Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Galway in conjunction with the Moore Institute, University of Galway Presents Religion and Contemporary Ireland: a Discussion with Dr. Roja Faezeli (Trinity College Dublin) Dr. Vesna Malesevic (University of Galway) Mr. Derek Scally (Irish Times) Registration On Line: Religion and Contemporary Ireland The Contributors will be... | Read on »
University of Galway History Seminar Dr Niamh NicGhabhann (University of Limerick) Rebuilding a Ruptured Tradition: Catholic Architecture in Ireland, 1780-1829 Abstract By the end of the nineteenth century, Catholic churches and cathedrals in Ireland typically occupied commanding positions across urban and rural landscapes. With their towering spires and glittering interiors, they were powerful monuments to... | Read on »
Tionólfar an dara léacht sa tsraith seo, ar an Aoine, 3 Feabhra @ 12:30 i.n. i Seomra an Droichid THB-1001, An Chéad Urlár, Institiúid de Móra, Áras Uí Argadáin, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe agus ar Zoom. Pobal cósta imeallach i ndeisceart Chonamara ag tús an naoú haois déag An Dr Áine Ní Chonghaile Is féidir clárú... | Read on »
Reshaping the Academic Self How Open Scholarship Impacts My Research Open Scholarship is considered a new paradigm to make research outputs and educational material accessible, accountable, and effective. It will alter our approach to academic life in many ways. This Open Scholarship Forum will bring together institutional leaders, researchers at all stages of their careers, and... | Read on »
University of Galway History Seminar Dr John Walsh (University of Galway) Irish Language Policy, 1922-2022: The Role of Broadcasting in Language Revitalisation Abstract In this seminar, I will focus on the development of Irish language policy since the foundation of the state in 1922. Although a key part of government policy over the past century,... | Read on »
The School of Political Science and Sociology is pleased to invite you to the Research Festival 2023 What? This day-long event is a celebration of the research being undertaken by staff and students in the School of Political Science and Sociology. With 50+ contributors, sessions will include World Cafes, Roundtables, Panels, Video Shorts, Threesis, Debates,... | Read on »
CAMPS Lab 'More than Marginal: Knowledge and Learning in Ancient Greek Scholia' Lisa Doyle ( Classics, TCD) Abstract: Ancient Greek scholia (commentary notes found in the margins of Medieval manuscripts) have traditionally been overlooked by modern scholars, yet they contain a wealth of knowledge relating to mythology, local histories, geography, and the reception of authors within antiquity. Often,... | Read on »
Staff and students are warmly invited to attend the first gathering of the Figuring Ecologies Reading Network (FERN). We will meet each month to discuss a literary or creative work on the subject of ecologies. Suggestions for future meetings will be welcome! First Meeting: Wednesday 15 February 2023, Bridge Room, Moore Institute, 13.00-14.00 We will discuss The... | Read on »
COMING OUT / LEANING IN Cahir O’Doherty Arts Editor and Senior Columnist, Irish Voice and Irish Central (New York) MOORE INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES 4.00 pm, Thursday, 16 February 2023 G010 Hardiman Building New York journalist and critic Cahir O’Doherty, who grew up in County Donegal in the 1970s and 1980s, reflects... | Read on »
Who is Odysseus Anyway? Public talk and activity session for children ages 8–12 (ish) Sat, 18 February 2023, 10:30 – 11:30 am at Galway City Museum Dr Pádraic Moran, lecturer in Ancient Classics at the University of Galway, will introduce the character of Odysseus, an unconventional hero of Ancient Greek myth. With Pádraic, participants... | Read on »
Ag Tabhairt Odaiséis Abhaile - Bringing Odysseus Home: Teaching Ancient Classics through Irish in the University of Galway Public talk and poetry reading Sat, 18 February 2023, 2–3 pm at Galway City Museum This is a talk by Dr Pádraic Moran (Ancient Classics, University of Galway) on the fascinating endeavours of Classicists at the... | Read on »
Open Scholarship Café – Open Science and Social Justice Open Scholarship / Open Science has many drivers and “schools of thought” about its purpose. This Open Scholarship Café will not look at how to open up the research process, i.e. through the publication of data, methods or publications, but will look at Open Scholarship as a social... | Read on »
University of Galway History Seminar Dr Morgan Wait (Independent Scholar) 'If we were men, they’d find other jobs for us’: Continuity announcers and female presenters at R/TÉ 1962-73 Abstract This paper explores the experiences of continuity announcers and female presenters on Radio/Telefís Éireann in the first decade of the Irish station. It argues that... | Read on »
Irish Studies' Seminar Series Drone Imagery in Irish Visual Culture: Evoking a Nostalgic Past amidst the Contemporary Future Dr Jeannine Kraft, Columbus College of Art & Design Drone imagery has played a key role in the twenty-first century in the framing and dissemination of images of the Irish landscape. The internet has provided a... | Read on »
REMEMBERING JOHN DOHERTY TRAVELLER TINSMITH AND FIDDLER Chair: Daniel Carey, Director, Moore Institute Travellers in Time Expanding the Past Breandán Mac Suibhne, University of Galway John Doherty’s Music Floating Bows and Moving Clouds Alun Evans Queen’s University of Belfast Alun Evans is an epidemiologist and the former director of the Centre for... | Read on »
"Translation amid Uncertainty: Online Activist Subtitling of Counter-ISIS Stories" Abstract: In our contemporary world, different moments of uncertainty are created out of conflicts, revolutions or crises, eliminating our conventional sense of territory. Though these moments are full of hardships and sufferings, they carry with them off-line and on-line innovative cultural productions that contest oppressive... | Read on »
University of Galway History Seminar Dr Patrick Walsh (Trinity College Dublin) Bogs and Barracks: Stringy Sovereignty and the Eighteenth-Century Irish State Abstract Beginning in a bog in west Cork this paper is about the fragmented processes of colonial state formation in eighteenth-century Ireland. The story I want to tell is told from the fragmented... | Read on »
BOOK LAUNCH White Cottage, White House Irish American Masculinities in Classical Hollywood Cinema By Tony Tracy Speaker: Dr Conn Holohan Description White Cottage, White House examines how Classical Hollywood cinema developed and deployed Irish American masculinities to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in midcentury America. Largely confined to discriminatory stereotypes during the silent era, Irish... | Read on »
Dr Elizabeth Redwine, “Actresses and the Archive" Moore Institute and Drama and Theatre Studies The words of actresses and performers change the way we read and discuss theatre history in Global Irish Studies. Dr. Elizabeth Brewer Redwine will examine how Sara Allgood's Memoirs caused her to reassess authorship and performance both at the Abbey Theatre and in American midcentury... | Read on »
Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in research in CASSCS – Moore Institute seminar You are reminded that a seminar on equality, diversity and inclusion in research will be hosted by the Moore Institute on Friday 3rd March 2023 from 11.00am to 1.00pm in room G011, Hardiman Research Building. This event is aligned with our strategic... | Read on »
Tionólfar an tríú léacht sa tsraith seo, ar an Aoine, 3 Márta @ 12:30 i.n. i Seomra an Droichid THB-1001, An Chéad Urlár, Institiúid de Móra, Áras Uí Argadáin, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe agus ar Zoom. Ó Dhóchas go hÉadóchas: An Cogadh Cathartha in Éirinn, 1922-1923 An Dr Mary Harris, Iar-léachtóir Sinsearach, Roinn na Staire, Ollscoil... | Read on »
