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29 October 2020

'Cultural heritage and recent armed conflicts'

Academy Discourse by international cultural heritage expert Dr Mounir Bouchenaki sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.

Membership, Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Historical Studies Committee, Standing Committee for Archaeology, Discourse Series, Public Lecture
10 November 2020

Academy Discourse: Astronomy and Poetry

Join Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Hon. MRIA for this online Academy Discourse sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.

Discourse Series, Public Lecture
11 January 2021

Academy Discourse: Northern Ireland after Brexit

Fintan O'Toole, MRIA and William Crawley, MRIA will discuss the future of Northern Ireland in this conversation style Discourse.

Discourse Series, ARINS - Analysis and Research: Ireland North and South
18 February 2021

Academy Discourse: Brain Mechanisms underlying Flexible Navigation

Join esteemed neuroscientist John O'Keefe, Hon. MRIA as he discusses one of the principal navigation systems of the brain. This Academy Discourse is sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.

Discourse Series, Public Lecture
04 March 2021

Academy Discourse: AI through the looking glass

Dame Wendy Hall will discuss AI and ethics with Barry O’Sullivan, MRIA in this conversational style Discourse.

Science Committees, Engineering and Computer Sciences Committee, Discourse Series
04 May 2021

Academy Discourse: Celebrity culture up to and in the pandemic

Diane Negra, MRIA explores the primacy, ubiquity and ambivalence of celebrity in the pandemic at a time when we are deprived of various modes of communal sociality and connectedness.

Discourse Series
28 September 2021

Academy Discourse: Darwin’s Afterlives: Recollection and the Making of Biography

Janet Browne Hon. MRIA explores the construction and reconstruction of Darwin's retrospective account of his life, sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.

Discourse Series
25 November 2021

Confessions of a disappointed Irish unificationist

Paul Bew MRIA faces up to the polarising impact of Brexit and more surprisingly the recent historical commemorations north and south in this Academy Discourse, sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.

Discourse Series, Public Lecture
15 December 2021

Who were they? Conversations between Genetics and Archaeology

Academy Discourse conversation exploring how best to align genetic and archaeological datasets and ways of thinking about them.

Discourse Series, Public Lecture
06 April 2022

Academy Discourse: The Changing World of Money and Finance

Academy Discourse conversation exploring the latest trends in the world of money and finance. Sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.

Discourse Series, Public Lecture

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