Dr Lisa Godson  (National College of Art and Design, Dublin) Irish Architects in Africa: Tropicalism in the Built Environment and its Legacy    Abstract This paper focuses on the phenomenon of Irish architects who produced work that was built in different African countries including Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Nigeria from c.1948-78. It draws in... | Read on »

The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with:  Mary Clancy (Global Women’s Studies Research Cluster) 'Researching the Public Life of Alice Cashel (1878-1958): Themes, Sources and Questions'   Abstract: This talk examines the fractured public life of Alice Cashel, a woman known for her political roles in early twentieth... | Read on »

Marilynn Richtarik (Georgia State University) “Getting to Good Friday: Literature and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland”   Biography: Dr. Richtarik teaches courses on 20th-century British, Irish, and world literature and modern drama. She was educated at Harvard (where she earned an undergraduate honors degree in American History and Literature) and at Oxford University, which she... | Read on »

"On Collaboration, Mediation and Performance Practices" Dr. Esther Armstrong Programme Director for Performance Design and Technologies Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London

Digital Innovation & Creativity in Arts and Humanities Research Sessions Lightning Talks: Current Directions in Digital Innovation & Creativity in AHSS Research Panel Discussion: "The future of digital innovation & creative technologies in AHSS research at University of Galway"   1:30        Words of welcome             Prof. Dan Carey 1:40 Lightning... | Read on »

Join us for the launch of the exhibition Gerald Dawe: Cultural Belongings. The career of the prolific poet, essayist, and memoirist Gerald Dawe has led him from his origins in Belfast to graduate work in Galway and a lecturing post here, and subsequent move to Dublin where he taught at TCD. He is author of... | Read on »

The UrbanLab is hosting two public Speak Outs later this month that invite citizens to give short presentations on local development issues. The Speak Outs ask how we can make Galway and the wider region a better place. The Galway City Speak Out is on Wednesday, 22 March at 7.30 pm at the Druid Theatre. The... | Read on »

Fráma Eile: An tOileánach / The Islander by Tomás Ó Criomhthain   Description: The Fráma Eile roundtable series, organized by PhD students in the Centre for Irish Studies and Roinn na Gaeilge, explores new approaches to framing established texts (in both English and Irish), material objects, and artwork in the Irish Studies canon. The first roundtable... | Read on »

The School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies Spring Lunchtime Lecture Series 2023 Thursday, 2 March Dr Kevin Lynch Can sand dunes survive climate change? Thursday, 9 March Conor Newman The bull with the sun on its forehead Thursday, 16 March Dr Kieran O’Conor Recent research at Moygara Castle, Co. Sligo Thursday, 23 March Dr... | Read on »

The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with: Michele Crepaz (Queen’s University Belfast) Supported by the Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster  ‘Spoiled for choice: The effects of negative political messaging in multiparty systems with multimember electoral districts’  Abstract: Classical electoral behaviour theories associate the use of negative campaigning... | Read on »