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There are limited tickets left for 'Tracking a Plant Killer: Historical and Scientific Reflections on the Irish Famine Pathogen', a dynamic public lecture that explores both Irish history and science. Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Professor Jean Ristaino (North Carolina State University) will discuss the Irish Famine pathogen in the Royal Irish Academy on Tuesday, 20 August at 6:30pm. Professor Ristaino’s lecture will describe the famine years like a crime scene, investigating the victims and the culprits, and shining a light on the many detectives or ‘Sherlocks of Spuds’ who worked to identify the suspected pathogen, suggest remedies and crack the case. Modern DNA technology has helped us track the identity of the original outbreak strain and its global migration. Book a free ticket while they last: https://bit.ly/3Av2p0I This event is supported by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and is part of The Heritage Council #HeritageWeek2024 programme. Image: Drawing of sporangia and sporangiophores from Berkeley, M. (1846), 'Observations, botanical and physiological, on the potato murrain.' Journal of the Horticultural Society of London, Vol. 1, 9–34. The Fulbright Program Fulbright Commission Ireland

'In 1824, teams of surveyors began to map Ireland, making it the first place in the world to have detailed ordnance survey maps for an entire country. Now, 200 years later, these 6in to a mile maps, books of placenames, memoirs and letters have been brought together in an open-access digital archive for researchers and members of the public.' Learn more about the Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey in a new article in The Irish Times. This fantastic research resource was developed in partnership with the Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, and National Library of Ireland as part of the collaborative research project ‘OS200: Digitally Remapping Ireland’s Ordnance Survey Heritage’ led by the University of Limerick and Queen's University Belfast with support from Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland and Tailte Éireann. #OS200 #OrdnanceSurvey #OS #DigiPres #OpenResearch https://lnkd.in/enuc_MGY

Long before Riverdance, pianist John Field and poet Thomas Moore captivated global audiences with Irish arts. In this month’s Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) blog post, Angela Byrne explores the great Irish literary and musical hits that influenced imperial Russia and other renowned artists. Read the full blog on the DIB website: https://lnkd.in/d6ZwSgJS Image: Poet Thomas Moore, author of Lalla Rookh and inspiration to artists across Europe. Copyright Royal Irish Academy. All rights reserved. #DictionaryofIrishBibliography #DIB #RoyalIrishAcademy

Irish novelist and playwright, Kate O’Brien d. #OTD (1974). Her books tackled issues female agency and sexuality in ways that were considered new and radical for her time, leading to two of her novels, Mary Lavelle (1936) and The Land of Spices (1941) being banned in Ireland. 🎧Listen back to the #RIASisters lecture series, delivered by Gerardine Meaney MRIA, Professor of Cultural Theory, School of English, Drama & Film at University College Dublin on O’Brien and her three sisters: https://bit.ly/45uSSRv 📸Image: Kate O’Brien photographed by Sasha Stone, 1926. #RoyalIrishAcademy #KateOBrien #IrishLiterature

Join us for a dynamic public lecture that spans the disciplines of history and science: 'Tracking a Plant Killer: Historical and Scientific Reflections on the Irish Famine Pathogen' in the Royal Irish Academy on Tuesday, 20 August at 6pm. Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Professor Jean Ristaino (North Carolina State University) will deliver a lecture on the subject of the Irish Famine pathogen. This lecture will explore the migrations and spread of the pathogen Phytophthora infestans which entered the shores of Ireland in 1845 and devastated the potato crop. The pathogen left devastation in its wake: a country of eight million lost one quarter of its population to death and emigration. The population of Ireland would never rebound. Book a free ticket: https://bit.ly/46EGfFk This event is supported by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and is part of The Heritage Council #HeritageWeek2024 programme. Image: Drawing of sporangia and sporangiophores from Berkeley, M. (1846), 'Observations, botanical and physiological, on the potato murrain.' Journal of the Horticultural Society of London, Vol. 1, 9–34. The Fulbright Program Fulbright Commission Ireland

"My hope is to ... [alert] readers to the consequences of climate determinism in relation to race, empire, health, wealth, and war in the past... [and] the toxic directions in which the climatic interpretation of history can all too easily drift." David N. Livingstone MRIA was awarded the RIA Gold Medal in the Social Sciences in 2008. His recent book focuses on the history of ideas about climate: 'The empire of climate: a history of an idea' (Princeton University Press, 2024). https://lnkd.in/esig4SqT Queen's University Belfast

Enlightening, entertaining and often surprising, 'Irish Food History: A Companion' takes you on an unforgettable and expert journey through Ireland’s culinary past. Edited by Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire and Dorothy Cashman. Coming out September 2024! Pre-order: https://lnkd.in/eJwdzUD4 'This important scholarly work is a landmark publication in the growing field of Irish Food studies and food history. Passion shines out of each and every page from Pre-history and Archaeology of Food in Ireland to Bog butter, Bees and Banqueting…. through six sections and 28 intriguing chapters to The Development of Modern Irish food and Identity. An immensely important work, which will also appeal to the general reader who wishes to explore elements of Ireland’s culinary history and heritage, a must read ….' - Darina Allen

We invite applications for our new Commemorations Bursary Scheme, funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media until Friday, 9 August 2024 at 5pm. This grant scheme has been established to encourage and support new local research and local history studies relating to the commemoration of events associated with the early years of the State as well as other significant historical anniversaries, events and themes across the island of Ireland. For more information and scheme guidelines, please visit the RIA website: https://lnkd.in/ggc2ZRTb 📷 Graffiti on a door in the Custom House recorded following its destruction on 25 May 1921. ©Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland. #RIAgrants

If you missed our recent webinar outlining the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) membership and nomination process, you can watch it back on the RIA YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/e3tXZM9e The session is dedicated to all members of the academic community on the island of Ireland, who are curious about the work of the Royal Irish Academy and would like to understand and engage with the admission process at some stage of their academic career. The 2024/25 call for nominations for membership is currently open until 30 September 2024. For more information on how to apply, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/e7Ab6dVh #RoyalIrishAcademy #AcademicExcellence #KnowledgeSharing

July 2024 newsletter📜 Learn about our new grant scheme which is currently open for applications, our upcoming events, latest blogs, and news from our research programmes, including the Digital Repository of Ireland, Dictionary of Irish Biography and ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South. #Subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with all Royal Irish Academy activities. #RIAgrants #AcademyNews #RoyalIrishAcademy #AcadamhRíogaNahÉireann