Moore Institute

History Graduate Research Seminar Series - Ida Federica Pugliese - The use of questionnaires as a technique for information exchange during the Enlightenment
2014-03-19 16:00 (Europe/Dublin)

Professor John Kelly (Oxford) - ''The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give'? Reception and resistance in early twentieth-century Irish Theatre'
2014-03-20 15:00

CAMPS Lab: Marie-Louise Coolahan, English, NUIG: 'RECIRC: The reception and circulation of Early Modern women's writing, 1550-1700'
2014-03-21 12:00
Followed by discussion & light lunch
Everyone welcome ‰ÛÓ FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch

Caroline Forde, PhD Candidate, Global Women's STUDIES & IRISH RESEARCH COUNCIL SCHOLAR - 'Masculinity and the Recovery Process: A Gendered Approach to Counselling Men who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse'
2014-03-21 13:00
CAROLINE FORDE, PHD CANDIDATE, GLOBAL WOMEN’S STUDIES &
IRISH RESEARCH COUNCIL SCHOLAR
“Masculinity and the Recovery Process: A Gendered Approach to Counselling Men who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse”
For more information please contact gillian.browne@nuigalway.ie

Digital Scholarship Seminar: Dr Brett Hirsch (Visiting Speaker, University of Western Australia)-Towards an Electronic Edition of Fair Em, or, Much Ado About the Miller's Daughter of Manchester
2014-03-25 12:00
Digital Scholarship Seminar
Dr Brett Hirsch
(Visiting Speaker, University of Western Australia)
Towards an Electronic Edition of Fair Em, or, Much Ado About the Miller‰۪s Daughter of Manchester

This paper offers a work-in-progress report on an electronic critical edition of Fair Em, an Elizabethan dramatic comedy of disputed authorship. With the play as its focal point, this paper considers the promises and pitfalls associated with such digital editorial projects, including the incorporation of rich multimedia content, the long shadow of print publishing in an age of open access, the dynamics of collaboration and its challenges to traditional models of humanities research and evaluation, and the bugbear of sustainability and long-term digital preservation.

Refreshments will be served after the talk
For further information, contact Dr PÌÁdraic Moran (padraic.moran@nuigalway.ie)
or Dr Justin Tonra (justin.tonra@nuigalway.ie).
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Archaeology Graduate Research Seminar Series: Richard Gray, doctoral candidate in Archaeology - Cultural and Functional Distinctions at Parish Church Settlements in Later Medieval Ireland.
2014-03-25 16:00
Discipline of Archaeology Invites You to a Seminar by
Richard Gray
Doctoral Candidate in Archaeology
Cultural and Functional Distinctions at Parish Church Settlements in Later Medieval Ireland.
All Welcome!
Department of Archaeology Research Seminar Series
For more information contact maggie.ronayne@nuigalway.ie

Moore Institute Distinguished Lecture, Prof. Adrian Frazier - 'France for the French̢åÛå_and Ireland for the Irish? George Moore, Maud Gonne, and the Dreyfus Affair'
2014-03-26 11:00
Moore Institute Distinguished Lecture
Prof. Adrian Frazier
‰Û÷France for the French‰Û_and Ireland for the Irish?
George Moore, Maud Gonne, and the Dreyfus Affair‰۪

Journalism Seminar: Mr Jonathan Mullin
2014-03-26 11:30
Journalism Seminar -In Conversation with Jonathan Mullin, Editor, The Racing Post ‰ÛÒNUI,Galway Corporate Law and Journalism graduate, Jonathan Mullin is also a former footballer and coach. He was previously RTE‰۪s Gaelic Games Correspondent -the first person to hold this role. He also worked for several local and national publications. He was one of the first journalists to work with The Athlone Voiceand later theIrish Daily Mail
For more information please contact bernadette.osullivan@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series - Alan Greer (McGill) - Kateri Tekakwitha: the Iroquois who converted a Jesuit
2014-03-26 16:00

