THREESIS: Open Your Mind...and Get to the Point!!Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!Come along and support your colleagues!Threesis 2015 Heat 1: Biomedical Science and Engineering For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/We will be discussing Killer Joe by Tracy Letts for this week's session For more information please contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ieAll theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

Jennifer Pozner, Women in Media and News A conversation with New York-based media analyst Jennifer Pozner, author of "Reality Bites Back: the troubling truth about guilty pleasure TV", a critical analysis of reality television. We'll be discussing the intersection of gender, race, and media, among other topics. More info: http://www.realitybitesbackbook.com/about-the-author/ and https://twitter.com/jennpozner

This week in the Drama, Theatre and Performance Speaker Series: Andrew Flynn, Artistic Director of Decadent Theatre Andrew Flynn has been the Artistic Director of Decadent Theatre Company since 2000. In his role, Andrew orchestrates the arranging of our theatre show by curating and unifying various endeavours and aspects of production. His function as the... | Read on »

History Graduate Research Seminar Series Raingard Esser,"Local Baronios" in a contested border region: history, hagiography and politics in Upper Guelders in the seventeenth century.To be followed by book launch. for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Steven G.Ellis Defending English Ground War & Peace in Meath & Northumberland, 1460-1542 (Oxford University Press, 2015)A key duty of the Renaissance monarchy was the defence of its subjects. For the English monarchy, the subject's rule and defence from enemies beyond the long-landed frontiers in Ireland and the English far-north proved an intractable problem. It... | Read on »

THREESIS: Open Your Mind...and Get to the Point!!Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!Come along and support your colleagues!Threesis 2015 Heat 2: Informatics, Data Analytics, Physical and Computational Sciences For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class Seminar SeriesTheme: Thomas Piketty - wealth and income inequalityTerrence McDonough (NUIG) and Cian McMahon (NUIG)For more information please contact jamesthomasodonnell@gmail.com

The Discipline of Spanish, NUI Galway, in collaboration with ISLA Expandido, presents Bombal (Dir. Marcelo Ferrari, Chile 2011) A film based on the life and works of the Chilean author MarÌ_a Luisa Bombal Introduced by Dr. LucÌ_a Guerra Cunningham (University of California, Irvine) and followed by a question and answer session. Thursday, 1 October at... | Read on »

THREESIS: Open Your Mind...and Get to the Point!!Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!Come along and support your colleagues!Threesis 2015 Heat 3: Environment, Marine and Energy For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/This weeks discussion: Chekhov Lizardbrain by Pig Iron Theatre CompanyFor more information please contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ieAll theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

Lunchtime Seminar Series: Human Rights in ASEAN in times of democracy drawbacks Tuesday, 6th of October 2015, from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Seminar Room, Irish Centre for Human Rights by Dr.Sriprapha Petcharamesree (Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University). Dr.Sriprapha Petcharamesree is currently a full time faculty member at the IHRP, Mahidol... | Read on »

German Reading GroupRoom 1003Every wednesday 11-1For more information please contact lucy.m.elvis@gmail.com

THIS WEEK IN THE DRAMA, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE SPEAKER SERIES: Sonya Kelly (actor, comedian and playwright) Sonya studied Drama and Classics at Trinity College, Dublin. Her theatre work includes THE HEIRESS, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, LADY WINDERMERES' FAN, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE ODD COUPLE (Gate Theatre) THE WAY YOU LOOK... | Read on »

History Graduate Research Seminar SeriesDiarmuid WheelerTudor policy in the midlands territories of Leix and Offaly 1530-1603.FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁch for more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

THREESIS: Open Your Mind...and Get to the Point!!Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!Come along and support your colleagues!Threesis 2015 Heat 4: Applied Social Sciences and Public Policy For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

Fearann an Dr. S̩amas ÌÒ DireÌÁin fÌÁilte is fiche romhaibh chuig seoladh a shaothair Suirbh̩ ar an nGaeilge Labhartha in OileÌÁin ́rann, Co. na Gaillimhe.1.30in Aoine 9 Deireadh FÌ_mhair 2015 ́ras na Gaeilge, NUIG http://www.comhdhail.com/ocaidi/ Mar chuid de ChomhdhÌÁil Bhliant̼il na Gaeilge sa Roinn Dr. Jim Duran welcomes you to the launch of his life's... | Read on »

THREESIS: Open Your Mind...and Get to the Point!!Join us as NUI Galway researchers use their 3 minutes to Get to the Point and Open Your Mind!Come along and support your colleagues!Threesis 2015 Heat 5: Humanities in Context including Digital Humanities For more information please contact ena.brophy@nuigalway.ie

