The Royal Irish Academy

The Isle is Full of Noises Seamus Heaney in Conversation with Olivia O'Leary Thursday, 2 February 2012, St. Ann's Church On the 2nd of February the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Literatures in English hosted a public interview with Seamus Heaney and Olivia O’Leary in St. Ann’s Church Dawson Street. The interview opened a two day event run by the RIA entitled ‘Voices in the Ether: Irish Writing...

Marine Institute/Royal Irish Academy Lecture - Alien World - New Discoveries of Exotic Lifeforms & Volcanic Metal Chimneys in the Deep Ocean Dr. Andy Wheeler, UCC (Chief Scientist) & the Irish-British VENTuRE Survey Scientific Team Tuesday, 24 April 2012, Academy House Andy Wheeler led a groundbreaking Irish-led marine research mission aboard the national research vessel RV Celtic Explorer investi...

RIA and Science Media Centre Event - Introduction to the News Media for Ireland's Geoscientists Thursday, 17 May 2012, 13:30 - 18:00, Academy House Chair: Fiona Fox – Chief Executive, Science Media Centre Speakers: Clive Mitchell – Press Officer, British Geological Survey Tom Sheldon – Press Officer, Science Media Centre Journalist Panel: Dick Ahlstrom – The Irish Times David Derbyshire – Daily Ma...

Humanities: Academy Discourse - Maria Edgeworth, Edmund Burke & the First Irish Ulysses Professor James Chandler, University of Chicago Friday, 22 June 2012, 6pm, Academy House James Chandler is the director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities and holds the Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Professorship in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two b...

Global Perspectives of Open Access Speakers: Prof Nicholas Canny, European Research Council's Working Group on Open Access Geraldine Clement Stoneham, Knowledge and Information Manager, Medical Research Council UK, and RCUK Research Outputs Network Dr Julia M Wallace, Manager, PEER (Publishing and the Ecology of European Research) Project The Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Research Council held...

Public Research in Ireland and Understanding Ireland’s National Guidelines: an overview and Open access policies of funding bodies & their implementation: a panel discussion Speakers: Dr Patricia Clarke, Health Research Board Dr Manus Ward, Science Foundation Ireland Mr Joe Doyle, Enterprise Ireland Dr Eucharia Meehan, Irish Research Council The Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Research Council h...

Open Access and the Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences Speakers: Professor Keith Jeffery, School of History and Anthropology, Queens University Belfast Professor Ronan McNulty, School of Physics, University College Dublin Dr Kevin Lalor, School of Social Sciences and Law, Dublin Institute of Technology Professor Stefan Decker, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ire...

Global Perspectives of Open Access Speaker: Prof Nicholas Canny, European Research Council's Working Group on Open Access The Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Research Council held a forum on Open Access on May 2, 2013. Representatives from Irish researchers, public research funders, publishers and industry met in the Royal Irish Academy to discuss the implications of rolling out Open Access to a...

Open Access in Practice Speakers: Niamh Brennan, Programme Manager, Research Informatics, Trinity College Dublin Dr Sandra Collins, Digital Repository of Ireland Ruth Hegarty, Publications Manager, Royal Irish Academy Dr Darius Whelan, Faculty of Law, University College Cork Dr John Howard, UCD Librarian & RIAN The Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Research Council held a forum on Open Access on M...

Speaker: Professor Orla Feely, Chair, Irish Research Council The Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Research Council held a forum on Open Access on May 2, 2013. Representatives from Irish researchers, public research funders, publishers and industry met in the Royal Irish Academy to discuss the implications of rolling out Open Access to all publicly funded research in Ireland, including making rese...

Speakers: RIA President, Professor Luke Drury Professor Orla Feely, Chair, Irish Research Council The Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Research Council held a forum on Open Access on May 2, 2013. Representatives from Irish researchers, public research funders, publishers and industry met in the Royal Irish Academy to discuss the implications of rolling out Open Access to all publicly funded resea...

Keynote Address: Open Access and the European Research Area Speaker: Dr Octavi Quintana-Trias, Director, European Research Area The Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Research Council held a forum on Open Access on May 2, 2013. Representatives from Irish researchers, public research funders, publishers and industry met in the Royal Irish Academy to discuss the implications of rolling out Open Acces...

A Conversation with Professor Peter Higgs and Colleagues Thursday, 2 May 2013, Academy House On Thursday, 2 May 2013, in the Royal Irish Academy, Professor Peter Higgs was joined by University of Edinburgh colleagues, Professor Alan Walker, Dr Victoria Martin and Francisca Garay to explore four generations of research on the Higgs boson. Speakers explained how the Higgs boson fits into modern theo...