ECHO Seminar: Brett D. Hirsch, The University of Western Australia and Moore Institute visiting fellow - 'Our Author he hath found': Early Modern Drama and the Mysteries of Authorship Attribution
2014-03-27 16:00
ECHO seminar
Dr Brett Hirsh, the University of Western Australia and Moore Institute visiting fellow.
‘Our Author he hath found’: Early Modern Drama and the Mysteries of Authorship Attribution
All welcome Wine served
ECHO brings together researchers of all disciplines to discuss research questions in a friendly environment.
Contact: adrian.paterson@nuigalway.ieor see our website:http://echoforum.wordpress.com

Lifeworlds: Space, Place and Irish Culture - ÌÒmÌ_s ÌÄåite International Conference Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway - 27-30 March
2014-03-27 17:30
Lifeworlds: Space, Place and Irish Culture
ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite International Conference
Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway
The international conference Lifeworlds: Space, Place and Irish Culture, hosted by the ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite: Space/Place Research Network, will take place at NUI Galway, 27-30 March 2014. Conference sessions, plenary lectures and the mapping workshop are free and open to the public. Places are limited for all events – early booking is advised.
Lifeworlds: Space, Place and Irish Culture specifically focuses on the centrality of space and place in Irish ‰Û÷lifeworld‰۪ experiences, both within the geographical boundary of the island of Ireland and the migrant spaces of the Irish diaspora. The conference brings together a unique network of international scholars and community-based practitioners in an effort to broaden our understanding of the role of space and place in the construction of modern Irish culture and identity at home and abroad.
Conference panel sessions and plenary lectures will take place at NUI Galway, with a public Community Mapping Workshop hosted by the Galway City Museum, Saturday 29 March 2014.
Conference Venues: The Moore Institute, Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway, and the Galway City Museum, Spanish Arch, Galway City.Contact: Dr Tim Collins timncollins@gmail.com and Dr Nessa Cronin nessa.cronin@nuigalway.ieConference Website: www.nuigalway.ie/centre_irish_studies Conference OrganisersLifeworlds is organised by Dr Tim Collins and Dr Nessa Cronin, co-convenors of the ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite:Space/Place Research Network, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway.
Lifeworlds ‰ÛÒ supported by:
– ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite: Space/Place Research Network, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway- School of Humanities, NUI Galway- Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI), NUI Galway- The Moore Institute, NUI Galway- The Ryan Institute, NUI Galway- Galway Dance Days and Galway Dancer in Residence- Centre for Creative Arts and Media (CCAM), Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology- Education Office, Galway City Museum- Space&Place, Geography, NUI Maynooth- Burren Beo Trust, Kinvara, Co Galway- Mapping Spectral Traces International Network- Irish Landscape Institute- Uniscape, Villa Medicea Careggi, Florence, Italy
Lifeworlds and Galway Dance Days Festival, 28-30 March 2014Lifeworlds is a partner symposium to the Galway Dance Days Festival and Corp_Real Symposium,curated by the Galway Dancer in Residence, and ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite affiliated artist, Dr RÌ_onach NÌ_ N̩ill. TheCorp_Real Symposium is a locus for artists and scholars interested in body-based practice andperformance to share knowledge of practice, performance and research. Events for Galway DanceDays take place at the Town Hall Theatre, NUI Galway and various Galway city and county locations.
Contact details: RÌ_onach NÌ_ N̩ill – galwaydancedays@gmail.com
For further details see www.ciotog.ie and www.facebook.com/galwaydancedays
ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite: Space/Place Research Network was established by Dr Tim Collins and Dr Nessa Cronin in2009 to promote the interdisciplinary study of issues relating to the social, cultural and politicalproduction of space and place in modern Irish society. Work conducted by the group criticallyexamines how personal and national identities, cultures and communities ground themselves andconstruct their sense of place in a world that is becoming increasingly globalised and is sometimeperceived as being ‰۪placeless‰۪. While such spatialised concerns are wide-ranging and demand acritical engagement across a variety of discourses, the focus of much research underway withmembers is with the significance and role of place and space in Irish culture and society today.
ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite meets on a monthly basis at the Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway, to discusstheoretical readings and practice-based issues relating to questions of space. The research groupseeks to forge further thematic connections across key disciplines in the Humanities and SocialSciences, with a particular emphasis on both foundational texts and current work underway inCultural Geography, Irish Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, Critical Theory, Philosophy,Performance Studies, and Visual Art and Design.
The network is also affiliated with the Space&Place research network, Geography, NUI Maynooth, and with the Mapping Spectral Traces international collective.
ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite is an interdisciplinary collective of academics, affiliated artists and community practitioners located in the West of Ireland, engaged with contemporary issues of space and place in Irish culture and society. New members are most welcome at any time.
Further details: www.nuigalway.ie/research/centre_irish_studies/omos_aite.html
Conference Programme
Thursday 27 March 2014
17.30 – Book Launch: Mapping Irish Theatre: Theories of Space and Place, by Professor Chris Morash and Professor Shaun Richards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.Speaker: Professor Patrick Lonergan, English, NUI Galway.Wine reception to follow – all are welcome to attend.Venue: Foyer, The Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway.
Friday 28 March 20148.30-9.00 – Conference Registration: Foyer, The Hardiman Research Building
9.00-9.15 – FÌÁilte – Dr Tim Collins and Dr Nessa Cronin, The ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite Lifeworld: Irish and International Place Studies Research (Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway)
9.15-9.30 – Conference Address – Mr Conor Newman (Archaeology and Centre for Landscape Studies, NUI Galway; Chair of the Heritage Council of Ireland)
9.30-9.40 Dr Bas Pedroli, Director, Uniscape (European Network of Universities dedicated to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention).
9.40-11.10 PANEL 1: MUSICAL LIFEWORLDS
Chair: Dr Lillis ÌÒ Laoire (Gaeilge, NUI Galway)
‰Û÷Top of the Ballard Rd. – piperland, always piperland, still piperland’: Re-traditionalising Spaces at the Willie Clancy Summer SchoolMs Verena Commins (Irish Studies Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway)
Stoite: TÌ_ Chreig and Traditional Arts Practice in ́rainnDr Deirdre NÌ_ Chonghaile (IRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Moore Institute, NUI Galway)
Story, Song and PlaceProfessor Roger Savage (Department of Ethnomusicology, UCLA and Moore Institute Visiting Fellow 2014, NUI Galway 2014)
Respondent: Dr M̩abh NÌ_ FhuarthÌÁin(Acting Director, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway)
11.10 – 11.30 – Tea/Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 PANEL 2: STAGING LIFEWORLDS
Chair: Dr Riana O’Dwyer (English, NUI Galway)
‰Û÷…to feel homesick, even though one is at home’: Expressions of Home-Space in Contemporary Irish CinemaDr Conn Holohan (Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway)
