Institute For Advanced Studies Act, 1940

The functions and duties of the Constituent Schools.

5.—(1) The functions and duties of the School of Celtic Studies shall be the promotion of Celtic studies generally, and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing—

(a) the investigation, editing, and publication of extant manuscript material in the Irish language;

(b) the grammatical, lexicographical, and philological study of Old, Middle, and Modern Irish;

(c) the phonetic investigation of existing Irish dialects and the recording of the living Irish speech;

(d) the collection and study of Irish place names;

(e) the study of Irish social history and of all branches of Irish history which require for their investigation a knowledge of the Irish language;

(f) the preparation and the recommendation to the Council for publication of works dealing with any of the subjects mentioned in any of the foregoing paragraphs of this sub-section and of other works calculated to promote a more general knowledge of the Celtic languages and of the literatures of those languages and of the cultural and social background of Celtic civilisation;

(g) the training of advanced students in the methods of research in any of the said subjects;

(h) the organisation of seminars, conferences, and lectures on the Celtic languages and on the literatures of those languages and, in particular, on matters of interest to students of the Irish language and of its literature;

(i) the provision of facilities for advanced study and research in Celtic studies for university professors and lecturers on leave of absence from their academic duties;

(j) the commissioning of competent scholars, whether associated or not associated with the Institute, to undertake, either with or without remuneration, the writing or the editing of works dealing with Celtic studies;

(k) the assistance of research in Celtic studies in other countries and the exchange with such countries of advanced students in those studies;

(l) such other functions and duties in relation to Celtic studies as may from time to time be decided on by the Governing Board of the School.

(2) The functions and duties of the School of Theoretical Physics shall be—

(a) the investigation of the mathematical principles of natural philosophy and the application of those principles to the physical and chemical group of sciences and to geophysics and cosmology;

(b) the training of advanced students in methods of original research in the said group of sciences and in geophysics and cosmology;

(c) the provision of facilities for advanced study and research in theoretical physics for university professors and lecturers on leave of absence from their academic duties;

(d) the organisation of seminars, conferences, and lectures on topics related to theoretical physics which lie on the frontiers of knowledge;

(e) the preparation and the recommendation to the Council for publication of descriptions of recent accessions to knowledge in the sphere of theoretical physics and in particular descriptions of such accessions resulting from the scientific activities of the School;

(f) the commissioning of competent scholars, whether associated or not associated with the Institute, to undertake, either with or without remuneration, the writing or the editing of works dealing with theoretical physics;

(g) such other functions and duties in relation to theoretical physics as may from time to time be decided on by the Governing Board of the School.

(3) Every Constituent School, other than the School of Celtic Studies and the School of Theoretical Physics, shall have such functions and duties as shall be assigned to it by the establishment order relating to it or by an order amending that order.