School of Psychology Research Seminar: How to be an Academic in a World on Fire Talk & Hands-On Workshop Dr. Clare Kelly, Trinity College Dublin Monday 26th February 12:30-15:00 (lunch included) G065 AMBE, University of Galway Addressing the climate crisis requires radical and urgent action at all levels of society. Universities are ideally positioned to... | Read on »

ILAS International Research Training Series - 2023/24 Unlocking the Potential of Empirical Research:  An Introduction to R for Statistical Analysis and Data Visualisation  Description: This immersive research session goes through R programming, a powerful tool for statistical analysis, data manipulation, and visualisation. This session aims to showcase the versatility of R in empirical research, focusing... | Read on »

Co-Designing Socially Engaged Research: The Approach of Immersive Empathy Part of the Masterclasses @ Centre for Creative Technologies collection. Introducing the methods used on the Immersive Empathy project along with some of the ethical questions raised by socially engaged research. This event will also be streamed via Zoom – if you would prefer to attend online,... | Read on »

Launch: Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic. The Children’s Report We are delighted to invite you to the launch of a new children’s research report, conducted by UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway in partnership with Foróige, and published as... | Read on »

Irish Studies Seminar Series, 2023-24 (in person, and on zoom) Dr Anna Falkenau, “Embedded in Zeitgeist, Embodying Zeitgeist: Traditional Music and Arts Developments in Galway, 1971-1981” Focusing on the urban site of Galway City, this paper explores the embeddedness of Irish traditional music and arts events in the zeitgeist of the 1970s. Described in a national... | Read on »

Webinar hosted by the Irish Society for Theatre Research Title: Irish Circus and Performance: From Heritage to Practice Date: 29 February Time: 4pm to 5pm Via Zoom Registration and info: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/irishsocietyfortheatreresearch/1168313 Contact: barry.houlihan@universityofgalway.ie

Award-winning Japanese film director Kazuhiro SODA coming to University of Galway and  PALAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29TH Renowned Japanese documentary filmmaker, Kazuhiro SODA is visiting Galway  for a workshop and a screening of his award-winning documentary ZERO (2020). His visit is presented by the School of English Media and Creative Arts, University of Galway in association... | Read on »

International Women's Day 2024 Centre for Global Women’s Studies Discipline of Gender and Women’s Studies School of Political Science and Sociology Date: 4th March 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 pm (GMT) G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway, H91 REW4 or online via Zoom Áine Treanor In 2022, Áine spent three months in the West Bank as a Human Rights monitor.  During her time there,... | Read on »

You are warmly invited to an online seminar with Marilyn J. Chiat, Ph.D. and Jeanne Halgren Kilde, Ph.D. on 5th March 2024 at 4pm GMT: Remembering and Restoring the Past to Ensure the Future: Religious Sites of Minneapolis and St. Paul This online seminar is a collaboration between the Centre for the Study of Religion at University... | Read on »

The second Digital Humanities Research Group seminar of this semester will take place on Wednesday 6 March 12pm in room THB-G010 (Hardiman Research Building). Pádraic Moran, Classics, University of Galway ‘Two new resources for manuscript studies: network graphs, linked open data, open-access publishing, natural language processing.’ This talk will discuss Digital Humanities aspects of work... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Rethinking Veterancy from the Colonies Dr Dónal Hassett (University College Cork)   Biography Dr Dónal Hassett is Senior Lecturer in French at University College Cork. His research has two main focuses: the history of the French Empire, in particular North Africa, and the legacies of conflict, especially veteran studies. He... | Read on »

Networking Event for Graduate Students & Early Career Researchers Join OHNI for this free virtual networking event on the theme of ‘Bridging Generational Perspectives’ at 7pm on Thursday, 7 March. This networking opportunity is targeted at graduate students and early career researchers. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re battling to finish your dissertation or... | Read on »

Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-modern Studies (CAMPS) LAB: Dicuil – an Irish and Carolingian Universalist and his Intellectual Legacy: an introduction to the DICUIL project Christian Schweizer IRC Fellow | Classics | University of Galway 8 March 2024 12 noon THB-G010 & online via Zoom If you wish to join online, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/e/ngxdR3UBRy?origin=lprLink... | Read on »

Seimineáir Thaighde Roinn na Gaeilge 26 February: Liam Edwards, Ulster University, will discuss his research on judicial review across the devolved nations of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. (This talk will be in English). 4 March: Dr. Cassie Christmas-Smith will discuss her research project GAELFAM (SFI-IRC Pathway Award), which investigates the everyday linguistic experiences of families... | Read on »

Regrettably, we have had to postpone the Margaret Heavey Memorial Lecture planned for 12 March. We hope to hold the lecture on a future date. Margaret Heavey Memorial Lecture 2024 Prof. Isabelle Torrance (University of Aarhus) "A Trip to the Moon: Lucian, Irish Satire and Migration History" For background on the lecture series (and details... | Read on »

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the following event has to be cancelled. Sonraí - Irish Data Stewardship Network aims to establish a national network which will foster, enable, and advocate for the development of research data management and data stewards nationally and are hosting a series of roadshows in research performing organisations across Ireland with the... | Read on »

A Singular Harmony: on the Kinematics of Creativity & the Language of Intel Part of the Masterclasses @ Centre for Creative Technologies collection Dr Cissie Fu, Head of School, McNally School of Fine Arts at Lasalle University of the Arts Singapore Join us for the next in the masterclass series run by the Centre for Creative Technologies,... | Read on »

University of Galway History Research Seminar Manuscripts at the Margins: How social network analysis can help find non-elite readers Professor Erin McCarthy (University of Galway)   Biography Professor Erin McCarthy is Established Professor of English Literature and Computational Humanities. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Irish Research Council and European Research Council-funded project "STEMMA:... | Read on »

A one hour talk and discussion on the photography exhibition 'Unusual Gestures'. Irish Artist Lorraine Tuck’s newly commissioned work tells the story of a family living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability. Curated and produced by PhotoMuseum Ireland this intensely moving and emotionally powerful photographic exhibition had its world premiere in the Printworks space at... | Read on »

Join us for the Launch of Elaine Feeney’s new collection of poems, All the Good Things You Deserve (Vintage, 2024) Tuesday 19 March at 5pm Hardiman Research Building seminar room THB-G010 In this volume of new work, Elaine Feeney juxtaposes violence, hurt and the tyranny of shame with love, beauty and the transformative possibilities of... | Read on »

Roundtable: Engaging with media and challenging gender-based violence: foregrounding migrant women's perspectives And launch of:  Stories of Migrant Women in Ireland: Surviving Gender-based Violence  - a collection of first-person accounts by participants in the EU/IRC Gender Net Plus MIG-GBV research project (2019-2023) Chair: Susan McKay, Press Ombudsman  Roundtable speakers: Dr Salome Mbugua CEO, AkiDwA, the national network... | Read on »

Children’s Studies Research Seminar  “Home is Where the Cat is: Kinship and Community in Recent Children’s Literature about the Holocaust"  Professor Janneke van de Stadt (Williams College, USA)   Abstract: Animals abound in children’s literature and the picturebook genre is no exception. Focused on the particular role and function of their respective feline characters, my... | Read on »