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Ireland 1916-2016: The Promise and Challenge of National Sovereignty

National Conference, November 10-12 | Comhdháil Náisiúnta, Samhain 10-12

Click here for the the conference programme | Cliceáil anseo chun teacht ar chlár na comhdhála

 

The centrepiece of The Centenary Conversations, Galway was a free landmark academic conference at NUI Galway, entitled Ireland 1916-2016: The Promise and Challenge of National Sovereignty.

Mar chuid lárnach de Ag Cur is ag Cúiteamh faoin gComóradh Céad Bliain, Gaillimh beidh comhdháil mhór acadúil in OÉ, Gaillimh, dar teideal Éire 1916-2016: Gealladh agus Dúshláin na Ceannasachta Náisiúnta.

The conference's plenary speakers included Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General of the Department of Education & Skills; Philip Pettit, L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University; An Taoiseach Enda Kenny; Roy Foster, Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, Oxford; Heather Humphreys T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; Clair Wills, Leonard L. Milberg Professor of Irish Letters at Princeton University; Kevin O’Rourke, Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford; Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford; Brendan O'Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania; and Dr Maurice Manning, Chancellor of the National University of Ireland and Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Commemorations.

Learn more about the Centenary Conversations.

Watch videos of the conference below:

Thursday, 10 November - 2.00 pm: Conference Opening by Dr Jim Browne, President, NUI Galway and An tUasal Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills

Thursday, 10 November - 2.30 pm: Conference Session 1: European Republicanism: The Past and the Potential with Professor Philip Pettit, LS Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values, Princeton University

Thursday, 10 November - 7.00 pm:  Address by An Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny TD

Thursday, 10 November - 7.30 pm:  Conference Session 2: The Promise of 1916 with Professor Roy Foster, Carroll Professor of Irish History, University of Oxford
 

Friday, 11 November - 9.30 am:  Address by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs, Ms Heather Humphreys TD

Friday, 11 November - 10.00 am:  Conference Session 3: Culture and Identity in a Globalized World with Professor Clair Wills, Leonard L. Milberg Professor of Irish Letters, Princeton University

 Friday, 11 November - 2.00 pm:  Conference Session 4: Economy, Society and the Well-Being of Citizens with Professor Kevin O’Rourke, Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford
Saturday, 12 November - 10.00 am:  Conference Session 5: The Challenges, Promise and Responsibility of Education in the 21st Century with Professor Louise Richardson, Vice Chancellor, University of Oxford Saturday, 12 November - 2.00 pm:  Conference Session 6: Political Futures and New Paradigms with Professor Brendan O’Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
NUI Galway Commemorates 1916

NUI Galway Commemorates 1916

As the nation joins together to commemorate the events of the last one hundred years, so too has our diverse university community.

About the Programme

Maidir leis an gClár

Our Programme of Events

Our Programme of Events

NUI Galway’s commemorative programme examines the events of 1916 from a variety of perspectives at local, regional and national levels.

Programme of Events

CLÁR COMÓRTHA

Scholar in Residence

Scholar in Residence

Dr Conor McNamara is NUI Galway’s 1916 Scholar in Residence, and will co-ordinate and curate many of the events in the University’s commemorative programme.

Scholar in Residence

Scoláire Cónaitheach

NUI Galway's Programme of Events

To commemorate the 1916 Centenary we are running a year-long programme of events

Towards 2016: 1916 And Irish Literature, Culture & Society

Comhdháil Ar Litríocht Agus Ar Chultúr Na Gaeilge

The ITGWU And The Irish Revolution

The Irish Citizen Army: How Significant Was It?

Letters of 1916

A Strange Kind Of Glory: The Easter Rebellion In County Galway And Its Context 

‘To Trouble The Living Stream’: 1916-2016 

Class, Gender And The Separation Women 

Proclaiming The Revolution 

EXHIBITION: A University in War and Revolution, 1913-1919 : The University College Galway experience

TAISPEÁNTAS: Ollscoil na Gaillimhe in am comhraic, 1913-1919: Cogadh agus Réabhlóid

The Visions Of Eoin Macneill 

James Connolly: Life, Death And Legacy 

Border Lines 

Irish History Students’ Association Conference 

Tír Gan Teanga, Tír Gan Anam: The Gaelic Revival And The 1916 Rising 

The Call Of The Piper 

“We Also Are Of Ireland” – War And Words 

Traditional Music From The O’neill Collections, 1910-1920 

War, Freedom, Love And Loss 

Law, Revolution And Sovereignty: Reflections On The Legal Legacy Of The 1916 Rising & Declaration Of Independence 

Celebrating Multilingualism In Ireland 2016 

1916 In Irish Theatre

1916, Cineama Agus An RéAbhlóId 

Féile Scannán na Réabhlóide 2016 

The Larkin Family And The Revolution 

1916 In Global Context: Connections And Comparisons 

Place, Identity and Conflict: War and Revolution in the West of Ireland

Before 1916: Robert Lynd And Visions Of Ireland To Come 

Children And Childhood In The Revolutionary Period 

1916 - Home - 2016 

Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge: 1916 agus an Fhéiniúlacht Náisiúnta

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An Teanga Bheo

‌Is croílár den chlár comórtha í an Ghaeilge, agus beidh go leor imeachtaí á gcur i láthair trí Ghaeilge. Glacfaidh go leor acadóirí agus taighdeoirí ón Roinn Gaeilge agus ó Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge páirt sa chlár trí chomhdhálacha, cainteanna agus foilseacháin a chur ar fáil don phobal, ina measc:

  • 29 Lúnasa 2015: Siompóisiam poiblí: 'Ó Bhéal go Pár: Ciarán Bairéad agus a Shaothar i mBaile Chláir na Gaillimhe'
  • 9-10 Deireadh Fómhair 2015: Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge
  • 25 Feabhra 2016: Léiriú drámata: Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan Anam: Athbheochan na Gaeilge agus Éirí Amach 1916 (Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan Anam: The Gaelic Revival and the 1916 Rising)
  • 22-23 Aibreán 2016: Comhdháil: Ilteangachas á cheiliúradh in Éirinn 2016 (Celebrating Multilingualism in Ireland 2016)
  • 27-29 Bealtaine 2016: Féile Scannán na Réabhlóide 2016
  • 8-9 Deireadh Fómhair 2016: Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge: 1916 agus an Fhéiniúlacht Náisiúnta >> www.comhdhail.com