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Launch of two books edited by Dr. Deirdre Byrnes, German, NUIG

Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

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 »

EDEN’s Lightning Presentation Session

Room 1001, the Bridge, Hardiman Research Building

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 »

Immersive Empathy Workshop

Moore Institute Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway, Galway

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 »

Digital Scholar Workshop

Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

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 »

CAMPS: Medievalism and Modern Nationalism

Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

Facilitated by Francisco Rozano-Garcia, Frances McCormack and Jenni Scanlan. A light lunch will be provided. All welcome.

History Research Seminar Series: Boycottism” in Ireland and America: Popular action as political thought.

Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

This seminar will be given by Dr. Andrew Phemister who is an IRC postdoctoral fellow based in the Moore Institute.  Andrew completed a PhD at the University of Edinburgh and works primarily on nineteenth-century political thought, particularly in Ireland, Britain and the U.S. He has previously written on the Land War and is currently working... | Read on »

NUIG/Galway 2020 Open Meeting

Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

In support of NUI Galway’s role as Official Legacy Partner of Galway 2020, NUI Galway has set up a Steering Group, chaired by Professor Dan Carey, to co-ordinate the University’s extensive internal programme of activities to mark the European Capital of Culture year. Working across multiple strands, its purpose is to develop a cultural legacy that... | Read on »

History Research Seminar Series: Humanitarian Aid in a Hostile Environment: A comparative exploration of Médecins Sans Frontières and Oxfam’s operations in the post-Khmer Rouge Cambodian crisis’

Maria Cullen is in the second year of a PhD under the supervision of Dr. Kevin O'Sullivan. She has been awarded a Galway Doctoral Scholarship and an NUI Travelling Studentship. Her thesis compares French and British NGOs and their work in authoritan regimes in the Global South from decolonisation to the end of the Cold... | Read on »