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 »

University of Galway History Research Seminar: 'The Irish Face of British Politics: Agrarian "outrages", Propaganda, and Reform 1830-1845  Dr Jay Roszman (University College Cork)    Abstract Some of the most compelling histories of nineteenth-century Ireland focus not simply on the ways that Britain shaped Ireland, but on the ways that Ireland shaped Britain and its... | Read on »

Please join us for the University of Galway launch of Micheline’s Three Conditions: How We Fought Gender Inequality at Galway’s University and Won by Rose Foley and Micheline Sheehy Skeffington Micheline will give a short talk and both authors will answer questions and sign books. The book provides a gripping account of the campaign by Micheline... | Read on »

“Going North”: Landed Estates in the counties of Cavan, Donegal & Monaghan, 1700-1914 Seminar Monday 6 November 2023 3-5pm - G010 Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Hardiman Research Building & on Zoom Speakers: Ms. Virginia Teehan, CEO, Heritage Council Dr. Jonathan Cherry (DCU) Prof. Terence Dooley, (Maynooth University) Dr. William Roulston (Ulster Historical Foundation)   Marie Boran... | Read on »

The Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR) webinar on 'Publishing in a Journal', 8 November 1-2pm, with Prof Helena Grehan (Murdoch Uni, Performance Research Deputy Editor) in conversation with Dr Shonagh Hill (Queen's, author of Embodied Mythmaking in Irish Theatre, CUP 2019). Registration: Get Tickets – ISTR Webinar: Publishing in a Journal - Q and... | Read on »

POSTPONED! University of Galway History Research Seminar Finding Sophie: 'Tracing and Returning a Greenlandic Woman through the Archives of Exploration' Dr Eavan O’Dochartaigh (University of Galway) Abstract In the mid-nineteenth century, ships of ‘exploration’ made their way along Greenland’s west coast, often stopping to rest, re-supply, and trade at settlements before entering the Northwest Passage.... | Read on »

“Thinking About American Public Opinion: Past and Present” Professor Susan Herbst, University of Connecticut American politics and public discourse have changed rapidly since 2015 and the election of President Trump.  Political scientists, journalists, and engaged citizens have been surprised by the extraordinary acceleration of partisan polarization, for example.  Of the contemporary American political dynamics, which current... | Read on »

Jumping into the Metaverse, with Professor Sarah Jones Virtual reality has come a long way since headsets had to be bolted to the ceiling as they were too heavy for a person to support them. In this discussion, Sarah Jones, Professor of Education Innovation at the University of Gloucestershire, will take us on a journey through the... | Read on »