Unlike most cultural upheavals, Brexit is not the result of accidental tragedy or spontaneous economic turmoil. Rather, Brexit was contrived by politicians, was voted for by citizens, and is now being implemented by bureaucrats. Brexit did not ‘just happen’; it exists because people decided to make it exist. It is therefore hugely influenced by... | Read on »
Modernist Studies Ireland National University of Ireland Galway Plenary Speaker: Dr Ben Levitas, Goldsmiths University of London Opening address: Prof Daniel Carey The inaugural conference of Modernist Studies Ireland, ‘Modernist Legacies and Futures’ seeks to bring together Irish and international scholars to initiate an... | Read on »
The Imbas committee is holding an open research day ahead of the tenth Imbas conference later this year. Imbas is an interdisciplinary postgraduate conference in Medieval Studies at NUI Galway. This event will showcase ongoing research in disciplines related to Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. All welcome
Colonialism, Development, and the Cooperative Movement in Ireland and India Dr Mo Moulton (Lecturer in the History of Race & Empire, University of Birmingham) Manhood, Transcontinental Networks, and the Baha’i Faith Movement in Cameroon Dr Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué (Assistant Professor of African History, Baylor University) This seminar is... | Read on »
Hosted by The NUI Galway MA in Culture and Colonialism and the Moore Institute and Discussion lead by James Mcdermott Senior Member of the U.S. house of representatives. Jim McDermott is a Senior Member of the U.S. House of Representatives with over 40 years of public service in the federal and state government. As a Democratic Member... | Read on »
A panel discussion and response by Prof. Margaret Kelleher Speakers: Conor Hanley, Niall Ó Ciosáin, Ciarán Ó Cofaigh, Anne O’Connor, John Walsh & Mary Harris (chair)
by Prof. Scott Kirsch University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Abstract While for centuries technology referred to a systematic study of the ‘practical arts’ – typically in the form of a book or technical manual – the term’s usage has expanded so dramatically that today we think nothing of the... | Read on »
This talk will be given by Moore Visiting Fellow Dr Dieter Reinisch (University of Vienna/Webster University) as part of the ’Violence, Space and the Archives’ conference. Full conference programme and further details available at https://ghussey3.wixsite.com/violencespacearchive Image: Harvey/McCaughey/Smith Cumann Sinn Féin minute book, Portlaoise Prison, July 1982-January 1983
A talk by Moore Visiting Fellow Jaime Goodrich Abstract: This talk will offer an introduction to the rare books owned by the Galway Poor Clares, who recently reacquired several dozen volumes lent to the Franciscan House of Studies in Killiney during the 1970s. In addition to providing an overview of the current collection’s scope and... | Read on »
This talk will be given by Moore Visiting Fellow Dr Sanjin Uležić (Centre on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos), Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence),as part of the ’Violence, Space and the Archives’ conference. Full conference programme and further details available at https://ghussey3.wixsite.com/violencespacearchive
