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Susan Gottloeber has co-edited the Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society 2016/17
Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society 2016/17
Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
WRITERS-IN-RESIDENCE APPOINTED FOR 2019/20
Maynooth University Department of English and Kildare County Council Arts and Library Services are thrilled to announce the appointment of Annemarie Ní Churrreáin and Sue Rainsford as Writers-in-Residence for 2019/20.
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Dr Laura Watson publishes co-edited book on Paul Dukas
Dr Laura Watson is the co-editor (along with Helen Julia Minors) of the new book Paul Dukas: Legacies of a French Musician (Abingdon: Routledge, 2019).
Date: Sunday, 16 June 2019
Dr Adrian Scahill publishes article on the céilí in the early years of the Gaelic Revival
Dr Adrian Scahill publishes article on the céilí in the early years of the Gaelic Revival in the latest book in the Irish Musical Studies series.
Date: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
Early Career Research Achievement Award
Department of History's John Paul Newman received an Early Career Research Achievement Award from Professor Philip Nolan, President Maynooth University at the recent Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony.
Date: Thursday, 30 May 2019
Guest Lecture on the Benefits of Multilingualism
Recent studies suggest that multilingualism could slow down cognitive ageing, delay the onset of dementia and improve the cognitive outcome after stroke, building a new and exciting bridge between multilingualism research on one hand and psychology, neurology and neuroscience on the other. Can learning new languages and active use of more than one language in every-day life have beneficial effects on cognition and mental health? Could such effects be observed across the whole of the lifespan, even in later life?
Date: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Dr Laura Watson presents paper on George Harrison at IASPM Canada, Montréal on 26 May 2019
Dr Laura Watson presents paper on George Harrison at IASPM Canada, Montréal on 26 May 2019
Date: Thursday, 23 May 2019
Department of English Staff Publication
Dr Michael G Cronin, lecturer in the English Department, is among the contributors to a recently published volume of essays, Reading Brendan Behan (Cork UP, 2019) edited by John McCourt. Dr Cronin's essay is titled: ‘Eros and Liberation: the homoerotic body in Borstal Boy’.
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2019
New Book Published by Faculty
Published by Routledge in 2019, A History of Shaolin offers a clear grasp of the origins and development of Chan Buddhism through an examination of Shaolin, and highlights the role of Shaolin and Shaolin kung fu in the construction of a national identity among the Chinese people in the past two centuries.
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2019
Did Ireland have a Renaissance? - Enter MACMORRIS
This lecture explores how we might recapture the full complexity of Renaissance Ireland. It introduces the MACMORRIS project, a four-year project funded by the Irish Research Council, which will map all the cultural players, working across cultures and languages, in the years when Ireland made its convulsive entry into modernity.
Date: Thursday, 09 May 2019