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May 2020
Lockdown Lecture Series: ‘What is life? One question, many answers.’ -The language of life in early Ireland and Wales.
In 2019 DIAS hosted a lunchtime lecture series celebrating ‘What is life?.’ An expert from each of the four Schools at DIAS considered the question ‘What is Life?’ from the perspective of their own work and field of…
Find out more »*POSTPONED* Medieval Multilingual Manuscripts: Texts, Scribes, and Patrons
**POSTPONED** *DIAS 2020 ACADEMIC EVENT* The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars working on medieval bilingual or multilingual sources from a variety of linguistic backgrounds, geographical areas, and literary genres. It will provide a platform…
Find out more »June 2020
DIASfest
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC ONLINE EVENTS* As part of DIASfest 2020 we are delighted to announce we will host DIAS & DeValera Panel Discussion - 15 June at 6pm DIAS Day Lecture by Nobel Laureate Professor Gerard 't Hooft…
Find out more »Online Panel Discussion: DIAS and DeValera
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* DIAS was established on 19th June1940 by then Taoiseach Éamon de Valera under the Institute for Advanced Studies Act, 1940 in Dublin. To mark 80 years since our foundation, we’re inviting you to join…
Find out more »July 2020
*POSTPONED*: Celtic Studies Summer School 2020
POSTPONED: Due to Covid-19, the 2020 Summer School has been postponed to 5th–16th July 2021. *DIAS 2020 ACADEMIC EVENT* The Celtic Studies Summer School will take place from 6 to 17 July 2020. More information to follow.
Find out more »August 2020
**Cancelled**Dunsink Observatory Movie Nights
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* This coming August, we plan to see out the Summer holidays with a number of family friendly movie nights in DIAS Dunsink Observatory. Weather permitting we will host an outdoor cinema, overlooking Dublin City,…
Find out more »*POSTPONED until 2022* – IFLA WLIC 2020 – School of Celtic Studies Library visit
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. The World…
Find out more »September 2020
Join us for Culture Night
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* This Culture Night visit the open DIAS buildings and delve into the research questions being tackled by our talented staff. This will address our DIAS 2020 themes of Listening to our planet Reaching for…
Find out more »October 2020
‘Black holes, the boundaries of reality and the deep structure of space and time’ with Dr Astrid Eichhorn
*DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT* Samhain agus Science 2020 Black holes are among the most fascinating objects that our universe harbours. Recent breakthroughs have made it possible for us to observe them directly - the Event Horizon Telescope has…
Find out more »November 2020
‘Mapping a literary landscape: medieval Irish dindshenchas, narratives of place’ with Prof Máire Ní Mhaonaigh
**DIAS 2020 PUBLIC EVENT** Samhain agus Science 2020 The landscape of Ireland forms the focus of an extensive body of medieval literature, Dindshenchas Érenn (Knowledge of Ireland’s Notable Places). Dealing with over two hundred places and natural features,…
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