Research Seminar

Research Seminar

 University of Galway History Seminar - Semester 1

University of Galway History Seminar

Semester 1, 2024-25

Seminars convene at 4.00pm in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, and will be in-person & streamed simultaneously via Zoom, unless otherwise stated.

18 September 2024  Dr Mark Stocker (Independent Scholar)

“They should suffer every reasonable inconvenience”: Churchill and the crisis of British silver coin in Ireland, 1926-29

2 October 2024          Dr Roman Birke (University of Regensburg)

                                    Population control to protect human rights: Over-population discourse and collective rights in the 1960s/70s

9 October 2024          Dr Amy Edwards (University of Bristol)

**via Zoom**              The housewife’s hustle: Direct sales and the rise of flexible labour in post-war Britain

30 October 2024       Dr Eavan Ó Dochartaigh (University of Galway)

                                    Icebergs and outreach: Following the trails of nineteenth-century travel writing to Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland

13 November 2024   This is a special event to celebrate the publication of Inside Rural Ireland, edited by our colleague, Dr Tomás Finn, with Dr Tony Varley. The first part of the seminar, beginning at 4.00pm, will consist of a roundtable discussion featuring Dr Róisín Healy, Dr Tomás Finn, Dr Tony Varley, Professor Anne Byrne, and Dr Mary Cawley – chaired by Dr Kevin O’Sullivan. This will be followed by the launch of the book by Professor Daniel Carey at 5.00pm.

20 November 2024   Dr Nazife Kosukoğlu (University of Galway)

                                    Women against authority: Religion, law and gender in the Ottoman Empire

Organised in collaboration with the Irish Centre for Human Rights.
Venue: Room 1001 (Bridge Seminar Room), First Floor, Hardiman Research Building.

27 November 2024   Dr Christian Schweizer (University of Galway)

                                    The early medieval scholar Dicuil and his world

Organised in collaboration with the Centre for Antique, Medieval & Pre-Modern Studies (CAMPS).
Venue: Room 1001 (Bridge Seminar Room), First Floor, Hardiman Research Building.

All are welcome to attend.

Presentations will run for approximately 35-40 minutes, followed by time for discussion.

For details on how to register for the Zoom link, please contact Dr Kevin O’Sullivan at kevin.k.osullivan@universityofgalway.ie to be added to the mailing list.