Irish Theatre and the End of a ‰Û÷Certain Space’Professor Shaun Richards (St Mary’s University, Twickenham) and Professor Chris Morash (School of English, TCD)
Respondent: Professor Lionel Pilkington (English, NUI Galway)
13.00-14.00: Lunch (Foyer, Hardiman Research Building)
14.00-15.30: PANEL 3: MIGRANT AND BORDER LIFEWORLDS
Chair: Dr Piaras MacÌäinrÌ_ (Department of Geography, UCC)
Still a Country?: Nation, State and Territory on the Island of IrelandDr Niall ÌÒ Dochartaigh (Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway)
Migrant Lifeworlds: The Attachment to Irish Spaces and Places of the Second Generation Irish from BritainMs Sara Hanafin (IRCHSS Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway)Widening the Window: Memory, Technology and Urban Landscape in the Poetry of Derek Mahon and Alan GillisDr Anne Karhio (Department of English, University of Stavanger)
Respondent: Dr Tony Varley (Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway)
15.30-16.00: Tea/Coffee Break
16.00-17.30: PLENARY LECTURE
Rhizomes, Hybrids and Prosthesis: Irish Diasporic Space and Music Memory in Qu̩becProfessor GearÌ_id ÌÒ hAllmh̼rÌÁin (The Johnson Chair in Qu̩bec and Canadian Irish Studies School of Canadian Irish Studies, Concordia University, Montreal)
Chair: Dr Tim Collins
19.30: Conference Dinner
Saturday 29 March 2014
11.00-13.00: KNOW YOUR PLACE: COMMUNITY MAPPING WORKSHOP
Kindly supported by Galway City Museum, Centre for Creative Arts and Media, GMIT, and the Community Knowledge Initiative, NUI Galway
Note Venue: Galway City Museum, Spanish Arch, Galway City
A Community Mapping Workshop in association with:X-PO Mapping Group, Killinaboy, County ClareMnÌÁ Fiontracha, ́rainn, Contae na GaillimheSlÌ_gadh EachtaÌ_/Aughty Gathering, County Galway
Chair: Dr Deirdre O’Mahony (GMIT) and Dr Ailbhe Murphy (Vagabond Reviews)
14.00-15.30: PANEL 5: LITERARY LIFEWORLDS
Venue: The Hardiman Research Building
Chair: Dr Tony Tracy (Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway)
Gerald Griffin’s Psychogeography and Phenomenology of PlaceProfessor Claire Connolly (Department of English, UCC)
‰Û÷A glass wall so high it went out of sight’: Figuring Interior Spaces in Maeve Brennan’s Derdon StoriesProfessor Pat Coughlan (Department of English, UCC and Moore Institute Visiting Fellow 2014, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway)
Alone in a Fantasy Lifeworld: Vanishing Wilderness and Violence in Edna O’Brien’s In the ForestDr Maureen O’Connor (Department of English, UCC)
Respondent: Dr Tina Pusse (German, NUI Galway)
15.30-15.45: Tea/Coffee
15.45-17.15: PANEL 6: FRAMING THE RURAL LIFEWORLD
Venue: The Hardiman Research Building
Chair: Ms Ann Lyons (Community Knowledge Initiative, NUI Galway)Re-framing the Common World: Mapping the Geometries of Power in Rural IrelandDr Deirdre O’Mahony (Centre for Creative Arts and Media, GMIT)
Re-framing and Critical Solicitude: Tensions in Re-imagining Ecosophical Cultural Praxis Relating to Rural LifeworldsDr Iain Biggs (FRSA, PLaCE, Mapping Spectral Traces, University of the West of England, and Moore Institute Visiting Fellow, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway, 2014)
Living Water: Swimming Spots as Third PlacesDr Ronan Foley (Department of Geography, Space&Place Research Network, NUI Maynooth)
Respondent: Ms Megs Morley (Galway City Curator in Residence, 2014)
17.15-17.45: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Conference delegates and audience members in conversation with Dr Tim Collins and Dr Nessa Cronin (ÌÒmÌ_s ́ite, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway)
Sunday 30 March 2014
16.00-17.00: LIFEWORLDS AND CORP_REAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Tim Collins, Nessa Cronin, RÌ_onach NÌ_ N̩ill and Guests
Venue: Bailey Allen Hall, NUI GalwayCorp_Real is a partner symposium to Lifeworlds, run in association with Galway Dance Days 2014, curated by Dr RÌ_onach NÌ_ N̩ill (Galway Dancer in Residence, 2010-14).

