Knowledge Frontiers Symposium
17 July 2019Call for applications to attend the British Academy and the Royal Irish Academy's Knowledge Frontiers Symposium on Friday 31 January & Saturday 1 February 2020 in Dublin.
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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New DIFP exhibition in National Archives on Irish relief aid to Europe after WW2
03 July 2019Our July exhibition co-curated with the National Archives of Ireland deals with a little-known aspect of Ireland’s foreign relations: the extensive provision of relief aid across Europe in the aftermath of the Second...
Academies call for a sustainable European data governance approach
02 July 2019This ALLEA/Royal Society Discussion Paper examines how a European approach to data governance can unlock the full potential of data-based technologies, while at the same time safeguarding European values.
The challenges of ageing must be faced by the young, top scientists tell new Commission
01 July 2019A key conclusion of a new report entitled Transforming the Future of Ageing, published by SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) and led by the FEAM (Federation of European Academies of Medicine)...
Pride month DIB entry: Philip Chevron
29 June 2019To mark Pride 2019 we are publishing our recent entry on celebrated musician and activist Philip Chevron (1957–2013), writer of the heartfelt 'Under Clery's clock' about his experience as a gay man in 1980s Dublin.
A Forgotten Polish Hero of the Great Irish Famine: Paul Strzelecki’s Struggle to Save Thousands
From: Thursday, 09 May 2019To: Friday, 30 August 2019
An exhibition by the Polish Embassy in Dublin exploring the fascinating life and achievements of one of the great humanitarians of the nineteenth century.
Discovering Thomas Moore: Ireland in nineteenth-century Europe
From: Monday, 17 June 2019To: Monday, 23 December 2019
Find out more about Moore! A new exhibition at the Royal Irish Academy Library, in collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast.
Heritage Week
From: Monday, 19 August 2019To: Friday, 23 August 2019
Visit Academy House during Heritage Week, we have lots going on ...
A Photographic History of Hurling
When: Wednesday, 21 August 2019Heritage Week Lunchtime Lecture by Paul Rouse, Associate Professor of History at University College Dublin.
Building Labs for Interdisciplinary Science: Janelia Farm and BioFrontiers
When: Wednesday, 25 September 2019Lunchtime Lecture with Nobel Laureate Thomas Cech, Director, University of Colorado Boulder, BioFrontiers Institute.
