This is advance notice of a conference to be held at the National University of Ireland, Galway from 6-7 November 2009 on the reception in Ireland of the plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov. Its aim is to contextualise contemporary adaptations and translations of works by Ibsen and Chekhov within the history of Irish... | Read on »

Nicholas Canny (NUIG), 'Ireland and Europe 1600-1750'

Conchur O Giollagain (NUIG), 'The Bilingual Gaeltacht: a culture and community in crisis'

Public lecture, on the subject of 'EVIL'will take place on Tuesday 17 November at 6 pm in IT Lecture Theatre 250. Professor Eagleton will be ready to address questions on the same subject after the formal lecture.

Philip Dine (NUIG), 'Making Sense of Sport: Practices, Locations, Representations'

The Moore Institute will host Ms Geraldine Kennedy, Editor of the Irish Times, on Thursday 26 November at 6.10pm in Lecture Theatre 250 of the IT building. Ms Kennedy will attend a short reception at 5.40 pm in the foyer outside the lecture theatre. This will be followed by Discourse on the subject of Challenges... | Read on »

Professor Michele Hilmes (University of Wisconsin-Madison)‰Û÷"Eyes Pointing Different Ways": INTERTEL and Transnational Television Documentary in the 1960s.'

Poul Holm (Trinity College Dublin), 'Sea Change: The Urgency of Oceans Past'

Professor Peter Putnis (University of Canberra)‰Û÷Communication and History: Understanding How and Why Australians Went to War in the Sudan in 1885'

Professor Peter Putnis (University of Canberra)‰Û÷Celebrating Communication and Mourning its Failures: The Australian Colonial Experience'