Drawing on the RIA’s internationally renowned research programmes and higher education policy initiatives, this year’s programme offers insights into the use of national and international collaborations to shape policy, and the blending of cutting-edge technology with established scholarship to transform the ways we preserve, understand and share Ireland’s rich linguistic, historical and cultural heritage.

Research Day 2024

Join us on 19 November 2024. Full programme details below

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Programme 19 November 2024

8.45–9.15: Registration and coffee

9.15: Opening remarks: Steven Bell MRIA (QUB)

Morning Session: Research and Resources

9.30 – 11.00: Panel 1: Dictionaries and Documents

Chair: Eve Patten MRIA (TCD)

  • Dr Charles Dillon (FNG): In the particular the universal: Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Irish dictionary
  • Dr Anthony Harvey (DMLCS): Interpreting a dictionary’s interpretations
  • Dr Michael Kennedy (DIFP): How OCR and AI can help foreign policy document editing: A practical case study
  • Dr Eoin Kinsella (DIB): Ireland’s life story? The digital journeys of the Dictionary of Irish Biography

Comfort break: 11.00–11.15

11.15 – 12.45: Panel 2: Research, Resources and Digital Innovations

Chair: Dr Peter Crooks (TCD)

  • Dr Lisa Griffith (DRI): The future of Irish research data
  • Barbara McCormack (RIA Library) and Prof Pádraig Ó Macháin (UCC): The Inks & Skins Project and manuscripts in the RIA Library
  • Sarah Gearty (IHTA): Placing our heritage: creating and preserving the Digital Atlas of Cork/Corcaigh

Lunch: 12.45–13.45 (catered onsite)

13.15 – 13.45: RIA Publications clinic

  • Gill Fitzgerald-Kelly: How to publish with the Royal Irish Academy

Afternoon Session: Shaping Policy and Supporting Research

13.45–14.45: Panel 3: Connecting People and Ideas

Chair: Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan (RIA)

  • Rory Montgomery (ARINS): The impact of analysing and researching Ireland north and south
  • Niamh McCabe (Grants): The Ireland-Scotland Bilateral Network Grants: The establishment of an international collaboration in the area of grants
  • Sinéad Riordan (P&IR): The Brexit effect and higher education

14.55–15.55: Panel 4: Research Partnerships and Identities

Chair: Dan Carey MRIA (University of Galway)

  • Dr Michelle Doran (NORF): Ireland’s national Persistent Identifier (PID) recommendations and roadmap
  • Prof Sonja Tiernan (IHA): The Irish Humanities Alliance: championing arts and humanities research and scholars across Ireland
  • Katherine Martin (Grangegorman Histories): The strengths of a partnership structure for public history projects

Closing Remarks: Pat Guiry MRIA (UCD)

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