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Discourse Series speakers announced
Wednesday, 22 September 2021The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to announce the speakers for their 2021/22 Discourse Series which will be sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.
Nicholas Canny MRIA: Historian
Tuesday, 21 September 2021Professor Canny’s most recent book reveals that Irish people have proved ourselves less capable than the populations of most other European countries of reaching an agreed narrative concerning our early modern past.
Important notice in relation to Covid-19
Tuesday, 21 September 2021Academy House is open subject to maximum occupancy levels.
Independent Review Panel named
Wednesday, 28 July 2021The membership of the Independent Diversity Review to examine the Academy’s membership processes has been named.
Derek Jackson MRIA: Coastal Geomorphologist
Thursday, 15 July 2021Professor Jackson’s work as a geomorphologist, examining changes in physical landscapes over time and the processes that drive them, has taken him from Ireland’s coastal dunefields to the Caribbean, and more recently (...
Watch Admittance Day 2021 ceremony
Friday, 21 May 202127 new Members were elected for their exceptional contribution to the sciences, humanities and social sciences as well as to public service.
Diversity Review for Royal Irish Academy
Sunday, 16 May 2021The RIA has established an independent diversity review of its membership process to be chaired by Professor Lesley Yellowlees.
Irish voices in Europe
Thursday, 13 May 2021'The academic vox hiberniacorum in Europe - louder than you might think' says Luke Drury MRIA, vice-president of ALLEA.
Michael Cronin MRIA: Linguist
Thursday, 29 April 2021Professor Cronin suggests that in the case of the Irish language, the need for outdoors thinking is crucial. More broadly, instead of the relentless digitisation of education, what is needed in all areas is to take our...
Frédéric Dias MRIA: Applied Mathematician
Thursday, 1 April 2021Professor Dias's research is aimed at better understanding the power of ocean waves.