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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Twenty Years after the Belfast Agreement 1998: A Young Person’s Guide to the Future
A conversation about the main issues facing young people in Ireland twenty years after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.
'Multilateralism and interdependence: prospects and challenges'
This conference will address the mounting challenges facing multilateral institutions and the processes of cooperation between states.
Foreign Shakespeare: Twenty-five Years On
A dialogue about the place of non-Anglophone Shakespeare performance inside Shakespeare studies today.
Rural Conversation No. 1: Delivering economic development in rural Ireland
This is the first in a series of three rural stakeholder events and it will focus on 'Delivering economic development in rural Ireland'
Women Writing Ireland
A panel discussion with four Irish women writers to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Maria Edgeworth.
'Dáil Éireann: the first 100 years, 1919–2019'
This one-day conference, produced in partnership with the Houses of the Oireachtas, is being held to mark the 100th anniversary of Dáil Éireann.
Peig Sayers (1873-1958) agus Scéalaíocht na mBan
Déanfar oidhreacht Pheig mar bhanscéalaí a phlé i gcomhthéacs scéalaíocht thraidisiúnta na mban i gcoitinne.
The Irish dimension to British History: From the Act of Union to Brexit
This Academy Discourse by Sir David Cannadine, President, British Academy and Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University, is the tenth in the series sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.
Rural Conversation No. 2: ‘Enhancing social cohesion among communities in rural Ireland’
This is the second in a series of three Rural Conversations, hosted in three Higher Education Institutions around the island of Ireland in November 2018, February 2019 and April 2019.
Rural Conversation No. 3: 'Building vibrant and sustainable communities in rural Ireland'
Waterford IT hosts the final event in a series of three Rural Conversations discussing the policy measures required to support vibrant, resilient and sustainable communities in rural Ireland.
