TEANGACHA TRILSITHE / BRAIDED LANGUAGES / LANGUES TRESSÉES A trilingual poetry reading (English, Irish, and French) of the work of three poets / translators, Kelly Norah Drukker (a poet and scholar from Montréal, Canada and also visiting scholar in the Centre for Irish Studies, University of Galway); Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha (poet and PhD scholar from Roinn na... | Read on »

Book Launch Visual Culture and Arctic Voyages: Personal and Public Art and Literature of the Franklin Search Expeditions by Dr Eavan O'Dochartaigh Speaker: Professor Heidi Hansson, Umeå University, Sweden   Registration:  Please register via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-of-visual-culture-and-arctic-voyages-by-eavan-odochartaigh-tickets-445310885847 Dr Eavan O'Dochartaigh is an SFI-IRC Pathway Programme Awardee at University of Galway (2022-2026) and a former Marie... | Read on »

The Discipline of Philosophy is delighted to welcome back one of its PhD graduates Dr. Roisín Lally of Gonzaga University speaking on: Reimagining a World for Tomorrow and an Onto-Epistemological Ethics of Remembering   Abstract Time is behind our reality structuring. Physicist/philosopher Karen Barad urges us to think about time differently. In Meeting the Universe... | Read on »

Sport & Exercise Research Group Seminar Strength in Numbers: Data and Science in Soccer (Professor John Newell, Sonraí Health Data Science Research Cluster)   Professor John Newell is Professor of Biostatistics in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway, an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University... | Read on »

Book Launch/Seoladh Leabhair  Guest speaker/Aoichainteoir: Máirín Nic Con Iomaire  Dhá Leagan Déag: Léargais Nua ar an Sean-nós In Eagar ag/Edited by: Philip Fogarty, Tiber Falzett, Lillis Ó Laoire Cur i láthair/Introductory Remarks: Dr Pádraic Moran Cló Iar-Chonnacht €20 Newly published by Cló Iar-Chonnacht, this book is an international collection of 15 essays by leading scholars... | Read on »

University of Galway History Seminar: An Introduction to the Digital Repository of Ireland for Researchers: From using collections to thinking about digital preservation Dr Lisa Marie Griffith (Digital Repository of Ireland)   Abstract This talk will provide an overview of collections held in the Digital Repository of Ireland that might be of interest to historical... | Read on »

The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with: Prof. Audrey Rousseau  ‘Exploring testimonial sensibilities and credibility judgments with regards to the Magdalen Laundries and the Mother and Baby Homes’  Supported by Global Women’s Studies  For decades, women and children, survivors of institutional and state violence, have kept silent with... | Read on »

Translation and Territory – Seminar series Frank Wynne in Conversation Translator, Writer, International Booker Prize Chair, Recipient Dublin Literary Award 2022   This seminar is part of the TRANSLATION AND THE TERRITORY SEMINAR SERIES, AUTUMN 2022.  Events organized by the Emily Anderson Centre for Translation Research and Practice funded by the University of Galway’s Researcher Development Scheme.

Sport & Exercise Research Group Seminar Psychology and Performance in Sport Prof. Jane Walsh, School of Psychology, University of Galway Abstract In this seminar Prof. Jane Walsh will look at the evidence from Sports Psychology to provide insight into the key characteristics and mental strategies used by top performers in sport. Jane will draw on... | Read on »

Translation and Territory - Seminar series The transboundary nature of crisis translation Prof. Sharon O'Brien, DCU Going across linguistic, cultural, technological, and political boundaries to provide translation in times of crisis.   This seminar is part of the TRANSLATION AND THE TERRITORY SEMINAR SERIES, AUTUMN 2022.  Events organized by the Emily Anderson Centre for Translation Research... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar ‘Clothing – whether home-made or bought?’: Non-elite clothing acquisition along the western seaboard of Ireland in the late nineteenth century Dr Eliza McKee (UK National Archives)   Abstract The consumption of clothing among the lower classes in Ireland has been overlooked in existing historiography. This paper will shed light... | Read on »

GALWAY BOOK LAUNCH AND SAMPLE EXHIBITION Celebrating the paperback edition of Flor MacCarthy's bestselling The Presidents' Letters Guest Speaker: Teresa Mannion, Senior News Journalist, RTÉ Music: Niamh Ní Charra A small exhibition of material from the Mary Robinson archive in the University of Galway, not yet available to the public, curated by archivist Niamh Ní Charra, will be... | Read on »