Public Lecture - The Double Helix and Its Irish Forbearers Nobel Laureate James Watson (Response by David McConnell) Monday, 29 April 2013, 6pm, Academy House A Public lecture by Nobel Laureate James Watson entitled “The Double Helix and Its Irish Forbearers” was held in the Royal Irish Academy . www.ria.ie Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared the content of this website responsibly an...

Academy Discourse - Spatial Justice, Housing and the Financial Crisis Professor Danny Dorling (Response by Mary Kelly) Monday, 22 April 2013, 6pm, Academy House RIASOC In recent decades, across much of the affluent world, when there were economic good times some benefited much more than others. It may not have been fair but even though the gaps grew, few complained. When the bad times hit, they ag...

Academy Lecture: The Role of the Literary Reviewer - Professor Linda Hutcheon Chair: Professor Eve Patten Addtional: Denis Staunton Respondent: Professor Terence Brown Thursday, 21 March 2013 at 6:30pm in Academy House Professor Linda Hutcheon, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto gives a public lecture on the role of the literary reviewer. This event was a...

Academy Discourse - The Speed Gene Dr. Emmeline Hill (Response by Prof. Dan Bradley) Thursday, 7th March 2013, 6pm, Academy House Dr Emmeline Hill is a co-founder and Chairman of Equinome. She is one of Ireland's most prominent genomics scientists and leads the Equine Exercise Genomics research group at the College of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, wh...

Academy Discourse - The Battle for Afghanistan - William Dalrymple William Dalrymple Wednesday, 13th February 2013, 6pm, Academy House In the spring of 1839 British forces invaded Afghanistan for the first time, re-establishing Shah Shuja on the throne, in reality as their puppet, and ushering in a period of conflict over the territory still unresolved today. In 1842, the Afghan people rose in ans...

Speaker: An tOll. Ruairí Ó hUiginn, MRIA, School of Celtic Studies, NUI Maynooth Chair: Professor Fergus Kelly, MRIA, DIAS, School of Celtic Studies Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/lebor-na-h-uidre-some-early-connacht-associations-an-toll-ruair-huiginn-mria-school-of-celtic-studies-nui-maynooth Lebor na hUidre (LU) is the oldest manuscript we have that is written entirely i...

Speaker: Dr John Carey, MRIA, Dept. of Early & Medieval Irish, UCC H and his World Chair: Professor Liam Breatnach Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/h-and-his-world-dr-john-carey-mria-dept-of-early-medieval-irish-ucc?qid=5628c81a-cbda-41dc-9dc9-c64c6dbc31e8&v=&b=&from_search=4 Handouts: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/paper-with-references-for-h-and-his-world-...

Speaker: Dr Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA, Dept. of Medieval Irish, NUI Galway Lebor na hUidre’s Sojourn in Íochtar Connacht, 1359–1470 Chair: Professor Liam Breatnach Handout: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/accompanying-handout-for-lebor-na-h-uidres-sojourn-in-ochtar-connacht-13591470-dr-nollaig-murale-mria-dept-of-medieval-irish-nui-galway?qid=30f47625-dcf6-4d12-99a7-73fde268b3ad&v=&b...

Speaker: Dr Elizabeth Boyle, Dept. of Early & Middle Irish, UCC & St Edmund’s College, Univ. of Cambridge Chair: Dr Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, St John’s College, Univ. of Cambridge Handout: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/accompanying-handout-for-eschatological-themes-in-lebor-na-h-uidre-the-body-judgement-and-the-end-dr-elizabeth-boyle-dept-of-early-...

Speaker: Professor Liam Breatnach, MRIA, DIAS, School of Celtic Studies Lebor na hUidre: Some Linguistic Aspects Chair: Professor Donnchadh Ó Corráin Handout: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/accompanying-handout-for-lebor-na-h-uidre-some-linguistic-aspects-prof-liam-breatnach-mria-dias-school-of-celtic-studies?qid=ecfaf7d8-1201-413b-a6c2-42683d28db59&v=&b=&from_search=1 Lebor na hU...

Speaker: Professor Luke Drury, President of the RIA. Lebor na hUidre (LU) is the oldest manuscript we have that is written entirely in the Irish language. It contains the earliest versions to have been transmitted to us of some of the most celebrated Old Irish sagas: Táin Bó Cuailnge, Togail Bruidne Da Derga, Fled Bricrenn, Mesca Ulad, Tochmarc Emere and several others, in addition to much materia...

Speaker: Professor Donnchadh Ó Corráin, MRIA, Emeritus Prof. of Medieval History, UCC Handout: https://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/accompanying-handout-for-clerics-lineage-and-literature-prof-donnchadh-corrin-mria-emeritus-prof-of-medieval-history-ucc Lebor na hUidre (LU) is the oldest manuscript we have that is written entirely in the Irish language. It contains the earliest versions...