EAGLE Spectroscopy of Resolved Stellar Populations Beyond the Local
  Group
  Valuable insights into galaxy evolution can be gleaned from studies of
resolved stellar populations in the local Universe. Deep photometric surveys
have provided tracers of the star-formation histories in galaxies from 0.8-16
Mpc, but without robust chemical abundances and stellar kinematics from
spectroscopy, their sub-structures and assembly histories remain hidden from
us. In this context, we introduce the EAGLE design study for a
multi--integral-field-unit, near-infrared spectrograph for the European
Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). EAGLE will exploit the unprecedented
light-gathering power of the E-ELT to deliver AO-corrected spectroscopy across
a large (38.5 sq. arcmin) field, truly revolutionising our view of stellar
populations in the Local Volume.
