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Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Seminar: Marketing in a Conserver (Sustainable) Society

Seminar: Marketing in a Conserver (Sustainable) Society
 
Speaker: Professor-Emeritus Stan Shapiro, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
 
 
Part of the Institute’s Visiting Fellowship Programme. For details visit http://www.nuigalway.ie/cisc/research/visiting_fellows_2012.html
 
“What is and what ought to be the role of marketing in a world of increased ecological concern and resource shortages?” This question is the focus of what promises to be a thought-provoking presentation, and was the opening sentence in an article by the presenter, Stanley J Shapiro, first published in 1978 and republished in 2012 because of its relevance 34 years later.  In 1978 this question was prompted by the publication of a report by a group of researchers drawn from Mc Gill and Montreal universities (GAMMA) about the proposals of a Science Council of Canada study into the desirability and the feasibility of Canada becoming a conserver society rather than one emphasizing economic growth and ever increasing consumption. 
 
From a marketing perspective, Shapiro addresses seven questions, namely:
• How would a conserver society differ from what we presently have?
• Is the central problem in such a society limiting economic growth?
• How did the GAMME report view consumer needs and need satisfiers?
• What differences exist among GAMMA’s three conserver society prototypes?
• How would a conserver society affect corporate marketing?
• Are consumers willing to accept a “conserver ethos”?
• Does a conserver society mean still more government intervention?
 
Those attending are invited to read the article on which the presentation is based, available at http://sb.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/westburn/sb/2012/00000002/00000001/art00002
 
Professor-Emeritus Stan Shapiro, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada: A former marketing professor first at the Wharton School, then at McGill University and Simon Fraser University, Stanley J Shapiro also served as Dean of Business at Mc Gill (1973-1978) and SFU (1987-1997).  Between 1998 and 2003, he was a member of the Academic Council of the Open University of British Columbia.  Dr Shapiro then served for six years on the Province of British Columbia’s Degree Quality Assessment Board.  Stan Shapiro has authored sixty academic papers, edited 13 books or monographs and, over 25 years, has Canadianised nine successive editions of Mc Carthy & Perreault’s Basic Marketing.  He is a former editor of the Journal of Macromarketing, a past Governor and Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science and currently is an Associate Editor both of Social Business and the Journal of Historical Research in Marketing.  He has been a manuscript review for a dozen academic journals, including, for some thirty years, the Journal of Marketing, Marketing’s leading four star journal.
 
All Welcome! For more information, please visit: http://www.nuigalway.ie/cisc/site/events/display/forthcoming_events

Location: Room CA113, Cairnes Building    
Time: 13.00

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Lecture by Dr Sara Matoses Jaén Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera

Lecture: Los españoles en los libros de viajes: viajeros británicos e irlandeses en la España democrática (1978-2010) by Dr Sara Matoses Jaén  Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia.

Location: Moore Institute Seminar Room, Concourse    
Time: 17.00

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Biochemistry Research Seminar Series:

Biochemistry Research Seminar Series presents Remy Pedeux of Université de Rennes 1, who will speak on 'The tumor suppressive protein ING2 is required for DNA damage response protein recruitment and promotes NHEJ'. Hosted by Dr Muriel Grenon and funded by IRC/ Ulysses.All welcome

Location: McMunn Theatre, Concourse    
Time: 13.00

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

NUI Galway Volunteering Fair

At last year's event over 1700 staff and students as well as members of the public mingled with a variety of community organisations. We look forward to building on the success of past Fairs and welcoming you to NUI Galway! Booking a Free Stand All community organisations are welcome: local, national and international. Promote the voluntary sector, showcase your organisation and recruit for your volunteering opportunities. Please complete the attached form to book a free stand at the Volunteering Fair 2012. Please feel free to forward this date and form onto your colleagues.

Location: Bailey Allen Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn     
Time: 13:00

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Seoladh Leabhair/Book Launch

Professor Nollaig Mac Congáil will launch the book Translation, Technology and Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning at 5.30pm in the Aula Maxima (upstairs).  This collection has been edited by Pilar Alderete-Diez and Dr Laura Mc Loughlin (School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures), Labhaoise Nic Dhonnchadha (CELT) and Dr Dorothy Ní Uigín (Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge).  The collection also includes articles by Belinda McHale and Éamon Ó Cofaigh (Acadamh) and Dr Patrick Farren (School of Education).  Fáilte roimh chách.

Location: Aula Maxima     
Time: 17.30

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Workshop: Lessons Learned from doing Qualitative Research

Workshop: Lessons Learned from doing Qualitative Research
 
Speakers: Professor Richard A. Krueger, University of Minnesota, USA and Dr. Mary Anne Casey, Consultant in Designing Research, USA
 
Professor Richard Krueger is known for his efforts in using focus group interviewing within the public environment. He has written extensively about focus group interviewing including six books and numerous chapters in edited books. Professor Krueger is a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Minnesota and teaches courses in program evaluation and research methods. His areas of specialization include program evaluation, applied research methodology and qualitative analysis. He has served as consultant for a variety of organizations at the national, state and local levels. He is a past president of the American Evaluation Association.
 
Dr. Mary Anne Casey is a consultant in designing research that helps people get useful information. She has previously worked with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development and the University of Minnesota. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Over the past ten years she has conducted focus group interviews throughout the United States with a wide range of audiences. Her research centres on topics relating to natural resources, the environment, public health, and community empowerment. Over the past ten years she has conducted hundreds of focus groups and taught research skills to thousands of individuals.
 
