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The Academy (including the Library) will be closed on Tuesday, 10 April to facilitate staff training. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Ian Gibson two of our Honorary Members are to receive the 2019 Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad today from President Higgins.
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2020 Annual Review of the Royal Irish Academy was approved by Members at the Stated General Meeting on Tuesday 16 March 2021. It can now be viewed online and downloaded.
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Pat Guiry PRIA comments on the UK's association to the Horizon Europe research programme and Copernicus.
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Paul Giller, Zoologist and Ecologist, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
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Christine Casey, Architectural Historian was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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Professor Reimer's expertise is in Radiocarbon dating, determining the age of an object that contains organic material.
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Professor Canny’s most recent book reveals that Irish people have proved ourselves less capable than the populations of most other European countries of reaching an agreed narrative concerning our early modern past.
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New officers elected.
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Gerardine Meaney, known for her highly cited publications, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018
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Kieran McEvoy, a leading figure internationally on societies transitioning from conflict was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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Professor Kitchin is a geographer who researches how digital technologies are reshaping urban life and how cities are managed and governed.
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Up to 20 Members are elected on 16 March each year, following a rigorous, peer-review selection procedure. Up to ten Members are elected in Science subjects, and up to ten in Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Wishing all our members and friends a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
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Professor 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.
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Pat Guiry, President of the Royal Irish Academy responds to the news of 9 October that Chuck Feeney of Atlantic Philanthropies has died.
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John Martin Gregg, Physicist and Material Scientist was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
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William Crawley, award winning journalist and broadcaster was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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The Royal Irish Academy welcomes this opportunity to profile our stakeholders’ important and timely initiatives.
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Professor McNulty’s research programme aims to provide greater understanding of nutrition-related health issues throughout the lifecycle, and to contribute to food and health policy in Ireland, the UK and internationally.
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EASAC are seeking nominations for the Working Group on Homeopathy.
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Gracy Mulcahy, leading researcher in veterinary parasitology, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
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Fearghal McGarry, modern Irish historian was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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If 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.
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A small number of Honorary Members are elected each year. The distinction of Honorary Membership is usually reserved for academics who have made a major international contribution to their disciplines but who are not normally resident in Ireland.
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.
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