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Survival and the citizen: Micro-dialogues on key challenges
Thursday, 10 May 2018Read the first in a series of 'microdialogues' - online conversations between two experts on key challenges for modern society. The first addresses end-of-life care and the right to die.
New publication: More Maps and Texts edited by Clarke and Gearty
Wednesday, 9 May 2018More Maps and Texts: sources and the Irish Historic Towns Atlas edited by H.B. Clarke and Sarah Gearty is available to buy online now.
Karl Marx and the DIB: John Wheatley
Tuesday, 8 May 201819 May is the 149th anniversary of the birth of John Wheatley (1869–1930), a Co. Waterford native and childhood emigrant to Scotland
Karl Marx and the DIB: Mary Burns
Tuesday, 8 May 2018Coinciding with the opening in the IFI of the narrative film The young Karl Marx we feature a prominent figure in the film, Mary Burns.
Karl Marx and the DIB
Thursday, 3 May 2018This month marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the German scholar and revolutionary socialist Karl Marx on 5 May 1818. At intervals throughout the month, we will feature articles from the Royal Irish Academy’s...
NEW BOOK: Enfranchising Ireland? Identity, citizenship and state
Wednesday, 2 May 2018This book explores the origin and evolution of the concepts of citizenship and identity in Ireland
Gene Editing: Technologies, Potential and Ethical Implications
Tuesday, 1 May 2018On Thursday 26 April 2018, The Life and Medical Sciences Committee presented a one-day conference addressing the wide-ranging implications of gene editing techniques for all of life and medical science.