Join us next week for the 4th annual Nicholas Canny Lecture. Prof. Alison Games will be speaking on "Making the Indian Ocean English? Trading, Enclaves, Women, and the Origins of the East India Company, 1600-1650” on Wednesday, 4th March at 4 pm in Room THB-G010. All very welcome.
Our former PhD, Dr Lorraine Grimes is holding an event to celebrate International Women's Day at the Druid Theatre, Saturday 7 March at 2pm. Lorraine will be speaking on Mother and Baby institutions in collaboration with survivors who contributed to her PhD research at Galway. Everyone welcome!
Join us this week for our History Research Seminar in collaboration with the Centre for the Investigation of Transnational Encounters (CITE). Áine O'Flynn will be speaking on “Sin, Sickness, and the Irish in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Halifax” Wednesday, 18th February at 4 pm in Room THB-G010!
The deadline of 20 February for submissions for IARCEES conference on 'Conversions in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe since 1800: Religious, National, Ideological and Sexual' at University of Galway, 16-17 June 2026 is fast approaching. See poster for more details!
Looking forward to speaking about one of my favourite families, the Taylors of Coleraine, tomorrow at the first Coleraine Museum Fireside Talk of the year! All online, get in touch for more details.
It aims to provide scholars working on the 19thC with a specific resource for doing comparative history. It combines a methodological introduction with case studies of transnational comparisons of individuals, groups, cities, events, processes, and beliefs within a Euro-American historical context.
Congratulations to Prof Enrico Dal Lago on the publication of Transnational Comparisons in Nineteenth-Century History: Theory and Case Studies (Routledge, 2026). The book is the first monograph to combine theory and practice in a treatment of transnational comparisons in the nineteenth century.
Join us tomorrow for our next History Research Seminar. Prof. Cristina Bon will speak about “A Delicate Balance of Power: Executive Leadership, Professional Administration, and Democracy in Woodrow Wilson’s Theory and Practice” Wednesday, 4th February at 4pm in Hardiman THB-G010. See you all there!
Congratulations to University of Galway History graduate Michael Loughman on the publication of his new book from Four Courts, 'James Ryan and the Development of Independent Ireland, 1892-1970'. Doing his alma mater proud! www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2026/j...
Call for Papers for the IARCEES annual conference on 'Conversions in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe since 1800: Religious, national, ideological and sexual'. Get in touch for a pdf of the document. Abstracts are due 20 Feb and should be sent to conversions2026@universityofgalway.ie
🚨CFP📢 Galway is delighted to host the annual conference of the @iarcees.bsky.social, 16-17 June. Organised by Dr Róisín Healy, this year's theme is 'Conversions in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe since 1800: Religious, National, Ideological and Sexual'. CFP open until 20 Feb! 🚨
Our Research Seminar Series kicks off next Wednesday 21 Jan. 🎉 Kieran Devenish will be speaking on 'Establishing Ardmore Film Studios: The American Connection'. Hardiman Building G011 at 4pm. See you all there!
Come along tonight where Dr Shannon Devlin is speaking on 'Siblinghood, guardianship, and family responsibility in nineteenth-century Belfast.' Mon 12th Jan, 8pm, The Harbour Hotel.
Prepping for @historyatgalway.bsky.social MA module I’ll be delivering in Jan, covering the everyday lives of women in the 20th century Ireland. Pictured below is a fraction of the women’s magazines and prescriptive literature I’ll be sharing with this year’s students.
Róisín Healy is making the most of her research fellowship at the Herder Institute in Marburg, which specialises in the history of east central Europe. Many thanks to the warm and friendly staff for providing her with lots of fascinating sources on German-Polish relations!
Looking forward to speaking on the influence of intellectuals in modern Ireland at Economic and Social History conference this Friday
Congratulations to our recent MA graduate, Maura Irwin, on the publication of her new book entitled 'Land War: Mayo's Forgotten Conflicts'! The book will be launched this Thursday 6 Dec at the Erris Coast Hotel.
This included representatives from Aerogen, Branar, Galway City Museum, Galway County Council, Galway Cycling Club, Galway Traveller Movement and Kylemore Abbey!
Back row, Ian Burtenshaw (Aerogen), Marion Nikolakos (Galway County Library), Liz McConnell (Kylemore Abbey), Adam Stoneman (Galway City Museum), Margaret Ó Riada (Galway Traveller Movement), Liam Ó Móráin (Galway Cyclying Club), Sarah-Anne Buckley (History) Front row, Orla Henihan (Branar) Marc MacLochlainn (Branar), Róisín Healy (History), John Murphy (Kylemore Abbey), Marie Mannion (Galway County Council)
The History Department recently had the pleasure to meet with local partners to explore opportunities for further collaboration for students and staff. Lots of great ideas from new student placements to cycling routes with historical landmarks. We are so excited for our future plans!
If you're in Dublin next week, Dr Anita Rupprecht is speaking on 'Living by Trespass: ‘Liberated Africans' in the British Caribbean, 1808-1828' at the Trinity Centre for International History Seminar Series! Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, 1 Dec at 1pm. www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
Two of our MA history graduates, Eddie Egan and Maura Irwin, with our Head of History, Dr Róisín Healy.
Congratulations to all our wonderful MA students who are graduating today in the winter sunshine. Well done and enjoy the celebrations 🎉
Congratulations to our colleague Dr Ciarán McCabe on the publication of his new book entitled 'Pre-Famine Fever Epidemics: A case study of the Cork Street Fever Hospital, Dublin' (Four Courts, 2025). The book is being launched this evening at Pugin Hall, Maynooth University at 7pm!
The Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class Seminar this week marks the launch of Kieran Devenish's 'Factory Life in Industrial Yarns, Bray' (Four Courts, 2025) & the 50th volume of Saothar. Speakers include Kieran Devenish and Laurence Marley. O'Donoghue Centre, Wed 26 Nov. 4.15pm.
With Prof. Desond and Prof. Alison Forrestal, Head of School of History and Philosophy, University of Galway.
With Michela Dianetti and Lucy Elvis, @philosophy University of Galway
Prof. Desmond, launching the book.
I was delighted that Prof. William Desmond launched my book "The Fidelity of Reason" (Springer) last week @uniofgalway.bsky.social. It was a wonderful to celebrate with colleagues and students from @philosophygalway.bsky.social, @historyatgalway.bsky.social and the wider university community.
The volume offers a historical and historiographical survey of American slavery and is the first work of its kind published by an Italian scholar in Italy!The book has been reviewed on a 2-page spread on the Corriere della Sera, the oldest and widest circulation newspaper in Italy, 4 November 2025.
Congratulations to Professor Enrico Dal Lago on the publication of Storia della schiavitù americana. Dalla fondazione delle colonie alla Guerra civile (A History of American Slavery: From the Foundation of the Colonies to the Civil War), Rome: Carocci Editore, 2025!
Further details of the 'Sites of Fracture' project are available here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/pro... . Details of this/OUR can be found at thisour.ie
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.
Interested in doing a MA in History? Find out more at University of Galway's Postgraduate Open Day on Tues., 11 Nov. 4-6pm in Bailey Allen
www.universityofgalway.ie/postgraduate... For a preview our exciting MA, take a look here youtu.be/SIKBbxm0K1o
