Dr Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh (Teagasc/Social Sciences Res. Centre, NUIG) A Quieter Revolution: How Demonstrations Transformed Early Twentieth-Century Rural Ireland after the Land War.
Update: The slides from this session are now available for download. This session will give an introduction to planning a digital research project, and is aimed at those considering the creation of a digital project, either small or large, as part of their research or learning. Using an existing database project as an example, we... | Read on »
Down with the Paris Farmer!’ Frank MacDermot and Class Politics in 1930s Roscommon Dr Tony Varley, (Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway) Centre for Irish Studies - 4pm, 31 January 2019 A chairde, You are invited to attend our first seminar of the Irish... | Read on »
BIOS Iva Yates is a doctoral candidate at the University of Limerick. Her interdisciplinary PhD project is titled The Golden Comb: A Novel and Critical Analysis. She holds a BA in English from Boston College and a MA in English Literary Studies from the University of... | Read on »
In conjunction with the Sinéad Beacom, Manager of the Researcher Development Centre (RDC), the Moore Institute will host a Career Development event for postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers within the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies. The purpose of the session will be two-fold: (i) to... | Read on »
In conjunction with the Sinéad Beacom, Manager of the Researcher Development Centre (RDC), the Moore Institute will host a Career Development event for postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers within the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies. The purpose of the session will be two-fold: (i) to... | Read on »
Dr Maura Cronin (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick) ‘The female of the species is more deadly than the male': Women in anti-tithe protests in 1830s Ireland.
Programme 10.30: Tea/Coffee & pastries. Opening comments by Prof. Pat Dolan (Chair, UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre) 11.00-12.30: Survivor-led Workshop Workshop led by Breeda Murphy (Tuam Home Survivors Network) and Mary Cunningham (Tuam Oral History Project) involving participants from the Network, invited students and staff. Limited places;... | Read on »
Professor Jennifer Todd, one of the foremost scholars of the Northern Ireland conflict and of identity change in Ireland North and South is giving a research seminar in the School of Political Science and Sociology on Thursday 7 February at 2pm. All are welcome. Identity change, identity politics and identity traps: why everyday compromise after... | Read on »
For the Love of the Gods: Kharis and Religious Reciprocity in Euripedes’ Tragedies
Dr James O’Donnell (Zhejiang Intl. Studies Univ. in Hangzhou, China) ‘“Please confirm at once”: confusion, libel and reporting the Revolution in Galway, the case of George Nicholls (1919).
MSI’s monthly forum for new and on-going work in Irish modernist studies cordially invites you to its second session of the new year and semester, taking place on 13th Feb, from 5-7 pm, in the Bridge Room (THB). This seminar will be a first... | Read on »
Abstract: More than 60 years have passed since Ludwig Bieler drew attention to "the sudden appearance in Southern Germany of a group of Irish hagiographical texts" in the second half of the 12th century. Indeed, traces of this lost collection of Lives are found in various manuscripts of Austrian and Bavarian origin. Comparison of the... | Read on »
Professor Giuliana Pieri (Royal Holloway) will speak about Fascisms and the Arts.
Prof Chris Maginn (Fordham University) After the Armada: Thanksgiving in Ireland, 1589.
Professor Adrian Frazier will launch the book and Tom will read from the piece. Copies of the book will be available.
Fenianos, Freedmen and ‘French half-breeds’: A Borderlands Approach to American Fenianism, 1865-70” Patrick Mahony, PhD Scholar Drew University, Irish Studies Visiting Scholar, NUI Galway 2018-19 Seminar Room Centre for Irish Studies 4pm, Thursday 21 February 2019 Image 1: The Battle of Ridgeway - Charge of General O’Neill’s Fenians upon the Canadian troops, causing their... | Read on »
It is our great pleasure to welcome Dr Tamara Radak (University of Vienna), who is currently a Visiting Fellow at NUI Galway's Moore Institute. Tamara's lecture is aligned with her doctoral research on the (non)sense of an ending – and, judging from the sparkling... | Read on »
This event investigates the role of the producer and the processes of production with a particular emphasis on how change can be facilitated to occur. The primary analysis is directed at producing for theatre and performance, but takes account of the intersections and relationships with the wider creative arts industry. This event is intended to... | Read on »
Staging Trauma: Bodies in Shadow Dr Miriam Haughton, Drama and Theatre Studies, NUI Galway Nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Research Prize Introduced by Louise Lowe (ANU Productions) and Dr Cathy Leeney (UCD) Book Launch: Monday, 25 February 2019, 5.30pm, Foyer, O’Donoghue Centre... | Read on »
A Discussion with Members and Staff of the Commission on the Future of Policing In Ireland Prof. Donncha O’Connell Helen Ryan Sinéad Ryan
Essays by an Irish Rebel-Revolution,Politics and Culture Translations from Irish of Liam Ó Briains Essays 1934-1968 by Eoin Ó Dochartaigh Launched by Prof Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh(History), with Dr. John Cunningham (History) and Aodh Ó Coileáin (NUIG/ Taibhdhearc)
Introduction to Research Data Management and related supports at NUI Galway – Trish Finnan, G010, 12-1pm Wednesday 27th February Research data management is an integral part of the research process. Increasingly research data management plans and open access to research data is required by funders. The advantages cited include the potential for verification and re-use... | Read on »
Prof. Glenda Gilmore (Yale / Mary Ball Washington Visiting Prof, UCD) The Nazis and Dixie: European Fascism and Southern Racism Compared. (Followed by book-launch for Drs C. Smith & J. Regan)
You are cordially invited to the launch of Agrarian Reform and Resistance in Age of Globalisation The Euro-American World and Beyond, 1780-1914 (Routledge, 2019) Edited by Joe Regan and Cathal Smith The book will be launched by Prof. Glenda Gilmore
Update: Audio recordings of the conference sessions are now available The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the Moore Institute at NUI Galway, and the Mitchell Institute at Queen's University Belfast present Brexit & the Future of British-Irish Relations. SCHEDULE Thursday 28 February Location: O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance, NUI... | Read on »
