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Creating Inclusive Digital Collections

Learn about inclusive approaches to describing digital cultural heritage collections.

IHTA Heritage Activities Round-up

From Heritage Week to Dublin Festival of History, the IHTA have been part of various events from August to October 2024

International Affairs Conference 2024: The West or the Rest? – Identity, Ideology, Institutions

In May 2024, the Standing Committee for International Affairs presented their annual conference on “The West or the Rest? – Identity, Ideology, Institutions” which interrogated…

A taste of nightlife in the DIB

Read the latest monthly DIB blog

New acquisition: An Post Collection

The RIA Library is pleased to announce the donation of an important collection of records, books and artefacts from the Museum & Archive of An…

Medieval deeds in the Guild of St Anne Collection

The RIA Library and the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland announce a new project to provide enhanced online access to a collection of deeds that…

Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA)

Providing independent scientific evidence to the European Commissions: how it works.

RIA joins call for ‘step-change in investment in higher education and research

Pre-election debate hears of need for significant investment in Ireland’s higher education and research system.

RIA and Ibec unveil 2024 Hamilton plans

The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to announce that Laura DeMarco, Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University, will be delivering the 2024 Hamilton Lecture.

Dublin Festival of History | Revealing Grangegorman: Show and Tell

Saturday, 12 October 2024, 10.30am – 1.30pm The site of Grangegorman is a place of importance not only for Dublin’s north inner city but for…

Strategic Plan 2024-28

Discover more about the Royal Irish Academy’s ambitions and priorities for the next five years.

SPUR Student, Alison Roche in the IHTA

Maynooth University student, Alison Roche, gives an account of her six weeks as a SPUR student in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas.