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Informationen zum Autor Tom Dunne is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork! where he also served as Dean of Arts and on Governing Body. He was a member of Senate! 1997-2007! and Chair of its Sub-Committee on the future of the NUI. He won the Ewart Biggs Prize in 2005 for Rebellions: Memoir! Memory and 1798. Klappentext This beautifully illustrated book celebrates The National University of Ireland's centenary by looking at its origins in the Royal University and further back. It examines the Irish-language movement and the campaign to include women: the relationship between the NUI and its Constituent Colleges! the contribution of its four Chancellors! and the evolving roles of the Senate! the Registrar! the Recognized Colleges! and the graduates body! or Convocation. Includes the valuable NUI Archive and a series of appendices. Co-edited by John Coolahan! Maurice Manning! & Gearoid o Tuathaigh. Zusammenfassung The National University of Ireland has played a key role in Irish life since its foundation in 1908. This illustrated book looks at its origins in the Royal University, and further back in the Queen's Colleges, the Catholic University and St Patrick's College, Maynooth. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations; Foreword: The Chancellor! Dr Garret FitzGerald; Acknowledgements; Contributors to this Volume; Abbreviations; EARLY HISTORY: From Royal University to National University! 1879-1908! John Coolahan; Achieving Equality: Women and the Foundation of the University! Senia Paseta; The Position of the Irish Language! Gearoid O Tuathaigh; CONSTITUENT COLLEGES TO CONSTITUENT UNIVERSITIES: University College Cork! John A. Murphy; National University of Ireland! Galway! Seamus Mac Mathuna; University College Dublin! Donal McCartney; National University of Ireland! Maynooth! Seamus Smyth; THE CHANCELLORS: William J. Walsh! 1908-21! Daire Keogh; Eamon de Valera! 1921-75! John Walsh; T. K. Whitaker! 1976-96! Ronan Fanning; Garret FitzGerald! 1997-! Maurice Manning; THE FUNCTIONING OF THE NUI: The Senate and the Changing Role of the Registrar! Attracta Halpin; The Recognised Colleges! John Nolan; The Role of Convocation! Linda O'Shea Farren; The Archives held in the National University of Ireland! Noirin Moynihan. THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE: The National University of Ireland and the Changing Structure of Irish Higher Education! 1967-2007! John Coolahan; Coming to terms with the 1997 Act: The National University of Ireland Senate! 1997-2007! Tom Dunne; APPENDICES: I NUI! 49 Merrion Square; II Chancellors; III Vice-Chancellors; IV Pro-Vice Chancellors; V Registrars; VI Members of Senate; VII Timeline of NUI Appointments; VIII NUI Awards and Scholarships; Index. ...
