Martin O’Donoghue is Lecturer in Irish and British History at the University of Northumbria. He graduated with a PhD in History from NUI Galway in 2016 funded by scholarships from the Irish Research Council and the College of Arts. He subsequently held positions at the National Library of Ireland and the University of Limerick. Martin’s... | Read on »

The following panelists will discuss the outcome of this transformative vote. Panelists: Dr. Eoin Daly (School of Law) Prof. Kate Kenny (School of Business) Prof. Niall Ó Dochartaigh (School of Political Science & Sociology)

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This workshop will explore the ideas of online and digital identity from a scholarly perspective. Participants will learn how tools such as blogging, twitter and a ‘domain of one’s own’ can allow them to professionally connect, share and network online. We will discuss the challenges of developing an ‘authentic online voice’, and explore the benefits... | Read on »

A seminar by Moore Institute Visiting Fellow, Prof Dominique Clément, University of Alberta The State Funding for Social Movements research team brings together scholars from universities across Canada in history, political science and sociology. Our team has developed an innovative new database (database.statefunding.ca) and digital archive that lists grants from governments in Canada to non-governmental organizations... | Read on »

This seminar will be given by Patrick J. Mahoney, a Fulbright Scholar at the Moore Institute and History Department and a PhD candidate at Drew University (New Jersey). His book ‘From a Land Beyond the Wave’: Connecticut’s Irish Rebels 1798-1916 won the Connecticut League of History Organizations’ Publication Prize (2018). He is currently translating and editing a... | Read on »

In this paper, Prof. Enrico Dal Lago, NUI Galway will focus on the life and achievements of Raimondo Di Sangro, Prince of San Severo (1710-1771). A high profile member of the court nobility in the eighteenth-century Kingdom of Naples, San Severo was a polymath, with interests that spanned the entire spectrum of human knowledge, from... | Read on »

Ashling McEvaddy, IRC funded PhD candidate in Philosophy, will present a paper, 'Retrospection and Revaluation in Nietzsche: Overcoming our Evolution in the Pursuit of Freedom' as part of the Values and Identities seminar series on Monday 24th February Time: 3 pm Venue: Tom Duddy seminar room, Philosophy Building, Morrisroe House, 19 Distillery Road ALL WELCOME Abstract: For... | Read on »

Why and when was Joyce’s Ulysses first deemed controversial and how did Joyce respond? This paper, based on Dr Hutton’s OUP monograph, looks at the circumstances in which Joyce’s work was first serialised in the US, and the nature of the post-serial revisions which Joyce made to the text. Dr Clare Hutton is Senior Lecturer... | Read on »

NUI Galway hosts a lunchtime seminar on sports journalism at 1pm on Tuesday 25 February in G010, Moore Institute/Hardiman Research Building to announce the launch of the new MA Sports Journalism and Communication programme from September 2020. Panel to feature:Keith Duggan (Chief Sports Writer, The Irish Times) Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill (Presenter, Rugbaí Beo , TG4) Mike Finnerty... | Read on »