University of Galway - History
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Through a series of conversations and walks, participants also discussed sources for writing the environmental history of modern Ireland. Where do we look to find the imprint of capitalism - on ecosystems, bodies, and atmospheres?
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Through a series of conversations and walks, participants also discussed sources for writing the environmental history of modern Ireland. Where do we look to find the imprint of capitalism - on ecosystems, bodies, and atmospheres?
Last week, our colleague @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social ran the second workshop of the 'Sites of Fracture' project, in collaboration with the this/OUR academic-artist collective. Over two days in east Cork, participants explored the village of Killeagh as a site of resistance against capitalism.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Last week, our colleague @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social ran the second workshop of the 'Sites of Fracture' project, in collaboration with the this/OUR academic-artist collective. Over two days in east Cork, participants explored the village of Killeagh as a site of resistance against capitalism.
Join us this week for our final research seminar of the semester! Dr Jake Subryan Richards will be speaking on his new book 'The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade'. All welcome, Hardiman G011, Wednesday 5 Nov at 4pm!
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Join us this week for our final research seminar of the semester! Dr Jake Subryan Richards will be speaking on his new book 'The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade'. All welcome, Hardiman G011, Wednesday 5 Nov at 4pm!
Congratulations to the first ever cohort of BA History (Pathways) students, the first to graduate from this new programme 🎉 pictured here with their programme director Dr Gearóid Barry. L-R: Dr Barry & Ava Kerrane. Cormac Wilkinson, Shane Ward, Enda Bourke, Shane Coyle, Dr Barry & Noah Carberry.
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Congratulations to the first ever cohort of BA History (Pathways) students, the first to graduate from this new programme 🎉 pictured here with their programme director Dr Gearóid Barry. L-R: Dr Barry & Ava Kerrane. Cormac Wilkinson, Shane Ward, Enda Bourke, Shane Coyle, Dr Barry & Noah Carberry.
Join us tomorrow for our research seminar in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Religion. Dr Celeste McNamara will be speaking on "Sleeping with the in-laws: Annulment by reason of affinity in 18th-century Venice". All welcome!
October 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Join us tomorrow for our research seminar in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Religion. Dr Celeste McNamara will be speaking on "Sleeping with the in-laws: Annulment by reason of affinity in 18th-century Venice". All welcome!
Congratulations to Dr Pat Farrell graduating this week with a PhD in History 🎉 pictured alongside her doctoral supervisor, Dr Róisín Healy!
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congratulations to Dr Pat Farrell graduating this week with a PhD in History 🎉 pictured alongside her doctoral supervisor, Dr Róisín Healy!
Congratulations to all our students graduating over the next few days at our Autumn conferring ceremonies 🎉 You've all worked so hard and now is time to celebrate this amazing achievement! 👏 (Not sure if the Grad style has changed over the years??)
October 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Congratulations to all our students graduating over the next few days at our Autumn conferring ceremonies 🎉 You've all worked so hard and now is time to celebrate this amazing achievement! 👏 (Not sure if the Grad style has changed over the years??)
This week we are joined by Dr Ramazan Hakki Öztan for our History Research Seminar, in collaboration with the BILQIS project, entitled 'Revolutionaries, Counterinsurgency, and
Humanitarianism in Late Ottoman Europe'. Please note that for this week only we'll be in Áras Moyola MY127!
Humanitarianism in Late Ottoman Europe'. Please note that for this week only we'll be in Áras Moyola MY127!
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This week we are joined by Dr Ramazan Hakki Öztan for our History Research Seminar, in collaboration with the BILQIS project, entitled 'Revolutionaries, Counterinsurgency, and
Humanitarianism in Late Ottoman Europe'. Please note that for this week only we'll be in Áras Moyola MY127!
Humanitarianism in Late Ottoman Europe'. Please note that for this week only we'll be in Áras Moyola MY127!
A very stimulating and enjoyable week for University of Galway History students and staff in Tartu, Estonia, on ENLIGHT course on small nations, featuring a fantastic visit to Baltic German manor, Alatskivi Castle. Many thanks to hosts University of Tartu!
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A very stimulating and enjoyable week for University of Galway History students and staff in Tartu, Estonia, on ENLIGHT course on small nations, featuring a fantastic visit to Baltic German manor, Alatskivi Castle. Many thanks to hosts University of Tartu!
A History module developed by Dr Róisín Healy, The History of Small Nations in Modern Europe, is the University of Galway nominee for the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Award at the upcoming ENLIGHT Conference at Uppsala University, 8-10 October 👏 For more info: onlineexpo.com/en/enlight-2...
September 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A History module developed by Dr Róisín Healy, The History of Small Nations in Modern Europe, is the University of Galway nominee for the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Award at the upcoming ENLIGHT Conference at Uppsala University, 8-10 October 👏 For more info: onlineexpo.com/en/enlight-2...
Join us for this week's History Research Seminar on Wednesday at 4pm! Our very own Dr Anita Rupprecht will be speaking on 'Out of Sight: the Narrative of the Slave-ship, Le Rodeur (1819)'. All welcome! Hardiman Research Building G011 or get in touch to join on zoom.
September 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Join us for this week's History Research Seminar on Wednesday at 4pm! Our very own Dr Anita Rupprecht will be speaking on 'Out of Sight: the Narrative of the Slave-ship, Le Rodeur (1819)'. All welcome! Hardiman Research Building G011 or get in touch to join on zoom.
