Research Day

Join us for the Royal Irish Academy's second Research Day event. Drawing on the RIA’s internationally renowned research programmes and higher education policy initiatives, this year’s programme offers insights into the use of national and international collaborations to shape policy, and the blending of cutting-edge technology with established scholarship to transform the ways we preserve, understand and share Ireland’s rich linguistic, historical and cultural heritage.

Here's what to expect on the day:

8.45–9.15: Registration and coffee

9.15-9.30: Opening remarks: Steven Bell MRIA (QUB)

9.30-11.00 - Panel 1: Dictionaries and Documents, chaired by Eve Patten MRIA

• Dr Charles Dillon (FNG): Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Irish Dictionary: In the Particular the Universal
• Dr Anthony Harvey (DMLCS): Interpreting a Dictionary’s Interpretations
• Dr Michael Kennedy (DIFP): How OCR and AI Can Help Foreign Policy Document Editing: A Practical Case Study
• Dr Eoin Kinsella (DIB): The Digital Journeys of the Dictionary of Irish Biography

11.15 – 12.45 - Panel 2: Research, Resources, and Digital Innovations, chaired by Dr Peter Crooks (TCD)

• Dr Lisa Griffith (DRI): The Future of Irish Research Data
• Barbara McCormack (RIA Library) and Prof Pádraig Ó Macháin (UCC): The Inks & Skins Project and Manuscripts in the RIA Library
• Sarah Gearty (IHTA): Creating and Preserving the Digital Atlas of Cork/Corcaigh

12.45–13.45 Lunch (catered onsite)

13.15 – 13.45 - Working Lunch Session: RIA Publications Clinic

• Gill Fitzgerald-Kelly: How to Publish with the Royal Irish Academy

13.45–14.45 - Panel 3: Connecting People and Ideas, chaired by Dr Siobhán O'Sullivan (RIA)

• Rory Montgomery (ARINS): The Impact of Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
• Niamh McCabe (Grants): The Ireland-Scotland Bilateral Network Grants
• Sinéad Riordan (P&IR): The Brexit Effect and Higher Education

14.55–15.55 - Panel 4, Research Partnerships and Identities chaired by Dan Carey MRIA

• Dr Michelle Doran (NORF): Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier (PID) Recommendations and Roadmap
• Prof Sonja Tiernan (IHA): The Irish Humanities Alliance: Championing Arts and Humanities Research
• Katherine Martin (Grangegorman Histories): The Strengths of a Partnership Structure for Public History Projects

Closing Remarks:

• Pat Guiry MRIA (UCD) 

Queries

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Access requirements

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