School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Research Day In memory of Dr. Mel Boland To join online: https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/j/97191090627   Programme (pdf file available here SLLC Research Day Programme) 9.30 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Rebecca Braun (Dean, CASSCS) Chaosheng Zhang (Vice-Dean Research, CASSCS) Anne O’Connor (Chair, Research Committee SLLC) 9.45-10.45 Session 1: Humour Chair: Pilar Alderete... | Read on »

Ukraine’s Fight for Survival Lessons & future Prospects - a Roundtable Discussion with the Ukrainian, Polish and Lithuanian Ambassadors to Ireland After 420 days of heroic resistance, a free Ukraine still manages to exist although having paid an extraordinary price in suffering. This in person event brings the three Ambassadors to Ireland, from Ukraine, Poland... | Read on »

The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with:  Jonathan Hannon (Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster)   'The eviction of Antonio Lopez - Slavery and Barcelona's colonial present'  Thursday 20th April,   1-2pm  AS203 (Arts/Science Building, River Room)  University of Galway  All Welcome! 

Knowledge, Vision, and Judgement in Early Modern English Literature All are welcome to join this afternoon event, which will feature papers by: Prof. Jane Grogan (UCD) Dr Douglas Clark (U. de Neuchâtel) Dr Lindsay Ann Reid (U. of Galway) and a guest lecture by Prof. Kevin Curran (U. de Lausanne), followed by a wine reception.

This Lab is hybrid with Rosemary Power zooming in from Iona! Those in Galway still be meeting in HRB G010 at 12 noon, Friday 21st April, and lunch and discussion will follow as usual. Rosemary will be speaking on 'Iona Nunnery and Its Norse-Gaelic Context': This seminar paper concerns the foundation of the Augustinian nunnery on... | Read on »

This is an in person event in the Hardiman Building, G010 (on ground floor). No previous or specialist knowledge is needed for this Cafe. All welcome! The event will finish with a free slice of fresh vegetarian pizza! Please bring a device (laptop, tablet) as we will do some joined activities. Emerging technologies such as... | Read on »

RELIGION RE-IMAGINES THE WORLD, 1870-1930 0930-1045: Devotions and beliefs in changing times CHAIR: Breandán MacSuibhne, Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta, Gaillimh. ‘Peripheral Vision: Marian Apparitions in Knock/An Cnoc and Dittrichswalde/Gietzrwald in the 1870s.’ Róisín Healy, Department of History, University of Galway. ‘Martyrs and Miracles: some religious aspects of Peig’s storytelling.’ Síle de Cléir, Scoil na Gaeilge, an... | Read on »

Staff and students are warmly invited to attend the next gathering of the Figuring Ecologies Reading Network (FERN). We meet each month to discuss a literary or creative work on the subject of ecologies. Next Meeting: Thursday 27 April 2023, Bridge Room, Moore Institute, 13.00-14.00 We will discuss BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer (email for... | Read on »

The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to the final research seminar of the 2022-2023 research seminar series, with Caroline McGregor, Carmel Devaney and Sarah-Anne Buckley.  Seminar Objectives:   To introduce the project and challenges and opportunities in relation to the methodology To Present Selection of Findings To raise critical awareness about terminology, language... | Read on »

Royal Irish Academy International Affairs Annual Conference 2023 Human (in)security in an unsettled world The Academy’s annual International Affairs Conference, kindly supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs. In our unsettled world of intersecting human and environmental crises, an urgent global governance challenge lies in actioning new visions and strategies of security. Two key tasks... | Read on »