Book Launch: Mapping Irish Theatre: Theories of Space and Place, by Professor Chris Morash and Professor Shaun Richards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
2014-03-27 17:30
Book Launch
Mapping Irish Theatre: Theories of Space and Place, by Professor Chris Morash and Professor Shaun Richards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Speaker: Professor Patrick Lonergan, English, NUI Galway.
Wine reception to follow – all are welcome to attend.
For more information please contact nessa.cronin@nuigalway.ie

CAMPS Lab: Ciaran MacDonagh, Irish Studies, NUIG: 'Did medieval Irish monasteries have antiquarians? An examination of the term PrÌ_mchrÌ_chaire'
2014-03-28 12:00 | TBC, Ireland

Hilary Dully, Doctoral Fellow, Huston School of Film and Digital Media - 'Lawyers, medics, balance and missing women: Who's framing who? 30 years of the Abortion Debate on Irish Television.'
2014-03-28 13:00
HILARY DULLY, DOCTORAL FELLOW
HUSTON SCHOOL OF FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA
“Lawyers, medics, balance and missing women: Who’s framing who? 30 years of the Abortion Debate on Irish Television.”
For mor information please contact gillian.browne@nuigalway.ie

Archaeology Graduate Research Seminar Series: Dr Alexandra Sandmark, University of the Highlands and the Islands, Orkney - Norse Assembly Sites in Scotland - Collective Identity and Memory Making in a New Landscape
2014-04-01 16:00
Discipline of Archaeology Invites You to a Seminar by
Dr Alexandra Sandmark, University of the highlands and the Islands, Orkney
Norse Assembly Sites in Scotland ‰ÛÒ Collective Identity and Memory Making in a New Landscape
All Welcome!
Department of Archaeology Research Seminar Series
For more information please contact maggie.ronayne@nuigalway.ie

ECHO seminar: Manly Pursuits, Rebecca Barr - Desire, Disgust, and Indigestion in John Cleland's Memoirs of a Coxcomb, Des Lally - The Fictionalization of Hilton Edwards and MicheÌÁl MacLiammÌ_ir in Paul Smith's Novel Stravaganza!
2014-04-01 17:00
you are jovially invited to an ECHO seminar symposium of chaps, rakes, bachelors, and coxcombs as we probe the mysterious world of male culture and masculinities with two bravely incisive speakers from the College of Arts. We meet at the slightly later time of 5pm on Tuesday 1st April, not without fitting tomfoolery and the usual vintnerish frolics alongside what promises to be penetrating and invigorating social and cultural criticism.
MANLY PURSUITS
REBECCA BARR
Desire, Disgust, and Indigestion in John Cleland‰۪s Memoirs of a Coxcomb
DES LALLY
The Fictionalization of Hilton Edwards and MicheÌÁl MacLiammÌ_ir in Paul Smith‰۪s Novel Stravaganza!
All welcome. Wine comradely served
ECHO brings together researchers of all disciplines to discuss research questions in a cordial environment.
Contact: adrian.paterson@nuigalway.ie or see our website: http://echoforum.wordpress.com

Philosophy Graduate Workshop: Conceptions of Causality and Freedom in the History of Metaphysics
2014-04-02 09:30
Conceptions of Causality and Freedom
in the History of Metaphysics
Graduate Student Workshop in Traditional Metaphysics
National University of Ireland, Galway
The workshop will bring together graduate scholars engaging metaphysical, epistemological and moralissues surrounding freedom and causality in the history of metaphysics broadly understood.Although there is no registration fee, do email d.parashkevova1@nuigalway.ie if you plan to attend.The workshop will take place in THB-G011 Seminar Room in the AHSSRB (new research buildingadjoining the library).
9.30Coffee and Welcome
10.00Desislava Parashkevova (NUI Galway)‰Û÷Self-Causation and Metaphysical Necessity: An Adaptation of Plato‰۪s Theory ofForms‰۪
11.00Michael Lyons (Trinity College Dublin)‰Û÷Pereboom and the Practical Reasons for Accepting Kant‰۪s Transcendental Freedom‰۪
12.00Jonathan Head (Keele)‰Û÷Schopenhauer on Freedom and the Intelligible Character‰۪
1.00Lunch, Moffetts Restaurant
2.30Morganna Lambeth (Northwestern)‰Û÷Event Perception in Kant and Heidegger‰۪
3.30Coffee
4.00Damir Cicic (Central European University)‰Û÷What is Incompatibilism?‰۪
5.00Dinner in Galway City
For more information please contact tsarina.doyle@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar Series: Martin O'Donoghue, 'The legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Free State politics, 1922-26'
2014-04-02 16:00
History Graduate Research Seminar Series
Martin O’Donoghue,
‘The legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Free State politics, 1922-26’

