Following on from the success of Mapping Spectral Traces IV international symposium, co-convened by Dr Nessa Cronin (Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway) and Dr Karen Till (Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth) in April 2011, we are delighted to announce the international launch of the Mapping Spectral Traces Network website: www.mappingspectraltraces.org The April conference marked the launch of an Irish-wide collaboration between Ómós Áite, based at the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway, and the Space&Place Research Collaborative based at the Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth, and was one of a series of events organized by the Mapping Spectral Traces International Network to take place in 7 institutions across 5 countries in 2011-12. The next Mapping Spectral Traces international conference will take place in Galway, April 2012, and further details will be announced later this year.

Further details available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/research/centre_irish_studies/documents/mst_website_launch_autumn_2011.pdf contact Dr Nessa Cronin, Centre for Irish Studies. nessa.cronin@nuigalway.ie