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Public lecture by Roger Kain and IHTA Seminar 2017: Mapping Townscapes: comparative perspectives through the Irish and British Historic Town Atlases.
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Dr Peter Harbison, MRIA, takes a closer look at Gabriel Beranger's watercolours in the latest Library blog post.
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A new species of fossil starfish discovered in the Maam Valley of County Galway is described in the latest issue of the Irish Journal of Earth Sciences , published by the Royal Irish Academy.
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More Maps and Texts: sources and the Irish Historic Towns Atlas edited by H.B. Clarke and Sarah Gearty is available to buy online now.
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Patrick Lonergan one of Ireland's foremost theatre scholars and an academic leader of the Digitisation of the Abbey and Gate Theatre archive was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
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As part of Heritage Week, the Digital Atlas of Fethard was launched after a conference and walking tour
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Last chance to apply, closing 5pm Monday 26 November 2018
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RIA Response to the Creative Ireland Programme
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Listen to Gerard Farrell speak about ‘An ethnohistory of Gaelic Ulster, 1500-1700’ and David Heffernan on ‘The Goldsmiths Company of London and the Londonderry Plantation under James I, c. 1609–25'.
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A delegation from the Royal Irish Academy, Highlanes Gallery and Louth County Council were invited for a courtesy call to Áras an Uachtaráin on 15 April 2019 where author Ned Mc Hugh presented President Higgins with an advance copy of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no...
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Shawn Day of the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) conducted a full day workshop 'An Introduction to Data Acquisition and Visualisation for Digital Humanities Scholarship'. Thirty participants from the Humanities in Cultural Studies Honours BA Programme enjoyed a thought-provoking and far-ranging series of demonstrations, hands-on exercises...
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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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If you missed our Academy Discourse by Professor Michele Nicoletti, you can watch it now.
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To mark the publication of Ireland: A voice among the nations and the current series of lunchtime lectures on Irish diplomacy, we're publishing the DIB biographies of Josephine McNeill (pictured above) and Mary Tinney, two of Ireland's first female diplomats.
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If you missed our Academy Discourse where Professor Emma Teeling, MRIA talks about her research into what bat genetics can teach us about human disease and aging, you can hear it now.
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Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 103: Tarbh : a bull by the horns
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We are inviting expressions of interest from academics to volunteer as editors of the DIFP series from 2021 onwards
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The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to welcome applications for the Praeger Grants in Natural History. The deadline for receipt of applications is Tuesday, 14 April 2020.
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Food lies at the heart of our lives but our food system is unsustainable. How can we ensure future food security without treating people unfairly or leaving them behind?
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As part of IHTA Online, Anngret Simms, MRIA and founding editor of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas , discusses the native Gaelic town type – the Monastic Town.
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John Gibney of the RIA’s Documents on Irish Foreign policy project on the importance of images in 'Ireland: a voice among the nations'.
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The Royal Irish Academy has funded six projects under this year’s Archaeology Research Grants scheme. The Royal Irish Academy has also approved the awarding of eight radiocarbon dates to two researchers.
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Calling 18- to 25-year-olds on the island of Ireland to tell the story of your generation through your smartphone lens. Photographs with accompanying captions will be selected for an online exhibition. Closing date for submissions now extended to Monday, 2 November 2020.
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Explore the history of Second World War Irish foreign policy for Heritage Week. In this piece, originally published in 2020, Dr Michael Kennedy, Executive Editor of the RIA’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series explores online resources for a chapter of Ireland’s Second World War...
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After the book and the exhibition, we're now working on educational resources based around extracts from tales, poetry and historical texts composed in the Middle Ages.
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