17 College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies projects will receive funding from the @gov.ie scheme totalling €1.65 million. @uniofgalway.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social @philosophygalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social

The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 have been announced and Modern Languages is ranking in the top 151-200! HoS Prof Patrick Crowley: Deserved recognition of my brilliant and committed colleagues in School of LLC. In the QS World Rankings 2026 we are ranked 151-200...Well done us."

Highlights include a new entry with History ranking in the top 201-250, and increases in English Language and Literature (Top 100) and Modern Languages ranking in the top 151-200. @uniofgalway.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @globalgalway.bsky.social

Delighted to share the latest edition of Western Classics, which includes research updates and articles from the Galway Classics community: doi.org/10.13025/30223 @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social #AncientClassics #medieval

Edward Herring has a new article on Magna Graecia's red-figure pottery, which appears in the latest issue of Ancient History magazine. @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social @campsgalway.bsky.social #AncientHistory #Archaeology

Episode 2! open.spotify.com/episode/5dM6... "BABEL in Galway - A podcast about languages, cultures, and lives across borders", Dr Andrea Ciribuco & Dr Bianca Cataldi joined by Dr. Tina-Karen Pusse (School of LLC) & Dr. Michaela Schrage-Früh (University of Limerick) on ageing and climate change.

Seirbhísí Gaeilge: Labhair an Dr John Walsh (Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochtaí agus na gCultúr) le Nuacht TG4 @03:21 faoin bPlean Gníomhaíochta um Sheirbhísí Gaeilge a d'fhoilsigh an Rialtas an tseachtain seo. 🔗: www.tg4.ie/ga/player/ca...

Seirbhísí Gaeilge: Labhair an Dr John Walsh (SLLC) le Adhmhaidin ar Raidió na Gaeltachta @00.39 faoin bPlean Gníomhaíochta um Sheirbhísí Gaeilge a d'fhoilsigh an Rialtas an tseachtain seo. Dr Walsh @nuachainteoir.bsky.social on the Action Plan for Irish Language Services. www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/a...

Speakers Dr Anita Ferrara: Organiser and Chair, (Irish Centre for Human Rights) Roberta Bacic (University of Ulster / Conflict Textiles) Presentation of the book Arpilleras Poéticas Pamela Luque: Chilean Arpillera artist Dr Rachel Robinson (School of LLC) Dr Kate M Quinn (School of LLC) This Friday.

This conversation brings together Roberta Borrelli (University of Bari) and Dr. Bianca Rita Cataldi (School of LLC, University of Galway) to explore the intersections of ecology, technology, and posthumanism in contemporary Italian literature.

On January 16th, Professor Michael Clarke will present on 'The History of the Irish Book: The Handwritten Book in Ireland' at an Éigse Cholm Cille event on Columban Landscapes and Irish Manuscripts #celticstudies #medievalsky @campsgalway.bsky.social @unigalwayschoolllc.bsky.social

Everyone is welcome to attend the Inaugural Lecture by An tOllamh Rióna Ní Fhrighil, Personal Professor in Modern Irish this Thursday, Oct. 23 @ 5 pm in the O'Donoghue Theatre. What is the role of poetry in times of war or in the face of systemic violence? This lecture will be in Irish.

Congratulations to Dr Ciaran Arthur, who has been awarded funding from @researchireland.ie's Pathway Programme to re-examine interpretations of obscure texts in British and Irish communities during the medieval period. For more on his project, Connect 4, see www.universityofgalway.ie/classics/res...

Jacopo Bisagni's new article on the Sun’s night journey and its cosmic battle with a tide-making sea monster (sometimes called Leviathan) has just been published in JML. This narrative is found in De cursu solis in nocte, a text which Jacopo discovered in the ninth-century manuscript Laon MS 422.

Congratulations to Professor Anne O'Connor who has been newly elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). Anne O’Connor is Established Professor in the University of Galway School of Languages Literatures and Cultures. www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/new...

Huge congrats to our three professors elected as members The Royal Irish Academy for their exceptional contribution to sciences, humanities and social sciences. 🏅 The University of Galway new members of the RIA are: Kieran Conboy, Anne O'Connor and Abhay Pandit.

We are proud to continue to be ranked in the 2025 QS World University Rankings for Modern Languages (251-300)!