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Geography: #LetsTalkAboutTrump
Join Geographers and others as we digest and discuss today's events. What does this mean for Ireland and the world? #LetsTalkAboutTrump
When: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
The Department of Geography Seminar Series 2016-17 Suburbanization and Gentrification: Synthesis, Complexities and The Importance of Residential Differentiation.
Philip Lawton seminar on the frontiers of suburbia.
When: Thursday, 27 October 2016
CHANGE OF VENUE : The Standing Rock Dakota Pipeline Controversy
Dr Waziyatawin will discuss the current situation in North Dakota, where the Standing Rock Dakota and Lakota people and their supporters are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
When: Thursday, 20 October 2016
Mapping Spectral Traces Ireland Exhibition Launch
Visual works from Irish-based artists: Monica de Bath, Cathy Fitzgerald, Joe Lee, Silvia Loeffler, Fearghus Ó Conchúir and Vukasin Nedeljkovic, with a musical performance by Aoife Kavanagh (violin and flute) and Shane Hennessy (guitar). Funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations scheme.
When: Monday, 17 October 2016
International Symposium: 'Mapping Spectral Traces VIII: The Place of the Wound
Indigenous, North American, South African, New Zealand and Irish artists, activists and scholars who share a common concern in addressing the painful histories of dispossession will engage in conversations that consider what it means to attend to places wounded by the legacies of historical violence.
When: Monday, 17 October 2016
Public Lecture: ‘Serial Forced Displacements in the American City’, Professor Mindy Fullilove, Colombia University and The New School.
Funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations scheme and sponsored by the Departments of Geography at Maynooth University and Trinity College Dublin.
When: Friday, 14 October 2016
Geography: Seminar Finding place for alcohol research: geographies of alcohol consumption and harm
Finding place for alcohol research: geographies of alcohol consumption and harm by Dr Niamh Shortt, Senior Lecturer in Health Geography in the School of Geosciences and Co-Director of the Centre for Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) University of Edinburgh.
When: Thursday, 06 October 2016
Glas Journal 2016 Exhibition Launch
Dr Silvia Loeffler's final exhibition in the IRC funded postdoc launches on 9 September in the Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire.
When: Friday, 09 September 2016
MH 803 Talk and CAO Application Workshop 2016
Prospective Maynooth Part Time undergraduate students and other interested parties are invited to a talk on the BA Local Studies/Community Studies (MH803) have all your application questions answered.
When: Saturday, 23 April 2016
Geography: Identifying Healthy/Happy Places at MU
The MA Geography class will be running a public mapping event on Friday, April 8th from 9 to 11 am in the Foyer of the University Library, asking students and staff to identify what they consider healthy/happy places on the campuses at Maynooth University. Everyone passing is welcome to take part and join this 'citizen' mapping event!
When: Friday, 08 April 2016