Professor Roger Savage, Department of Ethnomusicology, The Herb Alpert School of Music, University of California and Moore Institute Visiting Fellow - 'Music and Affect'
2014-04-03 14:00
Professor Roger Savage
Department of Ethnomusicology, The Herb Alpert School of Music, University of California and Moore Institute Visiting Fellow
‘Music and Affect’
For more information please contact lillis.olaoire@nuigalway.ie

Lucy McDiarmuid (Marie Frazee-Baldassarre Professor of English, Monclair State, NJ) - 'I'll tell Paddy on you': Women's Interesting Encounters with Men in April 1916'
2014-04-03 16:00

Copyright Reform in Ireland and Reflections on the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty Copyright, Education, and Disability: Past, Present, and Future
2014-04-04 18:00
Copyright Reform in Ireland and Reflections on the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty
Copyright, Education, and Disability: Past, Present, and Future
https://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/forthcoming_events.html
A seminar organized jointly by DREAM (https://www.nuigalway.ie/dream/), DISCIT (http://www.discit.edu) and the Centre for Disability Law & Policy (NUI Galway) (https://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/)
Main Speaker: Dr. Eoin O‰۪Dell,
Associate Professor of Law, Trinity College & Chair of the Copyright Review Committee of Ireland.
Respondents: Samantha Holman
CEO of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency
Abigail Rekas
Marie Curie Early Stage Research Fellow
The Centre for Disability Law & Policy is pleased to announce a public seminar on copyright reform in Ireland on 4 April, 2014 at 6pm. The seminar will reflect on the recent Copyright Review Committee report, Modernising Copyright, and the new World Intellectual Property Organisation Marrakesh Treaty, aimed at creating exceptions and limitations to benefit persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled, as well as easing cross-border transfer of accessible format books.
Dr. Eoin O’Dell, one of the authors of the Modernising Copyright, will speak on the experiences of academics, students and persons with disabilities dealing with copyright law and practice. It will begin with an overview of the basic principles of copyright, having regard to existing legislation and precedents (copyright past). It will then look at the important current copyright issues – in particular the problems which copyright law poses for people in education and for people with a disability (copyright present). And it will conclude with how these issues might change for the better, if current reform proposals are implemented and if international treaties are implemented (copyright future).
4 April 2014 Time: 6 ‰ÛÒ 7.30pm Venue: National University of Ireland, Galway
Seminar Room THB-G010, The Hardiman Library
RSVP to Abigail.rekas@nuigalway.ie

IT in the Humanities Eleventh Annual Conference
2014-04-07 09:30
IT in the Humanities Eleventh Annual Conference
IT building, NUI, Galway, Monday, 7th April 2014

9:30Welcome IT125

9:40 ‰ÛÒ 11:10IT125

9:40 ‰ÛÒ 11:10IT204

Roddy Burns: Technology development of free language translation

Evan Flaherty*: Digital camera use in public places ‰ÛÒinvading privacy?

Tomas Malone: The preservation of languages through digitisation

Richard McKinley: Smartphone security: is the cloud the answer?

Aoife Phelan: Social media and television

Eoin Reilly: The impact of the internet on mobile phone operators

Karen Dobson: Human computer interaction and social media websites

Seamus Conroy: Cyber-warfare: Beyond Ethical Boundaries

Thomas Keehan: Online safety and social networking

Alan Forde: Cyberforensics and digital evidence

Jane Holland: Communication overload: nowhere to hide?

