Eleanor Maguire Hon. MRIA elected to British Academy
20 July 2018Congratulations to Neuroscientist Prof Eleanor Maguire Hon. MRIA who was among the 76 academics elected as Fellows of the British Academy today in recognition of her achievements.
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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Thirty-eight new lives just added to the DIB online.
09 July 2018Thirty-eight new lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography online in June 2018, our seventeenth online update.
Report from Twenty Years after the Belfast Agreement 1998: A Young Person’s Guide to the Future
28 June 2018A succinct report from the conversation about the main issues facing young people in Ireland twenty years after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.
Caroline Herschel – ‘Comet-searcher’
25 June 2018The latest Library Blog post looks at the life of astronomer Caroline Herschel, Hon. MRIA.
'Prodigies of learning': Academy women in the nineteenth century
From: Monday, 09 July 2018To: Thursday, 31 January 2019
Exhibition exploring the varied worlds of five women selected as Honorary Members of the Academy in the nineteenth century
Redmond and Carson: Comparative Lives
From: Wednesday, 15 August 2018To: Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Professor Alvin Jackson will be giving the Parnell Lecture at the 2018 Parnell Summer School.
Heritage Week 2018
From: Monday, 20 August 2018To: Friday, 24 August 2018
Visit Academy House during Heritage Week for tours of the building, a Lunchtime Lecture on Robert Boyle and an exhibition on Academy women in the nineteenth century
Recent insights into how the Earth works: embracing uncertainty
When: Tuesday, 25 September 2018This Academy Discourse by Professor Chris Bean, School of Cosmic Physics DIAS is the seventh in the series sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.
