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Watchback Discourse Series | Why are there so few women political leaders?

Watch the recording of this panel discussion with Baroness Ruth Davidson, Professor Yvonne Galligan, Tarja Halonen and Professor Emerita Monica McWilliams, chaired by Áine Lawlor,…

Public Engagement

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Watchback Presidential Discourse | The Critical University with Dr Mary Canning

Watch the recording of the Presidential Discourse, with outgoing Academy President Mary Canning in conversation with Brian MacCraith MRIA, that took place on 28 February…

Public Engagement

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Watchback Discourse Series | Academic Freedom: Threats within and without, with Professor Michael Ignatieff

Watch the recording of the conversation between Professor Michael Ignatieff and Ben Tonra MRIA, that took place on 7 October 2022.

Public Engagement

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Sally Hayden wins 2022 Michel Déon Prize

Today Sally Hayden was announced as the winner of the prestigious 2022 Royal Irish Academy Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction for her debut book My…

Grants, Prizes and Awards

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Watchback Discourse Series | 100 years on: Ireland; Finland; New Zealand; Poland – A comparative history

Watch the recording of this comparative panel discussion chaired by Robert Gerwarth MRIA, with Professor Charlotte Macdonald (New Zealand), Dr Jochen Böhler (Poland), Professor Marjaana…

Public Engagement

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Watchback Discourse Series | Decoding the past to conserve our future

Watch the recording of the Discourse delivered by Dr Larisa DeSantis (Vanderbilt University), with a response from Paul Giller MRIA, which took place on 18…

Public Engagement

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Watchback Discourse Series | The future of higher education, with Professor Sir Adrian Smith and Orla Feely MRIA

Watch the recording of this Discourse with Professor Sir Adrian Smith in conversation with Orla Feely MRIA, which took place on 28 April 2022.

Public Engagement

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Watchback Discourse Series | The Changing World of Money and Finance

Watch the recording of  the conversation between Frances Ruane MRIA and Patrick Honohan MRIA, which took place on 6 April 2022.

Public Engagement

7 new artworks to celebrate Colm Cille’s 1500th anniversary

The commissions are in the visual arts, music and literature and have been commissioned by the RIA with the support of the Department of Foreign…

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Hamilton Day 2020 Review

Professor Terence Tao, UCLA, delivered the Royal Irish Academy’s 2020 Hamilton Lecture on the topic ‘The Cosmic Distance Ladder’

Grants, Prizes and Awards

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha

This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks is the 1993 novel Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha, by Roddy Doyle.

Public Engagement

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Tony O’Malley

This week’s Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks features Tony O’Malley’s Self Portrait, 1989.

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