6th International Conference on the Science of Computus in the Middle AgesOld Moore Institute, NUI Galway, 8-10 July 2016Friday 8 July16:00-18:00 - Session 1: Liber Nemroth Barbara Obrist (Geneva) Nemroth's cosmology and computus in the 12th centuryDavid Juste (Munich) The lost astrological chapters of the Liber Nemroth and the origin of the textPhilipp Nothaft (Oxford)... | Read on »
Towards a World Literature Network Seeding Event Series Special Topic: Women and World Literature21st July 2016 - Seminar Room GO10, Hardiman Research Building.Recent debates surrounding the definition and scope of world literature have sparked a resurgence of interest in the concept of the disciplinary boundaries of literary studies. This resurgence has been amplified by questions... | Read on »
Tudor & Stuart Conference 2016 Online Registration for this year's conference is now open! The 6th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference will be held in the in the Moore Institute, Hardiman Research Building, National University of Ireland, Galway, on 19-20 August 2016. This year's programme will feature plenary speakers Prof. Mary O'Dowd (Queen's... | Read on »
Space, Place and Identity - Barry Nevin ' The Films of Jacques Feyder: Framing Family, Class and Colonialism in Interwar France (1919 - 1939).
The Haven Project Conference: Intervening for Human Security Moore Institute, Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway Conference Overview This conference emanates from an Irish Research Council-funded project entitled 'Haven' that centres on advancing the idea of ‘intervening for human security' in the ongoing Mediterranean humanitarian crisis. It seeks to put at centre stage the notion of... | Read on »
Venue: Room G011, Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway. A lunchtime seminar that takes the listener through the story of Tim Robinson, his archive, and plans to open it up to the community and collaborate digitally, followed by an open floor discussion with members of the audience. Panelists: Mr Peter Corrigan (James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway),... | Read on »
Erin McKinney The Dream Dominatrix: A New Look at Tochmarc Étaíne and Aislinge Óenguso Friday, 4th November, 12 noon (to be followed by a light lunch) Hardiman Research Building G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room Fáilte roimh chách
You are cordially invited to the Launch of the Apodemica Online Database: The Art of Travel 1500-1800 by Prof. Sean Ryder (English/Moore Institute) On Monday November 7, 5.30pm, Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building G010 This electronic resource provides extensive bibliographical and biographical records on hundreds of contributions to the advice literature on travel... | Read on »
Moore Institute, National University of Ireland Galway Organized by Daniel Carey daniel.carey@nuigalway.ie Monday 7 November 9.00 Registration and welcome (with coffee) 9.30-11.00 Session 1 Edward Chaney (Southampton Solent University), ‘The Origins of the Grand Tour and the discovery of the arts' Jean Boutier (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales), ‘Inventing the "Grand Tour":... | Read on »
You are cordially invited to the Launch of a new book by former Moore Institute postdoctoral fellow, Gabor Gelleri: Philosophies du voyage: visiter l'Angleterre aux 17e-18e siècles (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2016) Launched by Prof. Jane Conroy (French) On Tuesday November 8, 5.30pm, Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building G010 Refreshments served!
