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MU celebrates first ever GAA history module
Maynooth University (MU) is marking the launch of a new module for undergraduate history students examining the foundations of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and its role in wider Irish society.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Professor Julian Go of the University of Chicago delivered a keynote lecture about his newest book
Professor Go’s Policing Empires demonstrates that this is nothing new and looks at how and why police brought the war home, situating this in relation to imperial feedback loops, the ‘imperial boomerang’.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
‘Lived Fiction’ Goes on Stage: Reflecting on a Major Milestone for the DANCING Project and the Collaboration with Stopgap
A contemporary dance piece ‘Lived Fiction’ premiered at Dublin’s Lir Academy Theatre in collaboration with Project Arts Centre (PAC). The piece was commissioned by DANCING, a European Research Council (ERC) funded academic research project based at Maynooth University.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Overview of Robotics & AI in Agriculture
23rd May 2024 MSc Robotics and Embedded AI Webinar 11:00-11:30
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Maynooth University welcomes His Excellency Vincent Guérend, the esteemed French Ambassador to Ireland
Ambassador Guérend delivered a captivating keynote address, delving into the intricate intersections of law and diplomacy, to a captivated audience comprising of students, esteemed faculty members, Lyon colleagues, and distinguished guests. The event not only celebrated the longstanding collaboration between Maynooth and UCLy but also marked the new BCL Law and Languages programme, a collaborative effort between the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
Friday, 26 April 2024
The Sunday Business Post features IrelandQCI
SETU’s Walton Institute is leading the €10m IrelandQCI project on behalf of the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre CONNECT, jointly funded by the European Commission, ESA and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. A consortium of partners - including Prof Jiri Vala, Dept of Theoretical Physics - is currently one year into the two-and-a-half-year project.
Friday, 26 April 2024
Histories of Global Education in Europe
This month, Dr. Eilish Dillon of the Department of International Development has published a chapter in the latest book published by the Global Education Network Europe (GENE), ‘Global Education National Histories in Europe: Volume 1’, edited by Annette Scheunpflug and Liam Wegimont. This book, which was published to coincide with GENE’s 50th Roundtable in April 2024, with volume 2 to follow, brings together short national histories of Global Education in a selection of European countries.
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Maynooth Law Graduate, Dr Mariza Avgeri, wins European Law PhD Thesis Prize for thesis on Transgender Asylum Seekers
Maynooth Law Graduate, Dr Mariza Avgeri, wins European Law PhD Thesis Prize for thesis on Transgender Asylum Seekers
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
LGBTQ+ rights in a Global Context: Spotlight on India'
MU SexGen and the School of Law and Criminology hosted LGBTQ+ rights in a Global Context: Spotlight on India' as part of MU 2024 Social Justice Week
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Maynooth Law Graduate, Dr Mariza Avgeri, wins European Law PhD Thesis Prize
The award recognised Mariza's thesis entitled "A transgender studies approach to gender identity and expression-based asylum claims based on a critical doctrinal and discourse analysis of CJEU and ECtHR Jurisprudence".
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Mark Leiser raises questions about the EU's Digital Services Act
Dr Mark Leiser is a regulatory theorist, specialising in Digital, Legal, and Platform Regulation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Department of Transnational Legal Studies, Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute).
Monday, 22 April 2024