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The fourth webinar in our COVID-19 Response Group series, Writing during the COVID-19 crisis took place on May 4th, 2020.   An audio recording of the session may also be found on the Moore Institute’s Soundcloud   The Moore Institute Podcast · Writing during the Covid-19 crisis Webinar Overview In this webinar, two contemporary Irish authors… | Read on »

The webinar, “James Hardiman 200 years on: Commemorating The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway” took place on April 29th, 2020. A video and audio recording of the session are included below. An audio recording of the session can be found on the Moore Institute’s Soundcloud.   The Moore Institute… | Read on »

The third webinar in our COVID-19 Response Group series, Education during Covid-19: precarity, privilege, purpose took place on April 30th, 2020. An audio recording of the session may also be found on the Moore Institute’s Soundcloud. The Moore Institute Podcast · COVID-19 Response Webinar – Education during Covid-19: precarity, privilege, purpose Webinar Overview The Covid-19… | Read on »

The second seminar in our Covid-19 Response series, this session explores questions of surveillance and social benefit in the midst of the corona virus pandemic, including data gathering and contact tracing apps, and the advantages, risks, and ethical challenges. Panelists Mathieu d’Aquin (Director of Insight and the Data Science Institute, NUI Galway) Heike Felzmann (Philosophy,… | Read on »

The university community and the Moore Institute mourn the passing of Tim Robinson at the age of 85, one of the finest writers on landscape in the last hundred years, who made the Aran Islands and Connemara the subject of his greatest work. Based initially in Árainn and then in Roundstone, Co. Galway, Tim composed… | Read on »

This was the first of a series of seminars to discuss the crisis from multiple points of view. Our focus in this session was on political and societal considerations in understanding the impact of COVID-19. Session speakers John Morrissey (Geography) Nessa Cronin (Irish Studies) Kevin O’Sullivan (History) Pádraic Moran (Classics) The session is chaired by… | Read on »

Back by popular demand! We are pleased to announce the Spring 2020 EDEN Peer Review workshop, to be held on Thursday, 19th of March, 15.00 (venue tbc). This is an excellent chance to get feedback on works in progress in any form and at any stage of development. Whether it is a chapter draft, a journal article or a… | Read on »

Nicholas Canny, professor of history emeritus at NUI Galway, former President of the Royal Irish Academy, and founding director of the Moore Institute, has been awarded the RIA’s highest honour, the Cunningham Medal, for distinction in research and for furthering the aims of the Academy. The medal was presented to Professor Canny at a special… | Read on »

“The Age of the Precariat: Identity and Precarity”: All Island Interdisciplinary Conference Hosted by the Early Doctoral Exchange Network (EDEN) at NUI Galway. National University of Ireland, Galway. 24th-25th April Plenary Speaker: Dr Mariya Ivancheva, University of Liverpool EDEN invites submissions by postgraduate and early doctoral researchers that explore the themes of Identity and Precarity…. | Read on »

Readers & Reputations, Jan-Mar 2020 Readers and Reputations: The Reception and Circulation of Early Modern Women’s Writing, 1550-1700 is a landmark exhibition that showcases the findings of a major research project, ‘RECIRC: The Reception and Circulation of Early Modern Women’s Writing, 1550-1700’. The project, which is led by Professor Marie-Louise Coolahan, Professor of English at NUI… | Read on »