University of Galway History Seminar Dr Kathryn Milligan  (University College Dublin) The Art of Urban Life: Painting Dublin, 1886-1949   Abstract A well-established theme in the history of art, the depiction of the city has persistently adapted its form to reflect the concerns of the time and culture in which it was created. While scholarship... | Read on »

The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with:  Dr. Dieter Reinisch ‘External and Internal Learning Processes of IRA Prisoners’ January 19th, 2023 1-2pm AS203 River Room, Arts Science Building, University of Galway All Welcome!   Abstract: Western European prisons have been described as spaces of radicalisation towards political violence and terrorism.... | Read on »

Translation and Territory - Seminar series Intertwined Territories: Translating Maylis Besserie's Irish Trilogy Prof. Clíona Ní Ríordáin, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris   Clíona Ní Ríordáin is Professor of English at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, where she teaches Irish literature and translation studies and convenes the Master’s programme in Irish Studies. In this seminar she will discuss... | Read on »

There will be a Virtual Open Day for the new MA Medieval and Antiquity on Tuesday 24 January 2023 from 16:00-17:30.  Programme Directors, Dr Catherine Emerson and Dr Frances McCormack, will introduce potential applicants to the programme and host a live Q&A. This cross-disciplinary programme, unique in Ireland, provides students with a firm foundation in... | Read on »

University of Galway History Seminar Dr Patrick McDonagh (Independent Scholar) ‘For Irish homosexuals the border question has little or no meaning  – at least as far as their homosexuality is concerned’:  The rise of the Irish Gay Rights Movement, 1973-1974   Abstract In a November 1973 issue of the British based gay newspaper, Gay News,... | Read on »

The World of Printed Prayers Conference Programme 26-27 January 2023   Thursday, 26 January 2023 12:30 – 12:45               Welcome & Introductions Katherine Tycz (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Galway) 12:45 – 2:35                 Session 1: Print & Image I The Printed Prayerful Timepiece in Seventeenth-Century Northern Europe Anneke de Bont (PhD Candidate, Cambridge) The Evolution of... | Read on »

Irish Studies Seminar Series, Semester 2, 2022-23 ‘Weighing the Evidence: manuscript versus local history & folklore sources for the topographic aspects of Táin Bó Cúailnge’ Guest Speaker: Paul Gosling, Atlantic Technological University Guest Respondent: Professor Louis de Paor, Centre for Irish Studies, School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies, University of Galway   The famous early medieval... | Read on »

First CAMPS Lab of 2023 Andrew Levie (English & Classics) on "The Faerie Queene as a Palimpsest? Edmund Spenser's Redrafting of Ireland's Mythical Landscape"   Lunch and chats to follow, and all welcome! For the full semester 2 programme: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/camps/labs/

Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Galway in conjunction with the Moore Institute, University of Galway Presents Religion and Contemporary Ireland: a Discussion with Dr. Roja Faezeli (Trinity College Dublin) Dr. Vesna Malesevic (University of Galway) Mr. Derek Scally (Irish Times)   Registration On Line: Religion and Contemporary Ireland The Contributors will be... | Read on »

University of Galway History Seminar Dr Niamh NicGhabhann  (University of Limerick) Rebuilding a Ruptured Tradition: Catholic Architecture in Ireland, 1780-1829    Abstract By the end of the nineteenth century, Catholic churches and cathedrals in Ireland typically occupied commanding positions across urban and rural landscapes. With their towering spires and glittering interiors, they were powerful monuments to... | Read on »