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Tuesday 14th March: STP Seminar – “Gaussian free fields at the integer quantum Hall plateau transition”

Title: Gaussian free fields at the integer quantum Hall plateau transition. Speaker: Roberto Bondesan (Oxford). Abstract: The transition between Hall conductance plateaus of the integer quantum Hall effect stands out as a possible paradigm for quantum phase transitions of Anderson-localization… Read More

Unveiling How the Sun’s Corona is Heated

A team of astronomers involving Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) may have solved a long standing problem in solar astrophysics: why does the Sun’s outer tenuous atmosphere (known as the… Read More

Wednesday 22nd February: DIAS General Interest Seminar – ‘Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Science’

Title: Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Science Speaker: Dr Finnur Dellsén (University College Dublin) Abstract: Many working scientists are familiar with Karl Popper’s vision of science as the concerted effort to falsify extent theories and replace them with new… Read More

School of Celtic Studies : Dindṡenchas Érenn conference Friday 31st March & Saturday 1st April

The Dindṡenchas Érenn conference will now take place on Friday 31st March and Saturday 1st April, a week later than previously advertised. Programme and Registration details are available here.  

Bergin Fellowship vacancy – School of Celtic Studies

BERGIN FELLOWSHIP The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies wishes to appoint in 2017 a promising early-stage researcher to a five-year Bergin Fellowship in the School of Celtic Studies. The post will be available from 1 June. Candidates should… Read More

Vacancy: O’Donovan Scholarship

The School of Celtic Studies is able to offer one scholarship from August 2017. Applying A CV, including an outline of the research which the applicant proposes to undertake (maximum of 1000 words), should be sent to: Ms… Read More

Thursday 8th December: STP Seminar – “Einstein–Maxwell–Anti-de-Sitter solitons and black holes”

Title: Einstein–Maxwell–Anti-de-Sitter solitons and black holes Speaker: Eugen Radu (Aveiro University) Abstract: We consider a new class of solutions in Einstein-Maxwell theory with a negative cosmological constant, that approach asymptotically a globally Anti-de-Sitter (AdS) background in four spacetime… Read More

Friday 2nd December – Manuscript Culture in Late Pre-Modern Iceland

Admission is free but advance booking is required by e-mailing conference@celt.dias.ie

Photos from the School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2016 – 24th November 2016

 Watch the lecture here DIAS School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2016  in association with the “When Experts Disagree” Irish Research Council funded interdisciplinary project between UCD School of Philosophy and DIAS “The Physics of Climate Change… Read More