University of Galway History Research Seminar Defection and disclosure:  The German Jesuits and the problem of apostasy in the sixteenth century Dr Richard Kirwan (University of Limerick)    Biography Dr Richard Kirwan is a Senior Lecturer in History and an Irish Research Council Laureate. He is the P.I. of 'Malcontents: Order and Disorder in the... | Read on »

“…don’t forget the photos, it’s very important…” A photo exhibition about the Nazi Persecution of Sinti and Roma The launch of a photo exhibition about the Nazi persecution of Sinti and Roma, organised by Dr Gearóid Barry and Dr Niall Ó Ciosáin. The launch will take place on Wednesday, 31 January 2024, at 5.15pm, at... | Read on »

Digital Humanities Research Group seminar Deirdre Ní Chonghaile, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University Oksana Dereza, Data Science Institute, University of Galway "To have the 'million' readers yet": applying OCR & NER to bilingual Irish-English texts in An Gaodhal (1881–1898)   Abstract: Computerized text extraction for the Irish language (Gaeilge) faces a number of challenges, the... | Read on »

Translation Café: 'Four-Eyes Readers and characters: Translation choices and the creation of characters in three versions of Manolito Gafotas by Dr Maria Pilar Alderete Diez (Spanish, University of Galway and CITN - Children in Translation Network) In this translation café, we will have a look at three English versions of a Spanish book series marketed... | Read on »

Kimberly LoPrete (History, University of Galway) The Cultivation of Holy Men in the Long 1070s by Thibaud III, Count of Blois, Chartres, Meaux, and Troyes 9 February 2024 12 noon THB-G010 Lunch to follow and all welcome!

University of Galway History Research Seminar Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock (University of Sheffield) Abstract Despite growing scholarly work to the contrary, the popular image of early modern Europe remains an extraordinarily white, ruffed and cod-pieced Tudor fantasy, where Indigenous, African and Asian people existed only as curiosities from distant lands. But, in reality, tens of... | Read on »

Applications are now open for the third of the CLS INFRA academic Training School events, “ExploreCor: Using Programmable Corpora in Computational Literary Studies". It is set to take place in Vienna June 10-12 2024, spanning three intensive days. This program covers some of the most important steps in the research cycle of Computational Literary Studies,... | Read on »

UrbanLab Galway invites you to an evening reception celebrating the Horizon Europe INSITU project that explores the role of the Creative and Cultural Industries in peripheral areas of Europe. We will also be welcoming our project partners from across Europe as they visit Galway. Monday 19 February. 5pm - 7 pm. O'Donoghue Centre, University of... | Read on »

Masterclass: Critical Media Art and the ‘Cloud’ A masterclass run by the Centre for Creative Technologies, with Dr Paul O'Neill of the ADAPT Centre for AI-Driven Technologies in UCD Join us for the next in the masterclass series run by the Centre for Creative Technologies. This talk will provide an overview of ‘critical’ media artists... | Read on »

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 »