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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 (...
Ruth Barton, MRIA: Film Scholar
Friday, 2 July 2021Professor Barton believes that we need a stronger critical culture and that in creating such a culture it is the role of academicians to bridge the gap between the university and wider society.
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...
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Thursday, 22 April 2021Catch up on our online discourses, webinars, seminars and talks.
7 new artworks to celebrate Colm Cille’s 1500th anniversary
Tuesday, 20 April 2021The commissions are in the visual arts, music and literature and have been commissioned by the RIA with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Frédéric Dias, MRIA: Applied Mathematician
Thursday, 1 April 2021Professor Dias's research is aimed at better understanding the power of ocean waves.
Nuala Johnson, MRIA: Geographer
Tuesday, 9 March 2021Professor Johnson’s research explores three distinct but related areas of scholarship: place and nationalism; identity politics, memory and representation; and the spaces of scientific knowledge, gender and empire.
Alan Smeaton, MRIA: Computer Scientist
Thursday, 18 February 2021Professor Smeaton’s current research focus is on the relationship between human memory and information finding.
100th anniversary of the Partition of Ireland
Friday, 5 February 2021This QUB series of public talks which is supported by the UK and Irish governments, and by the Royal Irish Academy and the British Academy.
Richard English, MRIA: Politics
Tuesday, 26 January 2021Professor English’s current research focuses on terrorism, counter-terrorism and the mutually shaping relationship between them.