Marie Fahey: Wearable technology

Lorraine Togher: The representation of women online

Emer Guinane: Social media for marketing

Thomas Devery: Speech synthesis

Josh Allen: Chess algorithms

COFFEE

11:30 ‰ÛÒ 1:20IT125

11:30 ‰ÛÒ 1:20IT204

Ciaran Foley: Being rural in an information society

Killian Geaney: Technology for the gifted achiever

Leanne ODowd: How internet and gaming affects lives

Daniel Bostrom: Machine Learning

Manus Mc Comhaill: Biometrics

Dominic Burke: Animal conservation techniques

Dominic Falvery: Autonomous cars

Dermot Dunne: Technology and food production

Michael Mc Cormick: 3D printed firearms

Grainne Bhreathnach: The relationship between socialmedia and social anxiety

Eimear Daly: Bitcoin as a digital currency

Brian Conneely: Anonymous internet marketplaces

Nicholas O Fegan: Gamification

Deirdre Walsh: Second life: second personality?

Alan Mulkerrins: IT in diagnostic & intervention for medical imaging

Christopher Kelly: Technology in flood control in Ireland

Barry Quigg: The progression of thecomputing world

Niamh Briscoe: Technology for alternative energy

Brian Murphy: IT in marketing for business organizations

*as gaeilge

For more information please contact pat.byrne@nuigalway.ie

Digital Scholarship Seminar: Dr Niall ÌÒ Dochartaigh (Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway)-Technologies of Peace, - Dr Ida Federica Pugliese (Moore Institute, NUIG) The (Dis?)advantages of Using Technologies to Enhance Qualitative Research Projects
2014-04-08 12:00
Digital Scholarship Seminar
Dr Niall ÌÒ Dochartaigh
(Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway)
Technologies of Peace
Dr Ida Federica Pugliese
(Moore Institute, NUI Galway)
The (Dis?)advantages of Using Technologies to Enhance Qualitative Research Projects
Refreshments will be served after the talks
For further information, contact Dr PÌÁdraic Moran (padraic.moran@nuigalway.ie)
or Dr Justin Tonra (justin.tonra@nuigalway.ie).
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ECHO seminar: Peter Kelly - Reduced to Tears: Liquefaction and the permeable body in Ovid's Metamorphoses - Lindsay Ann Reid -Medieval Emotion Scripts and Renaissance Playscripts: "Passioning" like Ariadne in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2014-04-08 17:00
PASSION PLAY
PETER KELLY
Reduced to Tears: Liquefaction and the permeable body in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
LINDSAY ANN REID
Medieval Emotion Scripts and Renaissance Playscripts: “Passioning” like Ariadne in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ECHO brings together researchers of all disciplines to discuss research questions in a cordial environment.
Contact: adrian.paterson@nuigalway.ie or see our website: http://echoforum.wordpress.com

CAMPS Lab: Kim LoPrete, Medieval History, NUIG: 'Bertrada of Montfort and the sources: A mirror for historians'
2014-04-11 12:00

Medieval Studies Postgraduate Studies Day
2014-04-14 09:00
Medieval Studies Postgraduate Research Day.
For more information please contact kim.loprete@nuigalway.ie

Juan RamÌ_n Jim̩nez: Reflections at the Centenary of Platero y yo
2014-04-15 09:00
Juan RamÌ_n Jim̩nez:
Reflections at the Centenary of Platero y yo
Chair: Jos̩ Luis PenÌ_n (UCD)
This panel discussion on the Nobel-Prize winning Spanish poet, Juan RamÌ_n Jim̩nez, takes place within the context of the Annual Conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland.
It includes a screening of the documentary Los viajes de Juan RamÌ_n Jim̩nez (26 minutes; in Spanish) and is followed by a round table discussion on the occasion of the centenary of the publication of Platero y yo (1914).
All welcome.

