In Association with the Polish Embassy in Ireland As part of symposium to launch the exhibition, “Paul Strzelecki: A Forgotten Irish Hero of the Great Irish Famine” on view in foyer of Hardiman Research Building.
This workshop demonstrates the use of Python to work with images. The focus is images used in research. Two concepts of 1) data visualisation and 2) image processing using APIs are explored and demonstrated. The workshop will provide demonstration data and image sets to work with during the workshop. You can also bring your own... | Read on »
by Maria Cullen (History, NUIG)
by Kate Hayward (Queen's, Belfast)
Update: A video recording of this session is now available. The second seminar in our Covid-19 Response series, this session will explore questions of surveillance and social benefit in the midst of the corona virus pandemic, including data gathering and contact tracing apps, and the advantages, risks, and ethical challenges. Panelists Mathieu d'Aquin (Director of... | Read on »
Update: A video and audio recording of this webinar is now available This year marks the bicentenary of the publication of James Hardiman’s classic History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway. This webinar explores Hardiman as a scholar of music, poetry, folklore and history. The panellists will assess his work as... | Read on »
by Carmen Kealy (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre)
Update: Video & audio recordings of this session are now available The Covid-19 crisis has led to the mass closure of educational institutions and an ensuing scramble to provide schooling at home. Aspects of the education system normally taken for granted have come into relief in the midst of a new sense of precarity. This... | Read on »
In this webinar, three contemporary Irish authors – Sinéad Gleeson, Mike McCormack, and Mark O’Connell – discuss the challenges, dislocations and opportunities of writing during the Covid-19 crisis. What new questions has the crisis posed and how has it affected their work and lives? Panelists Sinéad Gleeson is an essayist and short story writer. Her debut essay collection, Constellations:... | Read on »
by Mike Kenny (Cambridge)