The Creative Futures Research Group in collaboration with the TULCA Festival of Visual Arts invites you to participate in a Creative Futures Seminar. Drawing together academics and artists, this seminar explores how creative practitioners and thinkers can work together to prepare for future challenges, imagine future possibilities, and reflect on future forms of art-making, thinking,... | Read on »

The Digital Humanities (DH) Research Group at the Moore Institute would like to invite anyone working on a DH-related project, or planning such projects, or who just have an interest in learning more about DH, to a meeting on Thursday 17 November 2–3pm in the Bridge Room (THB-1001, first floor of the Hardiman Research Building). The purpose... | Read on »

Registration If you would like to attend this event, please register via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launch-by-bronagh-ann-mcshane-tickets-433510651027 Dr Bronagh Ann McShane is a historian specialising in the history of women, religion and confessionalisation in early modern Ireland and Europe. Her research has been funded by the Irish Research Council, the National University of Ireland and the Royal... | Read on »

Event description This half-day workshop event will bring together researchers and students in an interdisciplinary event that explores the carbon impact of our research methods and undertakings, and whether we can, as researchers and students, work towards decarbonizing our research methods. From our own context in the University of Galway, our Climate Action and Sustainability... | Read on »

CAMPS LAB Damsels, Deluge, and the Dindshenchas: A Look at the Relationship between Women and Water in Select Dindshenchas Texts Anne Williams (Special Collections, Hardiman Library) Ties between women and water can be found in many stories throughout early Irish literature and folklore. Dindshenchas, or ancient place-name lore largely recorded in the Middle Ages, is... | Read on »

Sport & Exercise Research Group Seminar (Online) The ‘disneyization’ of football: entertainment multinationals and global dynamics of the most popular sport in the world Dr. Xavier Ginesta, Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC) 12pm (GMT) / 1pm (CET)   Virtual Link to join seminar:  https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/7156da250ca144aea3f0078f42ea7a3a Abstract Football has entered a vicious circle: the increase in clubs'... | Read on »

University of Galway History Seminar: Screening of the film, I’m Here, I’m Home, I’m Happy,   followed by an interview with its director, Orla Egan (Cork LGBT Archive)    Abstract:   I’m Here, I’m Home, I’m Happy is the new film from the Cork LGBT Archive. The film uses extracts from oral history interviews and items from the... | Read on »

You are cordially invited to the launch of Writing the History of Slavery  (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022) Edited by David Doddington & Enrico Dal Lago   The book will be launched by Prof. Dan Carey

Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History Prof. Mary Burke (University of Connecticut) The Irish in America racially transformed multiple times: in the slave-holding Caribbean, on America’s frontiers and antebellum plantations, and along the eastern seaboard. This paper considers the cultural history of race and centuries of Irishness in the Americas, looking at the forcibly... | Read on »

Beidh an léacht deiridh sa tsraith léachtaí um lón, Duilleoga an Easpaig i Leabhar Ua Maine leis An Ollamh Pádraig Ó Macháin, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh, ar an Aoine, 25 Samhain @ 12:30 i.n. i Seomra an Droichid, Institiúid de Móra agus ar Zoom. Is féidir clárú anois ar https://tinyurl.com/padraig-omachain    

DECARBONIZING RESEARCH METHODS ONLINE WORKSHOP 25th of November 2022 2.00pm-3.30pm Online on ZOOM   REGISTRATION: https://t.co/tZuZX2eE3z Info: This online event is an interdisciplinary workshop to discuss how best to decarbonize our research methods and to make our work more sustainable as researchers. This online-only workshop will build on the discussions and debates from the in-person and streamed... | Read on »

Sport & Exercise Research Group Virtual Seminar: Psychology and Performance in Sport Prof. Jane Walsh School of Psychology, University of Galway   Link to Virtual Lecture:  https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/24fe7721c5f5415594bbf6f5df560c27 Abstract In this seminar Prof. Jane Walsh will look at the evidence from Sports Psychology to provide insight into the key characteristics and mental strategies used by top... | Read on »

Pan Pan Theatre Archive Symposium and Digital Exhibition Launch Founded in 1993 by Co-Artistic Directors, Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove, Pan Pan Theatre Company have been at the forefront of theatre and culture in Ireland and internationally for the last thirty years. The Pan Pan Archive, now fully catalogued and available at University of Galway Library Archives, is... | Read on »

Book Launch: Authors and the World. Literary Authorship in Modern Germany by Professor Rebecca Braun Introduction, Dr Tina Karen Pusse (School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, University of Galway) You are cordially invited to celebrate the launch of Prof. Rebecca Braun’s new book Authors and the World (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/authors-and-the-world-9781501391026/). The event will feature an introduction by Dr Tina Karen Pusse (School... | Read on »