Oliver Milne, PhD candidate in Philosophy, NUI, Galway, will present a paper, 'Freedom as a Discourse Concept and its Implications for Free Societies', as part of the Values and Identities seminar series. ALL WELCOME Abstract: Freedom as a Discourse Concept and its Implications for Free Societies In this talk, I make the case that the... | Read on »

by Dr. Áine Ní Léime, Irish Centre for Social Gerentology, NUI Galway. All welcome.

This seminar will be given by José Brownrigg-Gleeson.  José is an IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at the Moore Institute and History Dept. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and previously worked at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies (USA) and at the University... | Read on »

You are cordially invited to the launch of a new book by Jim Gosling, Raymond Queneau's Dubliners: Bewildered by Excess of Love. The book is a study of two comic-erotic novels by Queneau set in Ireland, drawing on Joycean influences. Jim is emeritus professor of biochemistry and former Director of Quality at NUI Galway. Prof.... | Read on »

Martin O’Donoghue is Lecturer in Irish and British History at the University of Northumbria. He graduated with a PhD in History from NUI Galway in 2016 funded by scholarships from the Irish Research Council and the College of Arts. He subsequently held positions at the National Library of Ireland and the University of Limerick. Martin’s... | Read on »

The following panelists will discuss the outcome of this transformative vote. Panelists: Dr. Eoin Daly (School of Law) Prof. Kate Kenny (School of Business) Prof. Niall Ó Dochartaigh (School of Political Science & Sociology)

by Dermot Burns. More info to follow ...

This workshop will explore the ideas of online and digital identity from a scholarly perspective. Participants will learn how tools such as blogging, twitter and a ‘domain of one’s own’ can allow them to professionally connect, share and network online. We will discuss the challenges of developing an ‘authentic online voice’, and explore the benefits... | Read on »

A seminar by Moore Institute Visiting Fellow, Prof Dominique Clément, University of Alberta The State Funding for Social Movements research team brings together scholars from universities across Canada in history, political science and sociology. Our team has developed an innovative new database (database.statefunding.ca) and digital archive that lists grants from governments in Canada to non-governmental organizations... | Read on »

This seminar will be given by Patrick J. Mahoney, a Fulbright Scholar at the Moore Institute and History Department and a PhD candidate at Drew University (New Jersey). His book ‘From a Land Beyond the Wave’: Connecticut’s Irish Rebels 1798-1916 won the Connecticut League of History Organizations’ Publication Prize (2018). He is currently translating and editing a... | Read on »