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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.
Watch Academy Discourse 'Celebrity culture up to and in the pandemic'
Thursday, 6 May 2021Diane Negra, MRIA explores the primacy, ubiquity and ambivalence of celebrity in the pandemic at a time when we are deprived of various modes of communal sociality and connectedness.
Academy Discourse Northern Ireland after Brexit and ARINS launch
Tuesday, 12 January 2021Watch Members Fintan O'Toole and William Crawley who discussed the future of Northern Ireland in this conversation style Discourse sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.
Watch 'Astronomy and Poetry' Discourse
Wednesday, 25 November 2020You can now watch the recent Academy Discourse by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Hon. MRIA which was sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.
Watch Dr Mounir Bouchenaki discuss 'Cultural heritage and recent armed conflicts'
Friday, 30 October 2020If you missed the Discourse lecture by cultural heritage expert, Dr Mounir Bouchenaki, on 29 October 2020 or would like to watch it again, the video is now available to stream.
Discourse: US Elections Panel Discussion
Friday, 28 August 2020Watch our panel discussion on the topic of the US Elections chaired by broadcaster Áine Lawlor as part of the 2020-21 Discourse Series sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.
Discourse: Philip Lane in conversation with Alan Barrett
Friday, 14 February 2020Listen to Philip Lane MRIA, European Central Bank in conversation with Alan Barrett MRIA, Director, ESRI.
Reflections on the role of a Learned Academy
Wednesday, 5 February 2020Listen to Professor Michael Peter Kennedy reflect on the role of a Learned Academy in the Royal Irish Academy Presidential Discourse.
The Anatomy of Memory
Wednesday, 4 December 2019Listen to neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire discuss memory failure as part of her Discourse, The Anatomy of Memory followed by respondent Shane O'Mara MRIA, Professor of Experimental Brain Research, Trinity...
Ireland’s decisive choice for Europe
Wednesday, 6 November 2019Listen to Professor Brigid Laffan MRIA discuss how membership of the EU has become Ireland’s geopolitical anchor.