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Early Modern Europe and India: Politics, Philosophy, and Representation

Early Modern Europe and India: Politics, Philosophy, and Representation Newman House, UCD & Chester Beatty Library, 15-16 March 2012 Thursday : Newman House, 85-86 St Stephen‰۪s Green 10.45 Welcome and opening remarks 11.00 Sanjay Subrahmanyam (UCLA) ‰Û÷Orientalism, Realpolitik, and the Foundation of the Compagnie des Indes‰۪ 11.45 Joan-Pau Rubi̩s (London School of Economics) ‰Û÷Libertine readings... | Read on »

Dr James Smith (Boston College) -‘A Book’s Afterlife: The Ryan Report, and State Interaction with the Magdalene Laundries’

The Department of History, NUI, Galway, and the Moore Institute invite you to a talk by Dr James Smith (Boston College) Titled "A Book's Afterlife: The Ryan Report, and State Interaction with the Magdalene Laundries" Thursday 22, March at 18.00 in AC201 James M. Smith is an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish... | Read on »

Gender and Irish Society in the 19th and 20th century

Gender and Irish society in the 19th and 20th century: New perspectives and new ideas Two-day conference - 23rd and 24th of March, 2012 Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences National University of Ireland, Galway Funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)This two-day conference, funded... | Read on »

Dealing with the (un)familiar: Italians’ uncanny perceptions of otherness, in Italy and abroad – Dr Francesco Ricatti, University of the Sunshine Coast

Francesco Ricatti Cassamarca Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast Dealing with the (un)familiar: Italians' uncanny perceptions of otherness, in Italy and abroad It has often been argued, in academic studies as well as in media and public discourse, that Italian hostility towards immigrants is largely due to a sort of amnesia about Italy's past... | Read on »