Performance MattersIrish Theatre Discussion Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/PerformanceMatters/This week we will be discussing Disgraced by Ayad AkhtarFor more information please contact n.barre8@nuigalway.ieAll theatre practitioners, theorists and students are welcome to attend

German Reading GroupRoom 1003Every wednesday 11-1For more information please contact lucy.m.elvis@gmail.com

History Graduate Research Seminar SeriesFrancis Devine, The ITGWU and the Irish Revolution.FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁchfor more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

Journalism Guest Speaker SeriesDr. Ellen Culloty,DCU Topic: Environmental reporting in Irish mediaEileen Culloty is a research assistant on the EPA-funded Climate Change Reporting in Ireland research project at the Institute for Future Media & Journalism at Dublin City University. She holds a PhD in Communication and Media Studies from DCU, where her PhD project was... | Read on »

EDEN (English and Drama Exchange Network),a student-led research exchange network forEnglish and Drama postgraduate studentsFor more information please contact Justine Nakase at j.nakase1@nuigalway.ie

Romanas Bulatovas (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG) 'Early Bronze and Inflation under the Roman Republic'Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Stephen Rea (Sponsored by Huston School of Film) "Stephen Rea: Politics and the Artist" Stephen Rea discusses the role of political engagement in arts and culture in Ireland. RSVP: hustonfilmschool@nuigalway.ie including 1pm session in subject line For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Dr. Emilie Pine (University College, Dublin)'Top Tips for Docu-Verbatim Memory Plays:"The Laramie Project" and"The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later"' Dr Emilie Pine lectures in modern drama in the School of English, Drama and Film at UCD. Emilie has published widely in the fields of memory studies, Irish studies and... | Read on »

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series:"Stephen Rea: a Life in Film and Theatre" SR discusses his significant contribution to cinema and drama, in Ireland and internationally, including the screening of extracts from his film and television work. RSVP: hustonfilmschool@nuigalway.ie including 2.30pm session in subject line For more information please contact charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie

Prof. Michael Clarke (Classics, NUIG) 'Spirituality and Philology: Making Sense of the Irish Liber Hymnorum'Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

German Reading GroupRoom 1003Every wednesday 11-1For more information please contact lucy.m.elvis@gmail.com

Drama Theatre and Performance speaker series: Anne Clarke (Landmark Productions), "Producing and/as Innovation" Landmark Productions is one of Ireland's leading theatre producers. Established by Anne Clarke ten years ago, the company produces wide-ranging and ambitious work in Ireland and tours Irish work abroad. In the past decade, the company has produced eighteen plays, including six... | Read on »

History Graduate Research Seminar SeriesCiaran O Murchadha, The Great Famine: historiographical challenges. FÌÁilte roimh cÌÁchfor more information please contact caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ie

NUI Galway Research Office Seminar Series In conjunction with the Moore Institute, the Research Office is pleased to present: Writing an ERC Advanced Grant Application by Professor Michael Woods, Advanced ERC Awardee Professor of Human Geography & Professor of Transformative Social Science at Aberystwyth University, Co-Director of the ESRC WISERD/Civil Society Research Centre 12.30pm, Thursday,... | Read on »

Journalism ScreeningTitle: Media Pranks: From Welles to the Yes Men Details: October 30th 1938 saw one of the most celebrated media hoaxes of all time, when a young radio director, Orson Welles, broadcast an adaptation of HG Wells' War of the Worlds. We will listen to this iconic radio broadcast, and examine it in relation... | Read on »

School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Italian Studies The Culture of Italian Music: Opera and Colonialism Prof. Paolo Bartoloni: Introduction Mario Inglese: The Italian Language and Opera: Verdi and Puccini Alessandro Luchetti: The Music of Italian Colonization in Africa: Racism and Sexism Mario Inglese's talk will focus on some traits of Italian as employed in... | Read on »

Nietzsche Symposium at NUI, Galway: The Galway Nietzsche Symposium is a one-day event that brings together academics and advanced graduate students working on Nietzsche from John Cabot University Rome, NUI Galway and University College Cork. It is an open event and formal registration is not required. 10.30 - 11.30 Tom Bailey (John Cabot University, Rome)... | Read on »

Fanch Bihan-Gallic (Old & Middle Irish & Celtic Studies, NUIG) 'Burial islands in Scotland and the Celtic Watery Journey to the Afterlife'Followed by discussion & light lunchEveryone welcome - FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁchFor more information please contact mairin.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie

Journalism ScreeningPranksters, media manipulation, and more On the 77th anniversary of the broadcast of Orson Welles' classic adaptation of War of the Worlds, we'll listen to the broadcast, watch material from contemporary media pranksters The Yes Men, and discuss a range of related issues, from media hoaxes to message framing in social activism. For more... | Read on »