The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with  Dr Allyn Fives (Discipline of Politics; Power, Conflict, and Ideologies research cluster)  “Moral obligation as a conclusive reason:    On Bernard Williams’ critique of the morality system”    Bernard Williams’ critique of the morality system, as illustrated in his reading of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, is... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar ‘How should I raise and care for my child?’ Early child health writing for a general audience in Europe (1850-1914) Dr Anna Gasperini (University of Galway)  Abstract The period between mid-nineteenth and the early twentieth century saw the rise of childcare handbooks written for a general audience in Europe... | Read on »

Sibhialtaigh sa Dá Chogadh Domhanda An mó acu nár tháinig slán? Cormac Ó Gráda Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath 12.30–13.30, DÉARDAOIN 26 DEIREADH FÓMHAIR 2023 Seomra an Droichid (1001), Áras Uí Argadáin & ar Zoom Grianghraf: Dresden, 1945, an radharc ón Rathaus agus dealbh Güte ; Richard Peter (1895–1977) a ghlac é. Ceadúnas: Deutsche... | Read on »

Irish Studies Seminar Series Semester 1, 2023-24 (in person and on zoom)  ‘Gender Trouble: Key Issues in the Contemporary Irish Music Industry’ Dr Ann-Marie Hanlon   The seminar will take place in the Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies, School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies, 4 Distillery Road, University of Galway, and on zoom here: https://universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/j/92432099826?pwd=Q2NpYVVPVmprYXF6WDZOcFRpbTlLQT09  Dr Hanlon’s paper, ‘Gender Trouble: Key Issues in... | Read on »

Book Launch of As it Flows Join us to celebrate creative work made by primary school students as part of the project ‘When is Water not Water?’, funded by the University of Galway’s College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies Research Development Grant 2023 and led by the Discipline of Philosophy. The book is... | Read on »

Margaret Cavendish's ‘Ecocritical’ Thinking: A Reading of ‘A Dialogue Between an Oak and a Man Cutting Him Down’ Professor Line Cottegnies (Sorbonne Université)   Abstract: Margaret Cavendish is now routinely enrolled as an early example of an eco-conscious author, and studied through the lens of ecocritical approaches, but the risk of anachronism is strong. In this... | Read on »

Centre for Creative Technologies’ masterclass series Miss-communication - Joanna Walsh Joanna Walsh will present her Markievicz-award-winning miss-communication.ie, the first generative text project to be supported by the Irish Arts Council. Miss-Communication.ie is a work of two halves: an AI chatbot trained on Constance Markievicz's prison letters and interviews with 20th century Dublin women collected by Máirín Johnston... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar: ‘Tangier, Bombay and the political economy of Empire: an Irish model?’  Professor Steven Pincus (University of Chicago)  This event is in-person only, in Room G010, Hardiman Building. The seminar will take place at 1.30pm - please note the different to usual start time. This talk is part of the University... | Read on »