Reshaping the Academic Self How Open Scholarship Impacts My Research Open Scholarship is considered a new paradigm to make research outputs and educational material accessible, accountable, and effective. It will alter our approach to academic life in many ways. This Open Scholarship Forum will bring together institutional leaders, researchers at all stages of their careers, and... | Read on »
University of Galway History Seminar Dr John Walsh (University of Galway) Irish Language Policy, 1922-2022: The Role of Broadcasting in Language Revitalisation Abstract In this seminar, I will focus on the development of Irish language policy since the foundation of the state in 1922. Although a key part of government policy over the past century,... | Read on »
The School of Political Science and Sociology is pleased to invite you to the Research Festival 2023 What? This day-long event is a celebration of the research being undertaken by staff and students in the School of Political Science and Sociology. With 50+ contributors, sessions will include World Cafes, Roundtables, Panels, Video Shorts, Threesis, Debates,... | Read on »
CAMPS Lab 'More than Marginal: Knowledge and Learning in Ancient Greek Scholia' Lisa Doyle ( Classics, TCD) Abstract: Ancient Greek scholia (commentary notes found in the margins of Medieval manuscripts) have traditionally been overlooked by modern scholars, yet they contain a wealth of knowledge relating to mythology, local histories, geography, and the reception of authors within antiquity. Often,... | Read on »
Staff and students are warmly invited to attend the first gathering of the Figuring Ecologies Reading Network (FERN). We will meet each month to discuss a literary or creative work on the subject of ecologies. Suggestions for future meetings will be welcome! First Meeting: Wednesday 15 February 2023, Bridge Room, Moore Institute, 13.00-14.00 We will discuss The... | Read on »
COMING OUT / LEANING IN Cahir O’Doherty Arts Editor and Senior Columnist, Irish Voice and Irish Central (New York) MOORE INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES 4.00 pm, Thursday, 16 February 2023 G010 Hardiman Building New York journalist and critic Cahir O’Doherty, who grew up in County Donegal in the 1970s and 1980s, reflects... | Read on »
Who is Odysseus Anyway? Public talk and activity session for children ages 8–12 (ish) Sat, 18 February 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 am at Galway City Museum Dr Pádraic Moran, lecturer in Ancient Classics at the University of Galway, will introduce the character of Odysseus, an unconventional hero of Ancient Greek myth. With Pádraic, participants... | Read on »
Ag Tabhairt Odaiséis Abhaile - Bringing Odysseus Home: Teaching Ancient Classics through Irish in the University of Galway Public talk and poetry reading Sat, 18 February 2023, 2–3 pm at Galway City Museum This is a talk by Dr Pádraic Moran (Ancient Classics, University of Galway) on the fascinating endeavours of Classicists at the... | Read on »
Open Scholarship Café – Open Science and Social Justice Open Scholarship / Open Science has many drivers and “schools of thought” about its purpose. This Open Scholarship Café will not look at how to open up the research process, i.e. through the publication of data, methods or publications, but will look at Open Scholarship as a social... | Read on »
University of Galway History Seminar Dr Morgan Wait (Independent Scholar) 'If we were men, they’d find other jobs for us’: Continuity announcers and female presenters at R/TÉ 1962-73 Abstract This paper explores the experiences of continuity announcers and female presenters on Radio/Telefís Éireann in the first decade of the Irish station. It argues that... | Read on »
