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The launch of Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge (Portraits of Irish-language writers) and www.portraidi.ie
Two researchers from Maynooth University, Dr Liam Mac Amhlaigh and Ronan Doherty, launch major new work celebrating Irish-language writers.
Date: Monday, 27 June 2016
Seoladh Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge agus www.portraidi.ie
Beirt taighdeoirí ó Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, Dr Liam Mac Amhlaigh agus Ronan Doherty, i mbun mhórsaothair nua le litríocht na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh.
Date: Monday, 27 June 2016
Arrival of a new Visiting Fellow at AFF
An Foras Feasa is delighted to welcome Kaho Cheung as a Visiting Fellow to the Institute. Kaho arrives on Friday 15 April and will be with us through to 23 April 2016. He is an expert in electro-acoustic music and music for theatre with particular interests in field recordings and audio post production.
Date: Monday, 11 April 2016
Letters of 1916: Project Launch
An Foras Feasa wishes to congratulate our Institute Head, Professor Susan Schreibman, on the successful launch of the Letters of 1916 project on 2 March 2016. This public humanities project makes it possible for everybody to be part of the research process. Letters of 1916 has created a crowdsourced digital collection of thousands of letters connecting hundreds of lives. These letters cover a variety of topics ranging from the Easter Rising to art, culture, family life and the Great War.
Date: Sunday, 06 March 2016
Battle of Mount Street Bridge Virtual World Project nominated for a Digital Humanities Award
Our Contested Memories: The Battle of Mount Street Bridge digital simulation project has been nominated for a Digital Humanities Award in the category 'Best Digital Humanities Data Visualisation' Voting is open at: http://dhawards.org/dhawards2015/voting/
Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
Battle of Mount Street Bridge Virtual World Project nominated for a Digital Humanities Award
Our Contested Memories: The Battle of Mount Street Bridge digital simulation project has been nominated for a Digital Humanities Award in the category 'Best Digital Humanities Data Visualisation' Voting is open at: http://dhawards.org/dhawards2015/voting/
Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
Beyond Google Search: Editions as Dynamic Sites of Interaction
MU DAH student, Shane McGarry, will present a paper entitled 'Beyond Google Search: Editions as Dynamic Sites of Interaction' at the European Society for Textual Scholarship Conference 2015 at De Montfort University, 19-21 November.
Date: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
Exciting job opportunity at An Foras Feasa
A senior technology officer is currently being sought to join the dynamic Digital Humanities team at An Foras Feasa.
Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Dr Corina Moldovan, Visiting Fellow at AFF
AFF are delighted to welcome our latest Visiting Fellow, Dr Corina Moldovan of the University of Babes-Bolyai, Romania. Dr Moldovan is head of the French Section in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures of the Faculty of Letters at Babes-Bolyai University. She is also the Director of DigiHUBB, the Transylvania Digital Humanities Centre.
Date: Monday, 28 September 2015
Launch of Woodman Diary
On Wednesday 10 June, An Foras Feasa, Maynooth University Library and special guest Turtle Bunbury will launch The Woodman Diary, a digital scholarly edition of an Irish World War I soldier's diary.
Date: Friday, 05 June 2015