| NUI Honorary Conferring 2019 | 1/4 |
NUI Honorary Conferring
Wednesday 9th October 2019 at 4:30pm
Royal College of Physicians in Ireland,
Kildare Street, Dublin 2
This year’s National University of Ireland honorary degree conferring ceremony took place on Wednesday 9 October 2019 in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. At the ceremony, the Chancellor of the University, Dr Maurice Manning, conferred honorary degrees on five individuals who have made exceptional contributions in their respective fields.
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Relics in Medieval Ireland.
A multidisciplinary symposium
A one-day symposium ‘Relics in Medieval Ireland’, took place last Friday (18th October) to a packed room in the newly refurbished conference and meeting facilities in NUI on Merrion Square. The multidisciplinary symposium, funded by NUI, was organised by Dr Niamh Wycherley as part of her NUI Postdoctoral Fellowship in Irish/Celtic Studies. The symposium aimed to bring together scholars, students and the general public interested in the veneration of relics and reliquaries in Medieval Ireland and to provide the framework for future interdisciplinary collaborations.
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Lorg na Leabhar.
A Festchrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach
On Thursday 24 October 2019, Lorg na Leabhar. A Festchrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach was launched in 49 Merrion Square.
The Registrar Dr Attracta Halpin welcomed all those present and introduced Chancellor Maurice Manning who welcomed the guests to the book launch on behalf of the National University of Ireland. He thanked Professor Breatnach for his long association with NUI and in particular for the years he edited Éigse: a Journal of Irish Studies (from 1986 to 2010).
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NUI funds Maynooth University discussion on Statistics in Historical Corpus Linguistics
4- 5 October 2019
The first of six Early Career Academics conferences funded by a new NUI scheme has just taken place in Maynooth University.
Over the next twelve months, six post-doctoral researchers from UCD, UCC, NUI Galway, and Maynooth University will bring together national and international experts to discuss the latest research findings and key questions in their various fields.
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