Creativity is a key skill with increasing relevance for contemporary and future societies. This seminar presents an overview of how the human brain affords us the ability to think creatively. We will: examine the neural basis of the creative process as revealed through neuroimaging methods; explore why people differ in levels of creative ability; and... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar: ‘below and above and beyond all quarrels’: The Irish Free State in the British tabloids, 1922-1932  Dr Elspeth Payne (Trinity College Dublin)  Abstract In this talk, I explore how the British popular press engaged with the newly independent Irish Free State. While situating content in its wider political context, I... | Read on »

Pádraic Moran, Mary Sweeney, and Chiara Corongiu Global and Local Scholarship on Annotated Manuscripts: an introduction to the GLOSSAM project 19 January 2024 THB-G010 12-2 pm Lunch to follow & all welcome!

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,... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar: Teaching the nation’s past: Irish history in secondary schools, 1924-69 Dr Colm Mac Gearailt (University of Galway)  Achoimre/Abstract: What we teach shows what we value. This talk considers the version(s) of the past set for study, taught in schools, and learned by students in the Irish Free State and... | Read on »

The Fráma Eile roundtable series, organised by PhD students in the Centre for Irish Studies and Roinn na Gaeilge, explores new approaches to framing established texts (in both English and Irish), material objects, and artwork in the Irish Studies canon. For our first seminar of 2024, speakers will discuss Pádraic Ó Conaire’s novel Deoraíocht.  This event will be bilingual.... | Read on »

Masterclass with Dr. Máiréad Ní Chróinín, theatre artist and researcher based at Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Galway. This talk will be in two parts: the first part will focus on Dr. Ní Chróinín's current research, which explores the creation of 'ecological perception' through performances that utilise creative technologies. The second part of the... | Read on »

Irish Society for Theatre Research Webinar: 'Principles and Practice of Intercultural Dramaturgy' Dr Sarah Hoover in conversation with Dr Karen Jean Martinson Join Dr. Sarah Hoover, She/Her, (University of Galway) and Dr. Karen Jean Martinsen, She/Her, (University of Arizona) in conversation discussing Principles and Practice of Intercultural Dramaturgy. Speaker Bios: Dr Sarah Hoover (She/Her) is... | Read on »

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 »