POSTPONED: School of Political Science & Sociology Seminar Series: ‘An Integrated Model of Polish parenting in Ireland’
Room 333, Aras Moyolaby Carmen Kealy (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre)
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COVID-19 Response Webinar – Education during Covid-19: precarity, privilege, purpose
OnlineUpdate: Video & audio recordings of this session are now available The Covid-19 crisis has led to the mass closure of educational institutions and an ensuing scramble to provide schooling at home. Aspects of the education system normally taken for granted have come into relief in the midst of a new sense of precarity. This... | Read on »
Writing during the Covid-19 crisis: three Irish writers discuss the pandemic and its impact on their work
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomIn this webinar, three contemporary Irish authors – Sinéad Gleeson, Mike McCormack, and Mark O’Connell – discuss the challenges, dislocations and opportunities of writing during the Covid-19 crisis. What new questions has the crisis posed and how has it affected their work and lives? Panelists Sinéad Gleeson is an essayist and short story writer. Her debut essay collection, Constellations:... | Read on »
School of Political Science & Sociology Seminar Series: ‘”Levelling up” or coming apart?; the UK’s constitutional future after Brexit’
Room 333, Aras Moyolaby Mike Kenny (Cambridge)
CAMPS Webinar: Ireland’s Vikings in Twelfth-Century Historical Writing by Patrick Wadden
Dr Patrick Wadden is an Associate Professor of History at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina, where he teaches a range of courses on medieval topics. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Oxford University and has previously taught in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He has published on a... | Read on »
Covid-19 Response webinar: Slavery, Race and Covid-19
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Recordings of this session are now available. The unfolding coronavirus crisis has revealed deep structures of inequality manifested in the death toll in the United States and other countries. This seminar examines patterns of racism and legacies of slavery that have informed the pandemic, especially in the US and UK. Participants Enrico Dal... | Read on »
Galway and the creative arts: performance and representation
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video and audio recordings of this session are now available Panellists in this webinar will examine the ways in which Galway has been represented historically in art and literature, and discuss the development of theatre and traditional music in the city since the 1960s. The discussion will be interspersed with live musical performances. Panellists... | Read on »
G2020/NUIG: Conference: Translating the Neighbourhood: Migration, dialogue and spaces of translation in the 21st century
Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research BuildingKeynotes: Prof. Loredana Polezzi (Cardiff) – Prof. Sherry Simon (Concordia) Urban spaces have always been places of translation (Simon 2012; Meylaerts and Gonne 2014; Cronin and Simon 2014), where encounters between languages and cultures have given birth to both conflict and exchange. In the last few decades, increasingly diverse urban environments have emerged, making coexistence... | Read on »
Ireland, Borders, and Covid-19 – Covid-19 Response Webinar
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video and audio recordings of this session are now available. This panel brings together perspectives from Sociology, Political Science and Public Health to examine debates surrounding boundaries and pandemic-control in Ireland and their relationship to pandemic controls in Britain, Europe and the wider world. It examines the extent, and the limitations, of an all-Ireland... | Read on »
Art and Digital Technology in a Time of Crisis – Covid-19 Response webinar
Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar ZoomUpdate: Video & audio recordings of this session are now available. The current public health restrictions implemented in many regions around the world, such as social distancing, have led to increased reliance on digital technologies. Creative work is no exception. In this panel, artistic practitioners and scholars discuss how the current crisis informs engagement with... | Read on »