Spatiality and Symbolic Expression A workshop on the connections between patterns of place and space and a variety of forms of literary and cultural expression Moore Institute, NUI Galway 26 November 2012 "Place may be the first of all concepts; it may be the oldest of all words." - N. Scott Momaday 9.30 Opening (Prof... | Read on »

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion GroupFor more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ie

'Keeping an Even Pace with the Harp'Rhythmic experiments in the performance of an 11th century didatic poem.A discussion moderated by Ann Heymann, Moore Institute visiting fellow,with clÌÁirseach and voice examples

ECHOHumanities Research ForumECHO is a regular humanities research forum taking place on Thursday in the Moore Institute, with Workshops discussing research strategies, and Seminars for research papers of all kinds. Everyone at all levels across the College of Arts is invited, and requests for future events and seminar paper submissions are hugely welcome.For more information... | Read on »

Guth Binn 7 T̩ada ÌÒir ‰ۢ Bardic Voices, Horns and medieval harps On Friday, November 30th at 7 pm, NUI Galway's Aula Maxima will resound with the ancient sounds of early Irish harp, voice and horn. Gold-strung clÌÁirseachs played by Ann Heymann will accompany 7th-18th century Gaelic poems (including genres of laoi, rosc and amhrÌÁn)... | Read on »

Beckett Reading Group All readings will be kept short, as this reading group is meant to inspire not increase the work that everyone is doing. We will be concentrating on his radio and television plays for our first meetings. We hope that considering the implications of these works as texts will lead to stimulating discussion.... | Read on »

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion GroupFor more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ie

ECHOHumanities Research ForumECHO is a regular humanities research forum taking place on Thursday in the Moore Institute, with Workshops discussing research strategies, and Seminars for research papers of all kinds. Everyone at all levels across the College of Arts is invited, and requests for future events and seminar paper submissions are hugely welcome. For more... | Read on »

Massive Star Formation in the Milky Way New surveys at infrared and radio wavelengths are providing the means to systematically search our Galaxy for new massive stars in the process of forming. Although rare, massive stars have a profound affect on their environment and the evolution of galaxies. The methodologies and outstanding questions concerning the... | Read on »

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion GroupFor more information please contact lisa.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie or m.nichualain5@nuigalway.ie