Call for applications for the 2020 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards
17 January 2020Applications close on Friday 17 January at 17:00 - Apply now
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest Academic honour in Ireland.
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Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize
17 January 2020Applications close on Monday 20 January at 12:00 noon - Apply now
New DIB 'missing person': Fay Taylour
16 January 2020Pioneering motorist Fay Taylour joins the DIB in our latest batch of 'missing persons'. Born in Offaly in 1904, she won multiple major motorcycle and car racing titles against both male and female competitors.
Brehon law manuscripts reunited for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture
15 January 2020This month's Library Blog post looks at the sixteenth-century Irish law manuscript from the Academy collection currently on display in Galway City Museum.
Brendan O'Leary Hon. MRIA in conversation with Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor, News Letter
15 January 2020Listen to Brendan O’Leary Hon. MRIA discuss his latest three volume book A Treatise on Northern Ireland with Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor, News Letter.
RIA Presidential Discourse and presentation of Cunningham Medal
When: Tuesday, 28 January 2020The Presidential Discourse by Peter Kennedy will be on the topic 'Reflections on the role of a Learned Academy.' This Discourse is part of our 2019/20 Series sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.
Séamus Mág Uidhir and the Book(s) of Knockninny
When: Wednesday, 29 January 2020Library Lunchtime Lecture. Dr Nollaig Ó Muraíle, MRIA, will give the first lecture in our series on The Books of Knockninny: the Maguires and their manuscripts in the early eighteenth century.
‘Making Sense of Science for Policy under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty’.
When: Tuesday, 11 February 2020A workshop on the latest SAPEA report and what it means for Ireland.
Philip Lane Discourse
When: Thursday, 13 February 2020Philip Lane MRIA, European Central Bank will be in conversation with Alan Barrett MRIA, Director, ESRI.
‘The three Aristotles of James Joyce’
When: Wednesday, 19 February 2020A free lunchtime lecture on James Joyce and Aristotelian metaphysics and psychology in 'Ulysses' by Fran O’Rourke, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University College Dublin