Looking forward for this week's Research Seminar by Dr Martin Nekola, who will be speaking on 'A Small Nation in a Big Country: The History of Czech Communities in the USA (1848-1918)'. Wednesday 24 Sept. in the Hardiman G010. See you there!
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Looking forward for this week's Research Seminar by Dr Martin Nekola, who will be speaking on 'A Small Nation in a Big Country: The History of Czech Communities in the USA (1848-1918)'. Wednesday 24 Sept. in the Hardiman G010. See you there!
A massive congratulations to two of our brilliant students, Aoibhín Ní Gleasáin and Caden Casey, for their success at the Global Undergraduate Awards! Aoibhín was the Island of Ireland Regional Winner in History and Caden was Highly Commended in the History category. A fantastic achievement 🎉
September 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A massive congratulations to two of our brilliant students, Aoibhín Ní Gleasáin and Caden Casey, for their success at the Global Undergraduate Awards! Aoibhín was the Island of Ireland Regional Winner in History and Caden was Highly Commended in the History category. A fantastic achievement 🎉
A big welcome to our MA cohort this year! We were joined by teaching colleagues, incoming, and outgoing MA students for the most important part of MA orientation - pizza! 🍕
September 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A big welcome to our MA cohort this year! We were joined by teaching colleagues, incoming, and outgoing MA students for the most important part of MA orientation - pizza! 🍕
Happy first week of the semester! Today we made the most of the sunshine and welcomed colleagues in History and Philosophy back for the new academic year!
September 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy first week of the semester! Today we made the most of the sunshine and welcomed colleagues in History and Philosophy back for the new academic year!
Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!
September 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!
Ó Dochartaigh's chapter explores 'German scholars and the Irish Book, 1830s-2010s' and Ó Coisáin considers 'Print Literacy in Irish in the Nineteenth Century'. For more info: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ó Dochartaigh's chapter explores 'German scholars and the Irish Book, 1830s-2010s' and Ó Coisáin considers 'Print Literacy in Irish in the Nineteenth Century'. For more info: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Congratulations to Pól Ó Dochartaigh and Niall Ó Ciosáin (and many of our colleagues in Roinn na Gaeilge) for their contributions in the recently published The Oxford History of the Irish Book, vol II: The Printed Book in Irish, 1567-2010s (OUP, 2025)!
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Congratulations to Pól Ó Dochartaigh and Niall Ó Ciosáin (and many of our colleagues in Roinn na Gaeilge) for their contributions in the recently published The Oxford History of the Irish Book, vol II: The Printed Book in Irish, 1567-2010s (OUP, 2025)!
Our colleague, @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, was interviewed for the forthcoming @rte.ie television documentary series 'From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish'. Catch the first episode on RTÉ1 and RTÉ Player this Sunday, 8 June at 6.30pm!
June 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our colleague, @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, was interviewed for the forthcoming @rte.ie television documentary series 'From That Small Island: The Story of the Irish'. Catch the first episode on RTÉ1 and RTÉ Player this Sunday, 8 June at 6.30pm!
Congratulations to our PhD student Elliot Gallogly who recently received Research Ireland's doctoral funding. Here he is speaking on forgotten Sapphics of the Irish revolutionary era. His research examines the experience of LGBT+ individuals in rural Ireland, 1975-1998 @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Congratulations to our PhD student Elliot Gallogly who recently received Research Ireland's doctoral funding. Here he is speaking on forgotten Sapphics of the Irish revolutionary era. His research examines the experience of LGBT+ individuals in rural Ireland, 1975-1998 @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social
The University of Galway has been named among the top 100 Universities in Europe according to the QS World University Rankings. The University was placed 98th in Europe out of 690 institutions across 42 locations and the Rankings by Subject have placed Classics and Ancient History in the top 51-150
May 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The University of Galway has been named among the top 100 Universities in Europe according to the QS World University Rankings. The University was placed 98th in Europe out of 690 institutions across 42 locations and the Rankings by Subject have placed Classics and Ancient History in the top 51-150
Hosted by the School of History and Philosophy, a talk on 13 May by Dr. Georg Gangl of the Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography at the University of Ostrava, Czechia helped strengthen connections between the disciplines of History and Philosophy and postgraduate researchers within the school.
May 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Hosted by the School of History and Philosophy, a talk on 13 May by Dr. Georg Gangl of the Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography at the University of Ostrava, Czechia helped strengthen connections between the disciplines of History and Philosophy and postgraduate researchers within the school.
Great coverage of Imirce, another great archive www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and... one can consult when studying history at the University of Galway www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and... @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great coverage of Imirce, another great archive www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and... one can consult when studying history at the University of Galway www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and... @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social
Tuesday 13th May at 2pm in G010 the School of History and Philosophy hosts an event to enhance the school's research environment. It includes discussions on the Historiography and the Philosophy of History by Georg Gangl (University of Oulu Finland) and a Roundtable by Profs Dal Lago and Ó Murchadha
May 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Tuesday 13th May at 2pm in G010 the School of History and Philosophy hosts an event to enhance the school's research environment. It includes discussions on the Historiography and the Philosophy of History by Georg Gangl (University of Oulu Finland) and a Roundtable by Profs Dal Lago and Ó Murchadha
Co-organised by the School of History and Philosophy, the Wannsee Conference symposium takes place at the University of Galway tomorrow - exploring representations of this key episode in the history of the Holocaust in museums and media.
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Co-organised by the School of History and Philosophy, the Wannsee Conference symposium takes place at the University of Galway tomorrow - exploring representations of this key episode in the history of the Holocaust in museums and media.