President Mary Robinson opens the Women's Studies Centre, 11 March 1991
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Format
JPEG
Title
President Mary Robinson opens the Women's Studies Centre, 11 March 1991
Identifier
VH0075
Depiction
Five women against a background of cars and a nondescript building.
Description
In March 1991, just over three months after her inauguration, President Mary Robinson visited NUI Galway to open the Women's Studies Centre (WSC) in a house in the recently built Corrib Village.
Seen here with President Robinson are (l.-r.): Anne Byrne, Elizabeth Tilley, Jane Conroy.
The WSC had been created in 1988. A seminar series was initiated that year and for several years an Interdisciplinary course in Women's Studies was provided for 1st-year Arts undergraduates. Until the time of President Robinson's visit the WSC had no designated office space. In 1992 the WSC began publication of the first women's studies journal in the country. The series continued until 2004. These volumes, being of importance for the history of gender studies in Ireland, have been made available online by the University of Galway Library. Atlantic Philanthropies generously funded Women's Studies in NUI Galway for several years.
A video recording of the entire event was made by Patsy Clancy, who heroically hand-held a camera in a crowded room for the duration (47 minutes). She had asked permission to make the video and it was granted. Afterwards she made a copy for herself, in case the original went missing. This is the copy that she put on You Tube in early 2024. It captures the excitement of the occasion, and the sense of a corner being turned that the participants all shared. The recording can be viewed via the link below.
Seen here with President Robinson are (l.-r.): Anne Byrne, Elizabeth Tilley, Jane Conroy.
The WSC had been created in 1988. A seminar series was initiated that year and for several years an Interdisciplinary course in Women's Studies was provided for 1st-year Arts undergraduates. Until the time of President Robinson's visit the WSC had no designated office space. In 1992 the WSC began publication of the first women's studies journal in the country. The series continued until 2004. These volumes, being of importance for the history of gender studies in Ireland, have been made available online by the University of Galway Library. Atlantic Philanthropies generously funded Women's Studies in NUI Galway for several years.
A video recording of the entire event was made by Patsy Clancy, who heroically hand-held a camera in a crowded room for the duration (47 minutes). She had asked permission to make the video and it was granted. Afterwards she made a copy for herself, in case the original went missing. This is the copy that she put on You Tube in early 2024. It captures the excitement of the occasion, and the sense of a corner being turned that the participants all shared. The recording can be viewed via the link below.
People
Anne Byrne
Mary Robinson
Elizabeth Tilley
Jane Conroy
References
University of Galway Digital Collections, Women's Studies Review, at https://digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categories?collection=631, accessed 7 Feb. 2024.
Patsy Clancy, 'Opening of the Women's Studies Centre', 11 March 1991, on You Tube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yERKAGp0z3s, accessed 12 April 2024.
Contributor
Bibliographic Citation
J. Waddell, J. Conroy, 'President Mary Robinson opens the Women's Studies Centre, 1995', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14551, Archival Record Id VHRS
Spatial Coverage
Period
1990s
Category
colour
group
on-campus
outdoors
Subject
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/