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Arts, Humanities & Innovation Speaker Series – The Transition from Humanities Research to Industry

The Moore Institute Seminar Room G010 Ground floor The Hardiman Research Building

As part of the Arts, Humanities and Innovation – Connecting with Industry speaker series, Dr Úna Newell, Content Architect at Orreco, will talk about her experience moving from an academic career as a humanities researcher, to working with a sports science company that focuses on improving the performance of pro-athletes. Úna will discuss the types of skills we have as scholars of... | Read on »

Found in Translation? France, Ireland and the Legacy of Michel Déon

Seminar Room GO10, Ground Floor, Hardiman Research Building

A Public Seminar organised by French, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, NUI Galway, the French Embassy in Ireland and Cúirt    Featuring Sarah Berthaud (Portsmouth) Theoretical and practical Challenges of Franco-Irish Translation Marie Blom (NUI Galway) Translating Humour: The Case of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy in French Eamon Maher (Tallaght) Gavin Bowd (St Andrews)... | Read on »

Information Session on IRC Laureate Awards Programme

Seminar Room GO10, Ground Floor, Hardiman Research Building

Led by Prof. Daniel Carey, the Moore Institute will host an information event on the IRC Laureate Awards Programme. The Laureate Awards Programme invites applications at the early and mid-career level (Starting and Consolidator). Successful applicants will be required to make a follow-on application to the ERC. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS 29 JUNE, 2017 @ 4PM.... | Read on »

Talk by Visiting Fellow Hywel Griffiths on ‘Historic perceptions of flooding in rural Ireland’

The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway

All Welcome! Hywel Griffiths-  Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University Current predictions of the impacts of climate change on environmental and social systems have brought human-environment interactions into sharp relief, and have further highlighted the importance of understanding the historical and cultural contingencies of people’s perceptions of the environment. The value of historical... | Read on »

Digital Poet and Fulbright Scholar Jason Nelson and Digital Artist Alinta Krauth

The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway

Digital Poet and Fulbright Scholar Jason Nelson and Digital Artist Alinta Krauth "The Fulbright Commission of Ireland has granted an Intercountry award for the NUI Galway Moore Institute to host the digital poet Jason Nelson, who will visit Galway on 23-29 April 2017. Nelson is Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, Australia, and is currently holding... | Read on »

Symposium: Taking the next step post-PhD/Masters: Career development beyond academia

Seminar Room GO10, Ground Floor, Hardiman Research Building

Looking for an opportunity to explore ideas and network for the future?  Then join us for an opportunity to meet with representatives from Fidelity, Accenture and others to learn how students can plan for a variety of careers post PhD and Masters.   Draft Programme Arts, Humanities and Innovation .... connecting with Industry 10:00  Coffee... | Read on »

Terrance Hayes – Poetry reading and discussion

Seminar Room G011 the Hardiman Reserach Building

Presented by the MA in Writing and the BA with Creative Writing at the Discipline of English in association with the U.S. Embassy’s Creative Minds series and the Cúirt International Festival of Literature Date & time:  Friday 28 April at 1pm Venue:  The Moore Institute, Hardiman Research Building, Room G011 The event will be introduced... | Read on »

Sport & Exercise Research Group Seminar ‘Sport and homophobia in France: Twenty years of research’

Seminar Room GO10, Ground Floor, Hardiman Research Building

Sport & Exercise Research Group Monthly Research Seminar (First Wednesday of each month) Sport and homophobia in France: Twenty years of research - Featuring Professor Philippe Liotard From 1997 (Eurogames in Paris) to 2018 (Gay Games in Paris), LGBT's sport spread in two directions. On the one hand, an associative sports network has developed which... | Read on »

“Journeys” Conference of the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies

Seminar Room G010, G011 and Room 1001 "The Bridge" in the Hardiman Research Institute and The Arts Millennium Building

On the occasion of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, the Moore Institute is delighted to host the annual conference of the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies. Taking its inspiration from Lenin’s fateful journey to Petrograd one hundred years ago, the theme of this year’s conference is ‘journeys’. Papers deal with... | Read on »

Travellers, travellees, and travelling texts

Dillion Theatre NUI Galway

Public Keynote Lecture by Prof. Wendy Bracewell School of Slavonic and East European Studies University College London   Prof. Wendy Bracewell of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, is to deliver a public lecture entitled ‘Travellers, travellees, and travelling texts: Eastern Europe and the Republic of Letters’ at NUI Galway... | Read on »