This online panel discussion will review the outcome of the US election, the major issues that have faced the electorate in 2020, the campaign, and ways forward for the country. The event is a collaboration between the Moore Institute and the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University. Panellists Prof. Eileen Gillooly (Director,... | Read on »
The Moore Institute at the National University of Ireland Galway invites you to a live online event exploring themes of Life Writing and Well-Being during the Pandemic. The session features poet and writer Doireann Ní Ghríofa, writer and editor Marina Benjamin, and Arts Council Writer in Residence NUIG 2020 Arnold Thomas Fanning. There will be... | Read on »
Dagmawi Yimer is an Ethiopian-born, Italian-based director and activist documenting the journeys of asylum seekers and migrants. In conversation with Dr. Andrea Ciribuco (NUI Galway, Italian), Dagmawi Yimer will present his latest work “Waiting” (with English subtitles, 17 min.), discussing the links between documentary and activism, and how to use images as a medium to... | Read on »
Huston School of Film & Digital Media and The Moore Institute at NUI Galway present a Q&A with Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, directors of IFTA Best Film 2020 "Ordinary Love". Registration The session will take place live on Zoom - please register to attend at: https://tinyurl.com/y55we38l. It will also be broadcast live on the... | Read on »
The webinar will mark the launch of landmark new book ‘Sport, Film and National Culture’, edited by NUI Galway academic Dr Seán Crosson. NUI Galway’s Moore Institute will host a webinar on Sport, Film, and National Culture on Thursday, 19 November, at 4pm to mark the launch of a major new volume on this theme... | Read on »
Dr Mary-Pat O’Malley Keighran, Lecturer in Speech & Language Therapy, NUI Galway In this webinar, Mary-Pat will talk about ways in which research into multilingual speech and language development and disorders can be made accessible and meaningful to parents faced with persisting myths about raising multilingual children. For more information about Mary-Pat’s work, see www.talknua.com.... | Read on »
On the evening of 24 November 1920, Michael Moran – a prominent republican in the Tuam area – was shot and killed on the campus of University College Galway, allegedly while ‘trying to escape’ from the custody of Auxiliaries. When the shooting took place, Moran was being escorted from the police barracks in Eglinton Street to... | Read on »
