Fanch Bihan-Gallic (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG) 'Burial islands in Scotland and the Celtic Watery Journey to the Afterlife'Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie
Journalism ScreeningPranksters, media manipulation, and more On the 77th anniversary of the broadcast of Orson Welles' classic adaptation of War of the Worlds, we'll listen to the broadcast, watch material from contemporary media pranksters The Yes Men, and discuss a range of related issues, from media hoaxes to message framing in social activism. For more... | Read on »
Lunchtime Seminar Series: The OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka: the catharsis moment for the protection and promotion of human rights or business as usual?by Mr. Glyn Morgan and Mr. Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan, LL.M. (Maastricht) Glyn served in the British Army and British Police before spending six years in the Office of the Prosecutor at International... | Read on »
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:Blue Raincoat Theatre, "A Company History: From Then to Now" We are a venue-based professional theatre ensemble. Our company and our venue, The Factory Performance Space, were founded in 1991. We produce between four and six professional productions every year, with an emphasis on staging modern European classics, new writing... | Read on »
Book launch invitationEarly Medieval Ireland and Europe: Chronology, Contacts, Scholarship A Festschrift for DÌÁibhÌ_ ÌÒ CrÌ_inÌ_nPÌÁdraic Moran & Immo Warntjes (eds)(Turnhout: Brepols, 2015)A collection of 27 articles on cultural interactions between Ireland, Britain and the Continent during the early Middle Ages. Offered to DÌÁibhÌ_ by friends and colleagues on the occasion of his 60th birthday.... | Read on »
THE RORY KAVANAGH BURSARYThe Bursary has been made possible by a generous donation from the family of the late Rory Kavanagh (1971-1996), a 1993 B.A. graduate of National University of Ireland, Galway. Rory spent the 1991-1992 academic year in Italy at the University of Bologna under the ERASMUS Student Mobility Programme. This Bursary is awarded... | Read on »
Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/For more information please contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ieAll theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend
Archaeology research seminar series:Yolande O'Brien - doctoral candidate in Archaeology All welcome!for more information please contact maggie.ronayne@nuigalway.ie
Digital Scholarship Seminar:Evan Bourke (NUI Galway)Female Involvement, Membership, and Centrality: A Social Network Analysis of the Hartlib Circle The Hartlib circle was an intellectual correspondence network that was formed in London in 1641, centred around Samuel Hartlib, John Dury, and Jan Amos Kaminski. This group was mainly active between 1641 and 1661, and included well-known... | Read on »
Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:Moonfish Theatre, "Developing Practices: A Conversation on Creating Star of the Sea and Cultivating A Theatre Company" Moonfish is a Galway-based theatre company creating work in English and Irish that is rooted in the limitless possibilities of the imagination. Moonfish produce theatre for young people and adults. Our work is... | Read on »
