Gavan Duffy (NUI Galway) “It went through the country like fire through dry grass.”: The impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic on Samoan/New Zealand relations in a national and international context.
Talk by Jelena Đureinović Moore Visiting Fellow 2019 This explores the Irish public reception of the establishment of state socialism in Yugoslavia and post-war trials that ensued, placing it in the wider context of anti-communism in Ireland and its religious dimension. The biggest concern in the Irish public regarding communism in Eastern Europe was the... | Read on »
Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence in Contemporary Irish Fiction’-Dr Teresa Caneda, University of Vigo, Spain. A chairde, You are invited to attend our forthcoming seminar as part of the Irish Studies’ Seminar Series, Semester 2, 2018-19. We are delighted to welcome Dr Teresa Caneda from the University of Vigo, Spain to NUI Galway... | Read on »
The Discipline of French and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, in association with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco is pleased to announce a special film screening at NUI Galway as part of this global celebration of the French language. Synopsis Aïda raconte l’histoire d’une juive marocaine, Aïda Cohen, professeur de... | Read on »
12.30 – 14.00: Seminar by Moore Institute Visiting Fellow – Dr. Mirko Daniel Garasic Why should we regulate the use of cognitive enhancers?: “Let me tell you why I should tell you that I took Ritalin before this talk” Abstract: It is now well documented... | Read on »
Open Scholarship heralds radical changes for research of all kinds. These include the mainstreaming of innovative cross-disciplinary data-reuse, an emphasis on transparency and reproducibility, concerns for preservation and long-term usability of data and the rise of new forms of scholarly communication including data publication and the normalisation of open access publishing. In anticipation of these... | Read on »
FROM THE PEN OF COMMANDANT PAT QUINLAN, as told by his son, Commandant Leo Quinlan The Battle of Jadotville is the largest military action carried out by the Irish Army against a Foreign Army since the founding of the State. 155 Irish soldiers fought 3500 adversaries and survived.
Presentation By Moore Visiting Fellow Dr Audrey Robitaillié This talk analyses changeling narratives in Irish folklore, both in English and in Irish, and focuses particularly on the theme of liminality in the Irish changeling tradition. To do so, it centres on folk narratives about humans taken away to the Otherworld by fairies, who leave behind... | Read on »
RTÉ Brainstorm Media Workshop with Editor, Jim Carroll If you're looking to find a wider audience for your research and expertise, this is for you. RTÉ Brainstorm has already proven to be a big success for NUI Galway academics and researchers. Since the project went live in September 2017, over 160 pieces by NUI Galway academics and researchers have been published on the... | Read on »
ASEAN, disaster discourses and the construction of ‘risk’ Prof. Lorraine Elliott ANU, Canberra, Australia Abstract This paper presents some (early) work in progress that examines how disaster discourses in Southeast Asia constitute a particular version of human (in)security and the human ‘insecure’ through the... | Read on »
