University of Galway History Seminar: Alms-Collecting and Information Gathering: Spanish Franciscan Commissioners and the Global Expansion of Holy Land Devotion Professor Megan Armstrong (McMaster University) The next University of Galway History Research Seminar of the semester will take place at 4.00pm on Wednesday, 21 February 2024. The speaker will join us online, but colleagues are welcome... | Read on »

Launch of Bríd McGrath’s The Operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48 (Four Courts Press, 2023) By Professor Nicholas Canny, MRIA, FBA Wednesday 21 February at 5.15pm Hardiman Research Building seminar room G010 This is the first account of the workings Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense... | Read on »

School of Psychology Research Seminar: How to be an Academic in a World on Fire Talk & Hands-On Workshop Dr. Clare Kelly, Trinity College Dublin Monday 26th February 12:30-15:00 (lunch included) G065 AMBE, University of Galway Addressing the climate crisis requires radical and urgent action at all levels of society. Universities are ideally positioned to... | Read on »

ILAS International Research Training Series - 2023/24 Unlocking the Potential of Empirical Research:  An Introduction to R for Statistical Analysis and Data Visualisation  Description: This immersive research session goes through R programming, a powerful tool for statistical analysis, data manipulation, and visualisation. This session aims to showcase the versatility of R in empirical research, focusing... | Read on »

Co-Designing Socially Engaged Research: The Approach of Immersive Empathy Part of the Masterclasses @ Centre for Creative Technologies collection. Introducing the methods used on the Immersive Empathy project along with some of the ethical questions raised by socially engaged research. This event will also be streamed via Zoom – if you would prefer to attend online,... | Read on »

Launch: Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic. The Children’s Report We are delighted to invite you to the launch of a new children’s research report, conducted by UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway in partnership with Foróige, and published as... | Read on »

Irish Studies Seminar Series, 2023-24 (in person, and on zoom) Dr Anna Falkenau, “Embedded in Zeitgeist, Embodying Zeitgeist: Traditional Music and Arts Developments in Galway, 1971-1981” Focusing on the urban site of Galway City, this paper explores the embeddedness of Irish traditional music and arts events in the zeitgeist of the 1970s. Described in a national... | Read on »

Webinar hosted by the Irish Society for Theatre Research Title: Irish Circus and Performance: From Heritage to Practice Date: 29 February Time: 4pm to 5pm Via Zoom Registration and info: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/irishsocietyfortheatreresearch/1168313 Contact: barry.houlihan@universityofgalway.ie

Award-winning Japanese film director Kazuhiro SODA coming to University of Galway and  PALAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29TH Renowned Japanese documentary filmmaker, Kazuhiro SODA is visiting Galway  for a workshop and a screening of his award-winning documentary ZERO (2020). His visit is presented by the School of English Media and Creative Arts, University of Galway in association... | Read on »

International Women's Day 2024 Centre for Global Women’s Studies Discipline of Gender and Women’s Studies School of Political Science and Sociology Date: 4th March 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 pm (GMT) G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, H91 REW4 or online via Zoom Áine Treanor In 2022, Áine spent three months in the West Bank as a Human Rights monitor.  During her time there,... | Read on »