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Women, Ageing and Life Narrative.
Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building10th May from 1:15 pm - 7pm 11th May from 9:15am - 3pm
ILLUSTRATED TALK: Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877-1946) – Modern Irishwomen Lecture Series
Education Room, Galway City MuseumIreland Illustrated (1680-1860), a database of images and text
Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research BuildingFor catering purposes, please RSVP to mooreinstitute@nuigalway.ie
‘Trump, Irish America and the New Right’ – Renowned New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and founder of IrishCentral, Niall O’Dowd will lead a discussion of the new right phenomenon
Ground Floor, Aula MaximaOne of the most striking recent developments in American politics has been the emergence of Irish Americans associated with the Right and their participation in (or support for) the Trump administration. The traditional expectation that Irish Americans align themselves with the Democratic Party (led by the Kennedy family and figures like Tip O’Neill) has been... | Read on »
‘The impact of deforestation on Irish culture: a sylva sylvarum for treeless places’ by Paul Carter (Visiting Fellow from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia)
The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of GalwayThe key practical question buried in the title of my Moore Fellowship project is: reafforestation. An explanation of the context of this study is necessary. The challenge, though, is methodological.... | Read on »
Palimpsest and Creolité: Representations of Slave women in the Caribbean in the long eighteenth century by Kerry Sinanan (Visiting Fellow)
The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of GalwayThis talk examines representations of slave women, focusing especially on representations of breasts and breastfeeding, in order to read fully the tensions and contradictions between economics, ‘race’, sexuality and maternity in plantation slavery. The sources reveal the impossible position of the female slave who is at once a mother and a commodity to be... | Read on »
‘Criticism and the Making of the Catholic Enlightenment: Rethinking the Career of Jean Hardouin, S.J. (1646-1729)’ by Dr. Daniel Watkins, (Visiting Fellow from Baylor University)
The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of GalwayRecent scholarship has recognized that contributions to the European Enlightenment came from figures beyond the small collection of radical French philosophes traditionally identified as its architects. In an investigation of the life and career of the French Jesuit and classical scholar Jean Hardouin, Daniel Watkins will speak about the “Catholic Enlightenment” and the reasons that... | Read on »
‘On the ten-stringed psaltery’: musical instruments as symbols in the Middle Ages
The Bridge Room 1001 First Floor Hardiman Research Building, University of GalwayMusical instruments abound in medieval iconography and literature, so much so that modern craftsmen were able to build replicas of medieval instruments working from images and texts. But did medieval artists and writers always intend to depict or describe real instruments? In this colloquium, five speakers will explore a number of medieval iconographic and textual... | Read on »
Open Rehearsal: Come Dance With Me in Ireland: A Pilgrimage to Yeats Country by Patrick Ball and Peter Glazer (Visiting Fellows)
O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studio 1, NUI GalwayOpen Rehearsal Come Dance With Me in Ireland: A Pilgrimage to Yeats Country Featuring Patrick Ball, Celtic Harp A new play with music by Moore Institute fellows Patrick Ball and Peter Glazer in the O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance 24th of May (Thursday) at 12pm. Please join us for an open rehearsal of... | Read on »