The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland Centenary Conference will be held in Maynooth College on 2-3 November 2012. This year marks the centenary of Archivium Hibernicum the organ of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland. To celebrate this landmark in Irish ecclesiastical history, the Society will hold a special conference dedicated to the theme of Ireland, empire and Christian civilization. The conference will take place on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 November 2012 and will be hosted by St Patrick's College and the History Department, NUI Maynooth, Maynooth Co Kildare....

The Catholic Historical Society of ireland celebrates its centenary this year. To mark the event the sociey has organised, with the assistance of the Irish Jesuits, a centenary lecture which will take place in Belvedere College, Dublin on Friday 9 September 2011 at 6pm. The speaker is Professor John W. O'Malley of Georgetown University, Washington DC and his title is 'Interpreting Vactican II: the controversy and its solution'. Members and the public are welcome to attend. A meeting of the society's committee's will be held on the same day....

The forthcoming annual meeting of the Commission internationale d'histoire et d'?tude du christianisme', to which the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland is affiliated, will take place in Jerusalem from 29 May to 1 June. There will be a conference titled 'Peace and Religion in Monotheistic Tradition' organised by Professor Yvonne Friedman, and the annual CIHEC reunion will be held in between the sessions. The programme for the conference is as follows: - Sunday 29 May: Pre-conference tour in Jerusalem ...

A conference entitled ‘Europe, Empire and Public Opinion: Debate and Consensus in the Three Kingdoms, 1660-1763’ will take place on Friday and Saturday, 15 and 16 July at Jesus College, Oxford. Registration starts at 9am on Friday morning. The first session will follow at 10.15am and the conference will close by 5.30pm on Saturday evening. All sessions will take place in the Habakkuk Room in Jesus College. Lunch and various necessary coffee/tea breaks will be included on both days as part of the £70/£50 (concessions) fee for attendance. ...

The Annual Cardinal Newman/Maynooth Lecture takes place in the Renehan Hall, St Patrick's College Maynooth on 4 May 2011 at 19.30. This year the distinguished speaker is Professor Eamon Duffy of Magdalene College Oxford. The title of the talk is 'Smoke and Mirrors: Newman on himself'. The respondent will be R.V Comerford, emeritus professor of history NUI Maynooth. The lecture is sponsored by St Patrick's College Maynooth, the Education Department NUI Maynooth and An Foras Feasa. All are welcome. For details click below....

The annual Maynooth Aquinas lecture will be delivered by Professor Patrick Masterson, former president of UCD and former president of the European University, Florence. All are welcome to attend the lecture, entitled 'Approaching God', which takes place on Wednesday, 26 January  2011 in the Renehan Hall, St Patrick's College Maynooth. It will be followed by a wine reception. Admission is free.  ...

Prof. Euan K. Cameron, Union Theological Seminary, New York City will deliver a lecture entitled ‘Cosmic Time and the Theological View of World History’ on Monday 7 February 2011 in Renehan Hall, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth at 7.30pm All are welcome. Prof. Euan K. Cameron, Union Theological Seminary, New York City will deliver a lecture entitled ?Cosmic Time and the Theological View of World History? on Monday 7 February 2011 in Renehan Hall, St Patrick?s College, Maynooth at 7.30pm All are welcome....

An international conference to commemorate the 650th anniversary of the death of Richard Fitzralph of Dundalk will be held in NUI Maynooth on 15-17 November 2010. It is organised by the Philosophy Department NUI Maynooth and brings together scholars from Ireland, Britain, Europe and elsewhere. They will speak on Fitzralph's contribution to central questions in medieval theology and philosophy and will present the results of the latest research on his life and times. For further information please click below....

The Pontifical Irish College Rome will host an important academic seminar on Saturday 23 October 2010. Organised by Professor Dermot Keogh it will deal with the role of the Catholic Church in the formation of the Irish state in the period between the wars. To visit the Irish College website click here. You may view a pdf file of the seminar programme here....