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22 September 2022

Sustainability series: Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Society

SOLD OUT Jennifer McElwain MRIA explores past climates, atmospheres and landscapes with fossil plants to inform a sustainable future.

Science Committees, Geography and Geosciences Committee
08 September 2022

Academy Discourse: 100 years on: Ireland; Finland; New Zealand; Poland - A comparative history

How did the Irish state do in its first 100 years? A comparative panel discussion to examine developments in the context of the Irish state.

Membership, Discourse Series, Public Lecture
07 September 2022

Identifying rights-holders and applying open licensing as part of digital preservation

This workshop will give an overview of Irish and EU copyright law as it applies to digital material and introduce open licences.

03 September 2022

A celebration of the New Survey of Clare Island

The Royal Irish Academy and Cliara Development Company invite you to an afternoon of events on Clare Island.

Publications
21 August 2022

The occupation of the Irish consulate, New York, 1922

Join RIA author John Gibney at this year's Milwaukee Irish Festival

Publications, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Public Lecture
20 August 2022

The handover of power and the British withdrawal from Ireland, 1922

Join RIA author John Gibney at this year's Milwaukee Irish Festival

Publications, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Public Lecture
19 August 2022

The creation of the Anglo-Treaty Treaty of 1921

Join RIA author John Gibney at this year's Milwaukee Irish Festival

Publications, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Public Lecture
17 August 2022

Launch and lecture of IHTA Dungarvan

Published in late 2020, the delayed launch of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 30, Dungarvan will take place in Dungarvan Library followed by a lecture by the author, John Martin, as part of Heritage Week 2022. 

Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Public Lecture
17 August 2022

Sisters II lunchtime lecture - The seventeenth-century Boyle sisters and their letters

The Royal Irish Academy Library is delighted to present this Sisters II lunchtime lecture as part of Heritage Week.

Library, Publications
15 August 2022

Irish Historic Towns Atlas Westport: Tour & Talk

As part of Heritage Week 2022, the Irish Historic Towns Atlas will be in Westport as part of the Westport Historical Society Walking Tour and Talk. 

Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Public Lecture

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