute PROGRAMME 10.30 Registration and coffee/tea, Aula Maxima, Quadrangle 11.00 Welcome by Daniel Carey, Director of the Moore Institute 11.05 Chair: Daniel Carey, NUI Galway John Wylie, Exeter University: ‰Û÷So near and yet so far:... | Read on »

The XVII Reunion of the International Committee for the History of Nautical Science Please see http://arsnauticaxvii.wordpress.com/ for details about this conference.For more information please contact edward.collins@ucd.ie

Institute for Lifecourse and Society"The 1914 WWI Christmas Truce and Flanders Peace Field - Learning from humanity and society"Presented by Don Mullan - author, humanitarian and media producerChaired by Professor Pat Dolan - UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway The Institute for Lifecourse and Society, NUI Galway, in collaboration with the School of... | Read on »

Mr Exequiel Monge, Old & Middle Irish, NUI Galway'Eoin Bruinne, the Runaway Bridegroom: Constructing John the Evangelist in Early Medieval Ireland' Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Language Games:A Seminar on Language and Literature Language Games is a seminar dedicated to all matters relating to language and literature, including linguistics, translation, language instruction, and literary experiments in language and their reception. The round-table format of the seminar is designed to allow participants to share and workshop their ideas, stimulating further discussion and... | Read on »