Workshop: Computational Stylometry: An Introduction
2014-04-24 10:00
Computational Stylometry: An Introduction
Moore Institute, NUI Galway, 24 April 2014
This one-day workshop led by Dr Francesca Benatti (Open University) is a hands-on introduction to stylometric analysis using Stylo, a tool created for use in the statistical programming language R.
What is Computational Stylometry?Computational stylometry (or stylistics) is the study of how the stylistic features of texts can be measured through computer-aided statistical methods.
How is it used?Regularly used in the field of authorship attribution, Computational Stylometry has potential applications to a wide range of fields and disciplines that examine texts. In addition to authorship attribution, Computational Stylometry may be used to investigate relationships between texts in such areas as gender, genre, and chronology.
For example?J. K. Rowling was recently exposed as the author of the pseudonymous novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, thanks to the Computational Stylometric work of Patrick Juola. A professor of computer science, Juola also runs a private consulting firm that applies stylometric techniques to disputed documents and in psychological profiling for the legal professions. Similar techniques have aided historical research by verifying the authenticity of letters written during the American Civil War, and sought to reveal how pronouns and other function words reveal personality traits and relationship roles.
What does the workshop involve?It will include an introduction to the history and theory of stylometry, and will focus on the practical application of the Stylo package. Alongside examples of Stylo’s use, participants will complete hands-on practical exercises with the tool. A set of sample texts will be supplied, but participants are free to bring their own texts in plain text or TEI XML format.
What is the schedule for the day?10.00-10.30 Introduction to Stylometry10.30-11.00 Installation of R and Stylo; settings and options11.00-11.30 The stylo function; hands-on practice11.30-12.00 Tea break12.00-13.00 The oppose function; hands-on practice13.00-14.00 Lunch14.00-14.30 Case study: authorship attribution and the Christabel review14.30-15.30 The classify function; hands-on practice15.30-16.00 Open session: practice / discussion / Q and A
I am interested, but am not sure this is for me…Computational stylometry can be either a means or an end. While is it used to identify authors andverify documents, it can also be employed for more exploratory purposes: for identifying patternsand sequences within a text or group of texts. If your work involves analysing texts, this workshopmay be useful to you.
Do I need to be a programmer to learn this?No. This workshop is led by and aimed at scholars in the Arts and Humanities. Some experience withcomputer-aided text-analysis will be a benefit, but nothing other than general digital literary isrequired.
Anything else I should know?Attendance is free. Places are limited on this workshop, however, so you are advised to register yourinterest as soon as possible. Attendees will be required to bring their own laptops: R and Stylo willnot work on mobile devices.
Ok, you’ve sold me. What do I do now?Contact Justin Tonra (justin.tonra@nuigalway.ie) to register your interest in participating. Youshould mention any previous experience you have had with text-mining or text-analysis, anddescribe how the workshop relates to your own work.

Humanities Book Sale
2014-04-24 11:00
EVERY BOOK A FIVER OR LESS
in the
First Great Humanities Book Sale,
GS011
(The Hardiman Research Building) NUI,Galway.
Academic books (all disciplines with lots of history, English & women/gender); fiction; non-fiction; children‰۪s/young adult; some old books. Quality book CDs & DVDs also available.
All proceeds will go toA Night for Kathleen: In February this year, Kathleen Neylan passed away when a fire broke out at her home in Knocknacarra. Kathleen’s family and friends have come together to organize some events and raise some money so that her 16-year-old daughter, now orphaned, can concentrate on rebuilding her life without worrying about ongoing expenses.
See also A Night for Kathleen in Monroe‰۪s, Friday May 23, with Galway bands Stomping Ground and No Stairway (Led Zeppelin Tribute Band).Tickets E10, watch local papers/noticeboards for more details or contact CC below.
Caitriona Clear, History Department. E-mail: caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MOORE INSTITUTE AND TO CATHERINE MCCURRY, COLLEGE OF ARTS, AND TO ALL WHO DONATED BOOKS, CDs, DVDs.

Public Lecture: Dr Frank Shovlin, Univeristy of Liverpool and Moore Institute visiting fellow - 'The Invention of Liam O'Flaherty'
2014-04-24 18:00 | Galway City Library, Ireland
For more information please contact fshovlin@liverpool.ac.uk