All Welcome! For more information, please email Christine.domegan@nuigalway.ie

Location: SAC Room / Room 110, Cairnes Building (Ground Floor, St. Anthony's), NUI Galway     
Time: 11.00

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Talk by Christian O’Reilly

Christian O’Reilly will talk about his experience of working as a screenwriter and playwright in Ireland for the past 13 years and his recent experience doing the BBC Writers Academy and his entry into the world of continuing drama. Christian O'Reilly is a screenwriter and playwright. His credits include the feature film Inside I'm Dancing and the stage plays The Good Father, Is this about Sex? and Here we are again still. He is a recent graduate of the BBC Writers' Academy.

Location: Huston School Main Room    
Time: 14.30

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Irish Studies Seminar Series

Seminar:  Seeing Ghosts:  Gothic Responses to State Formation in Irish Free State, 1921-32.
Speaker:  Dr Caoilfhionn Ní Bheacáin, UL
 
Fáilte roimh chách.

Location: Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies     
Time: 16.00

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

History Graduate Research Seminar Series 2012-13

Speaker: Ian Kenneally

Seminar Title: Westmeath, 1918-1921: the role of the IRA and the response of the Crown forces

Location: Moore Institute Seminar Room    
Time: 16.00

Thursday, 4 October 2012

'The Engima of Frank Ryan' , introduced by filmmaker Des Bell

'The Engima of Frank Ryan' will be introduced by filmmaker Des Bell, followed by a public screening at 6.30pm.

A sympathetic but searching exploration of the life of Frank Ryan (1902- 1944) - Irish radical, International Brigade volunteer in Spain and Nazi collaborator in Berlin. Frank Ryan's life (born Limerick 1902, died Dresden 1944) remains an enigma. The teenage IRA volunteer, dissident republican and Spanish International Brigade volunteer, ended his life working for the Nazis in wartime Berlin. How could this be? The film employs the imaginative resources of the creative documentary to explore a human story of truly tragic proportions. We harness the power of the archival image in play with dramatic live action to to draw a contemporary audience into the core story centred on Ryan's split loyalties. The contradiction between his political beliefs and his dependence on Nazi hospitaity comes to haunt him. Drawing upon Ryan's letters and journalism This film illuminates the enigma that was Frank Ryan.

Location: Huston School Main Room    
Time: 14.30

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Screening: The Engima of Frank Ryan

Screening: The Engima of Frank Ryan. Further information is available by contacting the Huston School of Film & Digital Media at 091 495076.

Location: Huston School Main Room    
Time: 18.30

Friday, 12 October 2012

Adjusting to the Crisis: Well-being and Economic Conditions

Seminar Speaker: Brendan Walsh, UCD

Location: Lecture Hall 1, J.E. Cairnes Building     
Time: 14:00

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Irish Studies Seminar Series

Seminar:  Jonathan Swift and the Concept of Allegiance.
Speaker:  Prof Robert Mahony, CUA, Washington DC.
 
Fáilte roimh chách.

Location: Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies     
Time: 14:00

Friday, 2 November 2012

Seminar: Ireland: A Typical Euro Area Crisis?

Speaker: Max Watson Oxford

Location: Lecture Hall 1, J.E. Cairnes Building     
Time: 16:00

Friday, 9 November 2012

Seminar: The Effects of Panel Participation on Subsequent Behavior

Speaker: Liam Delaney, University of Sterling.

Location: Lecture Hall 1, J.E. Cairnes Building     
Time: 14:00

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Irish Studies Seminar Series

Seminar:  External visions of Ireland:  Raymond Queneau.
Speaker:  Prof James Gosling, NUI Galway.
 
Fáilte roimh chách.

Location: Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies     
Time: 16:00

Friday, 11 January 2013

Biochemistry Research Seminar Series presents Luke O'Neill from TCD

Biochemistry Research Seminar series presents Luke O'Neill from TCD who will speak on the topic 'Metabolic regulation of innate immune signaling - prospects for new anti-inflammatory drugs'.
Hosted by Prof Noel Lowndes.
All welcome.

Location: McMunn Theatre, Concourse    
Time: 13.00

Thursday, 2 February 2012

Arts in Action in association with Music for Galway present Black Pencil

1 - 2 pm informal discussion with the musicians.
 
 
8pm  concert

ADMISSION FREE

Location: The Cube Aras na Mac Leinn and Aula Maxima (evening concert), Quadrangle     
Time: 13.00 - 14.00 & 20.00

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

2012 Babel Public Lecture Series

Title of Public Lecture: Dr Lillis Ó Laoire, "Transforming Tradition: The Career of Joe Heaney, Sean-nós singer 1919-1984" 

2012 Babel Public Lecture Series, further details available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/languages_literatures_cultures/lectures.html

Location: Town Hall Theatre Studio     
Time: 18.30 - 20.00

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

The Babel 2012 Public Lecture Series,

Title of Public Lecture: Dr Jacopo Bisagni, ’Returning’ to Babel: where did human languages really come from? 

The Babel 2012 Public Lecture Series, further details available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/languages_literatures_cultures/lectures.html

Location: Town Hall Theatre Studio     
Time: 18.30 - 20.00

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