5th BABEL PUBLIC LECTURE SERIESDr Mel Boland:Contact and Conflict Zones: Reading Gesture in the short fiction of Isabel AllendeHow do we read gesture in literature? This lecture looks at how we read and interpret the description of gestures, using selected short stories from Chilean author Isabel Allende in Spanish and English.The Babel Lectures is an... | Read on »

Lecture under joint auspices of Moore Institute and the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of IrelandDr Joan Allen(Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellow / Newcastle University)‰Û÷Charles Diamond, the Catholic Herald and the Defence of the Realm Act, 1914-1920' For more information please contact john.cunningham@nuigalway.ie

Word-Bridges: Translation in Ireland Symposium This symposium examines translation in Ireland with a particular focus on the years 1700-1900. The event brings together leading scholars to explore cultural exchange in Ireland and to assess how translation was used for informative, creative and transformative purposes. It will look at translation between Irish and English side by... | Read on »

Francisco Rozano, Medieval Studies, NUIG'Saga hwÌ_t ic hatte: The Many Names and Mysteries of the Exeter Book of Old English Poetry' Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/For more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ieAll theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

Inishowen singers on tour http://inishowensinging.ie/ For more information please contact lillis.olaoire@nuigalway.ie

'Language Games': An AWC Seminar on Language and Literature.All welcome.Texts for discssion will be provided at the meeting.Contact: irina.ruppo@nuigawlay.ie

Archaeology research seminar series:Peter Casby, Galway doctoral scholarship student in Archaeology at NUI Galway Living Trees in Created Environments of Gaelic Ireland (c.700AD - 1600AD). All welcome!for more information please contact maggie.ronayne@nuigalway.ie

History Graduate Research Seminar SeriesFlorry O' Driscoll 'Confounding the Garibaldian Liars': The Letters of Albert De La Hoyde of the Battalion of St Patrick, 1860. for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Public talk on writing about the environment at NUI Galway Author and lecturer Paddy Woodworth is to give a guest talk titled ‰Û÷Writing Restoration: A Global Journey to the Cutting Edge of Conservation Science & Practice' at NUI Galway on 26 February at 7pm. The talk, part of the "Doing Writing" series organized by the... | Read on »