This session will introduce some key aspects of visualising your research data using web-based maps. You will have the opportunity to get hands-on and follow along with a demonstration of how to create your own simple web-based map using an online service and an institutional version of Omeka/Neatline. There will also be a short overview... | Read on »
The triadic relationship between poetry, human rights and literary translation is at the heart of the research project Republic of Conscience: Human Rights and Modern Irish Poetry upon which this presentation is based. Cognisant that Percy Bysshe Shelley claimed that “poets were the unacknowledged legislators of the world”, this presentation will critically examine the relationship between poetry,... | Read on »
Modernist Studies Ireland Works in Progress To see out this semester’s series of Works in Progress talks, please join us for a fascinating Christmas talk (avec gingerbread & wine) by NUI Galway’s own Frances McCormack. Frances’s paper will shine a light on one of the most critically neglected universals underpinning Joyce’s Finnegans Wake: emotional expression. ... | Read on »
Peg Birmingham is a world renowned authority on the work of Hannah Arendt, while her interests also range widely in social and political philosophy, as well as feminist theory. She is the author of Deception, Violence and Law Renewing the Political (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) Hannah Arendt and Human Rights (Indiana University Press, 2006) and co-editor (with Anna Yeatman) of Aporia of Rights: Explorations... | Read on »
You are warmly invited to the launch by Professor Ian Wallace of the volumes German Reunification and the Legacy of GDR Literature and Culture and Perceptions and Perspectives: Exploring Connections between Ireland and the GDR Both volumes were edited by Dr. Deirdre Byrnes (NUI Galway), Dr. Jean E. Conacher (UL) and Dr. Gisela Holfter (UL).... | Read on »
We would like to welcome all current postgraduate students to the final EDEN event of the semester: EDEN's Lightning Presentation Session on Thursday 5th December in the Bridge Room - 1001 HRB. The Lightning Presentations session is a chance for you to showcase your research, practice your presentation skills, and apply the tips and hints... | Read on »
Hosted by the Retired Staff Association Lecture Series. All welcome.
Important Update: This workshop has been rescheduled to December 11th - 13th. It was originally scheduled from September 4th - 6th. Immersive Empathy: Exploring the impact of immersive environments in the context of homelessness and precarious housing We are interested in exploring the use of Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality immersive experiences with community groups engaged... | Read on »
Using our recently acquired ScanTent, (developed as part of the READ project, for more information, see https://scantent.eu/en/ ), and our trustee SLR cameras, this event will see participants divided into teams. The event will be a race to see which piece of equipment copes better with rapid digitisation, with lighting, clarity, processing speed, and image... | Read on »
