Public talk on writing about the environment at NUI Galway Author and lecturer Paddy Woodworth is to give a guest talk titled ‰Û÷Writing Restoration: A Global Journey to the Cutting Edge of Conservation Science & Practice' at NUI Galway on 26 February at 7pm. The talk, part of the "Doing Writing" series organized by the... | Read on »

Christine Neer, Old & Middle Irish, NUIG'Grieving Lovers and Gendered Mourning in Old and Middle Irish Tochmarca'. Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Digital Scholarship SeminarMarie Boran (James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway)The Irish Landed Estates Database: Signpost or Destination?Niall MacSweeney & Aisling Keane (James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway)Challenges of Applying Metadata to Digital CollectionsPresentatitions during the first hour of each seminar are followed by discussion and exchange over a light lunch in the second.For further informatition, contact: Dr... | Read on »

Moore Institute Special Lecture"The Analogy Between Finland and Ireland is Almost Perfect."Nationalism & Separatism on Opposite Sides of Europe, c. 1886-1922Dr Andrew Newby, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki. For more information please contact john.cunningham@nuigalway.ie

Archaeology research seminar series:Dr Ruth Carden, consultant animal osteologist in quaternary and holocene european fauna, wildlife ecologist and Research Associate of the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History Division. Lecture title: Ireland's Ancient Red Deer. All welcome!for more information please contact maggie.ronayne@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar SeriesKevin O'Sullivan, Fight Poverty or Feed The World? NGOs in Britain and Ireland and the search for global justice 1968-85. for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

NUI Galway launch ofThomas Fitzpatrick and the Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly 1905-1915by James Curry and CiarÌÁn WallaceFollowed by wine reception.Book Launch! New book examines the life of Irish political cartoonist Thomas Fitzpatrick and the popular Lepracaun Cartoon Monthly publication he founded in 1905Thomas Fitzpatrick was the grandfather of renowned Irish artist Jim FitzpatrickAll welcome to attend!

Professor Elizabeth Fitzpatrick(School of Geography and Archaeology NUI Galway )Finn mac Cumaill's Places: Linking Human Settlement with Landscapes of Enriched Natural ResourcesFinn mac Cumaill (Finn McCool) and his fÌ_an or warrior band are central figures in the literature and oral tradition of Gaelic-speaking peoples of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Finn variously means... | Read on »

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/For more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ieAll theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

The Centre for Global Women's Studies is delighted to invite you to a public lecture to mark International Women's Day 2015: A Collaborative, Community-based Study to Define and Measure: Empowering Practice and "Empowered" Outcomes Cris M. Sullivan, Ph.D. Professor, Ecological/Community Psychology Director, Research Consortium on Gender-based Violence Michigan State University Date/Time: Monday 9 March, 4pm... | Read on »