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Watchback Discourse Series | The Future of the EU: Bigger and better?
Watch the recording of this conversation between EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (2020-24) and broadcaster Olivia O’Leary MRIA, that took place on 23 May 2024.
Public Engagement
Watchback Discourse Series | Explaining Unionism panel discussion
Watch the recording of this panel discussion with Linda Ervine MBE, Philip Orr MRIA and Glenn Patterson, chaired by Tommie Gorman, that took place on…
Watchback Discourse Series | The Geometry of Chaos: From Climate Change to Foundations of Quantum Physics
Watch the recording of the Discourse given by Tim Palmer, Hon. MRIA, with Luke Drury MRIA as respondent that took originally place on 7 February…
Watchback Discourse Series | Grangegorman: From the Era of Neglect to the Era of the Asylum and Back?
Watch the recording of the conversation between Professor Brendan Kelly and Catriona Crowe MRIA that took place on 13 December 2023.
Grangegorman Histories
Watchback Discourse Series | Light illuminates innovation in medicine and climate solutions
Watch the recording of the Discourse delivered by Professor Naomi J. Halas (Rice University), with a response from Brian Norton MRIA, which took place on…
Watchback Discourse Series | Post-pandemic reflections on the human thirst for knowledge and its value and utility
Watch the recording of the Discourse delivered by Philip Nolan MRIA with Hannah McGee MRIA as respondent, that took place on 10 May 2023.
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,…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.