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 »

Neil is the third year of the Medieval Studies PhD programme and is working with Prof. Dáibhí Ó'Cróinín. The recipient of an IRC Postgraduate Scholarship, Neil is writing a thesis entitled “Built to Last: The Construction and the Benefits of Uí Néill Dynastic Identity in Early Medieval Ireland”.

Bede and Time is published in the Routledge series Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland and provides the first integrated analysis of Bede’s thought on time. This approach allows for a greater understanding of Bede’s writings on time, and illuminates the place of time and chronology in his other works, including his creation of... | Read on »

This seminar is based upon Prof Haugaard's forthcoming book The Four Dimensions of Power: Empower, Domination and Democracy (MUP – July 2020), which explores the nature and workings of social and political power, through four dimensions,  throwing into relief different aspects of power related phenomena. The analysis constitutes a new framework that builds upon contemporary theoretical perspectives... | Read on »

Rosemary Power speaking on Shady ladies from Ireland to Iceland and this will be followed on 6th March by Francisco Rozano-García speaking on Old English Poetry in Medieval European Perspective: The Exeter Book, the House of Wessex and Carolingian Models.  

Dr. Gerald Cipriani will present a paper, 'The Changing Virtues of the Hosting Language: Notes on the Philosophy of Translation', as part of the Values and Identities seminar series on Monday 2nd March. Depending on whether translation leans toward objective rendering or subjective interpretation it will have different truth-functions. This paper reflects on the issues... | Read on »

Inger Marie Okkenhaug is a Professor of History at Volda University College, Norway, and is currently a visiting fellow at the Moore Institute. She specializes in the history of missionary and humanitarian activity in the Middle East. She has published extensively on these topics, most notably, the monograph, “The Quality of Heroic Living, of High... | Read on »