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What does learning a second language do to your first language? by Wieteke Windrich
Huge congratulations to Wieteke Windrich, on her brilliant new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm!
Date: Thursday, 19 June 2025
Celebrating 25 years of Spanish & Latin American studies at Maynooth University !
Celebrating 25 years of Spanish & Latin American studies at MaynoothUniversity !
Date: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
23 MU researchers listed in World’s Top 2% Scientists Rankings
Maynooth University is strongly represented in the World’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings. This year, 23 researchers are recognised as leading experts in their fields in the rankings produced by Stanford University scientists in cooperation with publisher Elsevier BV and the SciTech Strategies Inc, based on Scopus data.
Date: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
MU lecturers receive Irish Research Council Research Ally Award
Maynooth University academics have received IRC Research Ally honours in the IRC Researcher of the Year Awards 2022.
Date: Friday, 16 December 2022
Funding success in HEA Gender Equality Enhancement Fund for Dr Clive Earls
Congratulations to Dr Clive Earls on his recent funding success! Dr Earls successfully secured full funding of €50,000 from the Gender Equality Enhancement Fund from the Higher Education authority as the Principal Investigator on the inter-institutional “Gender Equality in Language Studies” (GELS) project, which is highly innovative and constitutes the first national study of gender inequality in Language Studies in Irish HE.
Date: Friday, 18 November 2022
New Publication: Aliens as Superheroes: Science Fiction, Immigration and the Photography of Dulce Pinzón
Dr Catherine Leen’s exciting new chapter is entitled ‘Aliens as Superheroes: Science Fiction, Immigration and the Photography of Dulce Pinzón’ and is out now in paperback published by Edinburgh University Press.
Date: Friday, 23 September 2022
New Publication: Healthcare in Latin America
Congratulations to Dr. David García León on his upcoming publication; "Healthcare in Latin America" with a co-authored chapter on Transness and Disability representation in Colombia.
Date: Thursday, 02 June 2022
Spring Open Day 2022
We enjoyed showcasing our University on Saturday 30th April for Spring Open Day. We received more than 3,000 visitors to campus and everyone enjoyed the positive experience.
Date: Monday, 09 May 2022
Talking Postgraduate research in the Arts & Humanities
“Talking Postgraduate research in the Arts & Humanities at Maynooth University” is a series of sessions hosted by the Postgraduate community from the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Maynooth University with the support of the Arts and Humanities Institute.
Date: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Opinion piece for RTÉ Brainstorm by Dr Julie Rodgers and Peadar Kearney
Opinion: Silent Night is perhaps the ideal Christmas movie for these times of anxiety around emergencies like climate change and Covid-19 writes Dr Julie Anne Rodgers and Peadar Kearney, Maynooth University
Date: Friday, 17 December 2021