The Arts Council (Ireland) has just announced the nine projects that will be its 1916 Arts Programme. Department of Geography postgraduate, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, has been commissioned to produce his Casement Project. This dance project about the queer body of Roger Casement asks questions about who owns and who defines the national body. The project includes collaborations with other artists and academics and these will take place both in Ireland and in Britain.
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Did Women Escape The Worst Of Brutalities Between 1919-1921?
On Friday, 1 September, MUSSI hosted a significant conference exploring how women were affected by the Irish revolution from 1917 to 1923 in the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street. Women and the Irish Revolution 1917-1923 will bring together new research by leading scholars exploring how women both participated in revolutionary activities in the 1917-1923 period in Ireland and were impacted by the climate of terror and war that existed.
Date: Friday, 01 September 2017
Monaghan History and Society book launched.
On Monday 19th June, a new book – “Monaghan, History and Society: Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County” – was launched in St. McCartan’s College in Monaghan Town; an event that was chaired by RTE’s Audrey Carville.
Date: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Cruinniú na Cásca - Discussions on working conditions, Easter Monday
Think tank for Action on Social Change - Easter Monday, 17 April – SIPTU, Liberty Hall
Date: Thursday, 13 April 2017
Thomas Kenneth (T.K.) Whitaker 1916 - 2017
T. K. Whitaker, economist and public servant, born 8 December 1916, died 9 January 2017
Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
'From a whisper to a roar' wins Award for Best Exhibition
The 1916 Exhibition, 'From a whisper to a roar,' wins the 2016 Public Sector Magazine Award for Best Exhibition.
Date: Monday, 05 December 2016
Launch of "The Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist Writings of James Connolly 1893-1916", edited by Dr Conor McCarthy
"The Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist Writings of James Connolly 1893-1916" edited by Dr Conor McCarthy, lecturer in the Department of English.
Date: Thursday, 17 November 2016
We need to trust teachers to take ownership of student assessment, say international experts
Chuala siad siúd a d’fhreastail ar an gceathrú Fóram bliantúil Oideachais de chuid Ollscoil Mhá Nuad ó bheirt saineolaithe idirnáisiúnta a deir gur cheart go mbeadh ról lárnach ag múinteoirí na hÉireann maidir le measúnú a dhéanamh ar dhaltaí an Teastais Shóisearaigh agus ar dhaltaí na hArdteistiméireachta.
Date: Friday, 24 June 2016
'Madame de Markievicz on Trial' by Ann Matthews
A highly commended reading of this much-acclaimed play was presented by members of the Maynooth University Student History Society in association with the Department of History on Thursday 21 April 2016 in Renehan Hall (South Campus).
Date: Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Domhnall Ua Buachalla and the Easter Rising
Ua Buachalla Exhibition at MU Library
Date: Wednesday, 30 March 2016