On Thursday, September 8th 2022, we celebrated the inaugural lecture of Prof. Caitríona Jackman at DIAS Dunsink Observatory. We were honored to have government representatives, representatives from funding bodies including SFI and IRC, colleagues from universities across Ireland, … Read More
Prof. Sergei Gukov hosts conference exploring relationship between computer science and mathematics
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Last Updated: 14th June 2023 by Michelle Tobin
Line up of international experts includes Louis Kauffman mathematician, major contributor to the advancement of quantum topology (08.11.2022) A leading international physicist and the newly appointed senior Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies… Read More
Samhain agus Science 2022 Line Up
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Last Updated: 16th March 2023 by Michelle Tobin
From pagan astronomers to Medieval fantasy, DIAS reveals line-up for 2022 Samhain agus Science Festival Life on other planets, what the ancient pagan astronomers of Ireland taught us, and the food and fantasies of Medieval Ireland are just… Read More
Samhain agus Science 2022
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Last Updated: 6th July 2023 by Michelle Tobin
Samhain agus Science, now in its 5th year, is an annual initiative of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies taking place each year during Halloween. From spooky science to the mysteries of the Celtic festival of Samhain, DIAS… Read More
Columbia-DIAS-Yale Initiative Update
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Last Updated: 9th November 2023 by Sophie Murray
Updated 09 November 2023: The Columbia-DIAS-Yale (CDY) Initiative is a series of seminars and meetings established by Columbia University (New York), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Dublin), and Yale University (New Haven). After a summer break the seminar… Read More
Inaugural lecture of Prof. Caitríona Jackman
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Last Updated: 14th June 2023 by Sophie Murray
On Thursday, September 8th 2022, we celebrated the inaugural lecture of Prof. Caitríona Jackman at DIAS Dunsink Observatory. We were honored to have government representatives, representatives from funding bodies including SFI and IRC, colleagues from universities across Ireland, … Read More
Five DIAS researchers secure SFI-IRC Pathways funding for their work
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Last Updated: 1st August 2023 by Michelle Tobin
This morning (29.08.2022) Minister Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science announced an investment of €28.5 million across 53 research projects to support Ireland’s emerging research talent. We are delighted that five of… Read More
Reach for the Stars Astrophotography Competition 2022 – Winners Revealed
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Last Updated: 14th June 2023 by Michelle Tobin
The ‘Milky Way Arch over Pine Island’ and ‘A Fiery Rosette’ have been selected as the 2022 winning images in the Reach for the Stars astrophotography competition, run by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Taking the first… Read More
Ireland’s first underground seismic station is installed at Mitchelstown Cave
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Last Updated: 9th August 2022 by Michelle Tobin
(26.07.2022) Earthquakes around the world will now be detected from Mitchelstown Cave, Co. Tipperary, thanks to the installation of a new seismic station 60 metres underground by Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) Irish National Seismic Network (INSN)… Read More
Photo Gallery: An Taoiseach Micheál Martin visits DIAS 12 July 2022
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Last Updated: 30th August 2022 by Michelle Tobin
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited DIAS on 12 July to launch Dr Michelle O’Riordan’s book “POETICS AND POLEMICS: reading seventeenth-century Irish political verse“. The launch took place during the DIAS School of Celtic Studies annual summer school in… Read More
First images from world’s largest space telescope livestreamed by DIAS in Dublin
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Posted: 12th July 2022 by Michelle Tobin
Irish developers mark historic moment for James Webb Space Telescope at special event (12.07.2022) The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has released the first full-colour images from the world’s largest space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope,… Read More
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