Margaret Ward on actress, suffragette and revolutionary Maude Gonne McBride, described by W. B. Yeats as possessing ‘beauty like a tightened bow’. Dr Margaret Ward is a Visiting Research Fellow at... | Read on »

    A talk entitled 'Some student days from UCG, 1920', organized by the NUI Galway Retired Staff Association, will be presented by Patrick Larkin. Formerly, President of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, Patrick Larkin, is a Galway native and a chartered chemist who graduated from University College Galway with a B.Sc. degree in... | Read on »

The Feminist/Queer Space for Postgraduate Researchers meets fortnightly to read and share current feminist/queer research across disciplines. We aim to creative a supportive space for fellow feminist researchers ­– this might entail peer review on writing, assistance on feminist/queer theory/methodology/readings you might be grappling with, sharing resources on feminist/queer CFP’s, conferences, workshops, etc., and, importantly, creating a space to discuss the frustrations... | Read on »

Welfare Histories Reading Group The Welfare Histories Reading Group provides a forum for staff and postgraduate students to discuss ideas of poverty, development, and ‘improvement’ in a global historical context. Our interests are very diverse, and we would very much welcome the involvement of new members from any discipline. Our next meeting is on 19... | Read on »

September 27th September - EDEN's Academic Speed Dating 5-6.30pm, The Bridge Room. Welcome to all new PhDs and welcome back to those returning. EDEN is back with its first session of the year. The theme of the evening will be academic networking, with some academic 'speed-dating'. This is a chance to introducing yourself to your fellow NUIG PhD peers. And, as... | Read on »

                                              In the fateful decade since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Bank Guarantee of September 2008, much has happened in Ireland – financial crisis, deep recession, bailout by the ‘Troika’, a... | Read on »