Digital Scholarship Seminar Research seminar for researchers working in any branch of the arts and humanities who are engaged in the creation and/or exploitation of digital resources in the course of their research. 12-1pm, Tuesday 14 May 2013 Deirdre NÌ_ Chonghaile (Moore Institute)AmhrÌÁin ́rann - Aran Songs: Collaborating to create a digital-friendly music resource Patricia... | Read on »
School of Humanities Research Day9.30am: Welcome from Dr Edward Herring, Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies,9.45 ‰ÛÒ 11.00 am:Panel 1 (Chair: Tsarina Doyle)Lionel Pilkington (English) ‰ÛÏCapitalism and Irish Theatre‰Sean Crosson (Huston School) ‰ÛÏSport and Film‰Rod Stoneman (Huston) ‰ÛÏThe Politics of the Visual‰11.00 ‰ÛÒ 11.25 am: Coffee break11.25 - 12.15 Panel... | Read on »
English Graduate Research Day 2013 - all welcome - come along and enjoy coffee and accumulated fruits of research!9.20-10.45 Meaghan Connell ‰Û÷The Language of Irish Theatre: Corpus Findings and Analysis‰۪ Mikyung Park ‰Û÷Gregory's Disavowal: the Making of a Public Persona in Spreading the News (1904)‰۪ Mairead Ni Chroinin ‰Û÷Mobile Computing as Postdramatic Theatre‰۪ 10.45 COFFEE... | Read on »
Workshop - Media, Culture and Empire 24 May 2013 - 12pm-5.30pm Venue - Room STC.S78, St Clements Building, Clare Market, London School of Economics 12-1pm Simon J. Potter, University of Bristol ‰ÛÒ ‰Û÷Jingoism and the British Press at the fin de si̬cle‰۪ R. S. Coffey, LSE ‰ÛÒ ‰Û÷‰ÛÏThe Paladins of Fleet Street‰: The British press,... | Read on »
Global Women‰۪s Studies Summer Seminar With Caroline Bettinger Lopez, Human Rights Clinic, University of Miami, School of Law "Bringing human rights home: Strategies to fight domestic violence and other gender-based violations" Friday May 24 - 2.00-3.30 pm Moore Institute Seminar Room Free event - all welcome! To reserve a place, email: Gillian.browne@nuigalway.ie Caroline Bettinger-LÌ_pez is... | Read on »
Mission and Frontiers: Perspectives on Early Modern Missionary Catholicism National University of Ireland, Galway, 4th and 5th June, 2013 When, in 1893, Frederick Turner spoke of a phenomenon that ‰Û÷broke the bonds of custom, offered new experiences, called out new institutions and activities‰۪, he was referring to the American frontier, but his description can be... | Read on »
LECTURE - THE IRISH IN SCOTLAND : ROBERT TANNAHILL After releasing THE COMPLETE SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS (12 vols, Linn Records 1996-2003) I turned my attention to a sadly neglected artist: Robert Tannahill of Paisley (1774-1810). Tannahill was a weaver, a song-writer and poet who wrote over 100 songs of a quality comparable to Burns.... | Read on »
‰Û÷I am a fiddler and a poet' : Robert Burns as a song-writer This illustrated talk is designed to introduce a wholly unknown Robert Burns to the general public. For over 200 years Burns has been misrepresented as Scotland's national ‰Û÷poet', yet he was primarily a song-writer, composing upwards of 400 songs. Most of the... | Read on »
Landed estates & Irish society Moore Institute, NUI Galway 13 - 14 June 2013(Revised Programme)Thursday 13 June 2.15 William Smyth (Professor Emeritus, UCC), ‰Û÷Landlordism, Evictions and the Great Famine' Chair: James Harrold (Arts Officer, Galway City) 3.45. Singular figures of landed background Pauline Scott (NUI Galway), 'Agent, tenant, advocate & agitator: Michael Kelly & the... | Read on »
June 22nd and 23rdConference on'Gender and Sexuality in the Crime Genre'.Organisers Dr Kate Quinn, NUIGand Dr Marieke Krajenbrink, UL.For more information contact kate.quinn@nuigalway.ieFriday 21st June Registration: 9:00-9:30 9:30-11:00 Parallel Session 1 Scandinavian Crime I: Women Crime WritersChair: Noir Men and Women I Chair: Paula Arvas (Helsinki) Is there a glass ceiling for Finnish women crime... | Read on »
