DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
ROINN NA STAIRE

The distinctive feature of History at NUI Galway is the bilingual, multi-cultural atmosphere which the Department promotes. Alongside a traditional English-language programme, as offered by other Irish universities, the Department offers a full programme in the Irish language. The Department's staff has wide experience of university teaching in other countries, and each year the Department attracts large numbers of visiting students from both North America and continental Europe who choose Galway as their place of study for one or two semesters in Ireland's 'cultural capital'.

Tá tradisiún láidir ag Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, i bhforbairt na Gaeilge mar le cúrsaí ollscoile a chur ar fáil sa teanga san. Tá Roinn na Staire, ach go háirithe, luaite le Gaeilge le beagnach ceithre scór bliain, agus réimse breá leathan de chúrsaí ar fáil do mhic léinn gur mian leo a gcuid ollscolaíochta a fháil tré Ghaeilge.  Ar an bhfoireannn buan sa Roinn tá naonar fé láthair a mhúineann cúrsaí tré Bhéarla agus tré Ghaeilge.  Má cuirtear leis sin léachtóirí eile a bhíonn ag teagasc sa Roinn (leachtóirí ar chuairt agus ar chonradh san áireamh) is fairsinge airís an soláthar so tré Ghaeilge.  Fágann so gurb í Roinn na Staire in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, an t-aon roinn staire amháin in Éirinn ina mbíonn cúrsaí tré Ghaeilge ar fáil do mhic léinn ag gach staid dá gcúrsa céime, agus go deimhin ag an leibhéal iarchéime chomh maith. 

The Department places a strong emphasis on teaching in a friendly and supportive academic environment. Offering a geographically wide range of first-cycle degree courses extending over 'les quatres grandes périodes' from antiquity to the present, the teaching staff includes specialists in medieval and modern history, modern and pre-Columbian American history,  Imperial history, British and continental European history, and the history of science. In regard to Ireland, acknowledged experts on local and national history, Northern Ireland, and 'New British History' maintain the Department's long and distinguished reputation as the island's only fully bilingual centre for Irish history in all its periods.

There is an active Student History Society and the Department also operates exchange programmes with several European universities for students who wish to take the B.A. International degree. The Department likewise aims to foster an international atmosphere in its Graduate School, in which supervised research extends also to fields beyond the traditional focus of Irish universities. Among the current cohort of postgraduates, several are from the U.S. and various continental European countries. Graduate studies are organized through the University's newly-established Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, of which all history postgraduates are automatically members. The Centre hosts the Department's research seminars in Renaissance-Reformation and Modern History, and members of the Department also direct several research projects based in the Centre, whose its academic director is seconded from the Department. 

In regard to academic research, the Department has a distinguished record of scholarly writings, with publications appearing in many languages. Over the past ten years, no fewer than twenty-three monographs and edited volumes have been published by members of the Department. They have also been particularly successful in attracting research funding from the Government of Ireland and other institutions. For instance, individual members of the Department have fronted successive funding applications, worth almost €4 million to date, for the Centre for the Study of Human Settlement and Historical Change (now The Moore Institute). They regularly host international conferences there, and they are involved in history in the media, appearing on TV, the radio, and in the national newspapers.

For more information, please use the links below:

• Information for Undergraduates - the structure of the History course in first, second and final year; courses on offer this year in second and third year; course descriptions and timetables.
• Information for Postgraduates - Masters and PhD degrees available through the department; the Postgraduate Seminar; a preliminary Who's Who of graduate students in the department.
• Information for Visitng and Erasmus Students - Structure of History, modules on offer, choosing modules, assessment
• Departmental Staff - brief details of all  staff in the department, with links to personal pages in some cases.

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