As part of Rough Magic’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Trinity College School of English and The Drama Department, Samuel Beckett Centre, TCD host a special series of discussions delving into the beginnings and workings of forty years of magic ..read more

As part of Rough Magic’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Trinity College School of English and The Drama Department, Samuel Beckett Centre, TCD host a special series of discussions delving into the beginnings and workings of forty years of magic ..read more

As part of Rough Magic’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Trinity College School of English and The Drama Department, Samuel Beckett Centre, TCD host a special series of discussions delving into the beginnings and workings of forty years of magic ..read more

As part of Rough Magic’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Trinity College School of English and The Drama Department, Samuel Beckett Centre, TCD host a special series of discussions delving into the beginnings and workings of forty years of magic ..read more

As part of Rough Magic’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Trinity College School of English and The Drama Department, Samuel Beckett Centre, TCD host a special series of discussions delving into the beginnings and workings of forty years of magic ..read more

Recorded March 26, 2024. A talk by Dr Bernice Murphy (TCD) - “We Won’t be Hungry Much Longer”: Survival Cannibalism in North American Folk Horror Narratives. English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series is a fortnightly meeting which has been integral to the School of English research community since the 1990s. The aim of the seminar series is to provide a relaxed and convivial atmosphere for staff and students to present their research to their peers. The series also welcomes distinguished guest lecturers from the academic community outside Trinity College to present on their work. It ..read more

Recorded March 26, 2024. The Centre for Resistance Studies organised an evening lecture by Dr Olesya Khromeychuk, in partnership with the Trinity Long Room Hub.  Dr Olesya Khromeychuk is a historian and writer. She has taught the history of East-Central Europe at several British universities and has written for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Prospect and The New Statesman. Khromeychuk is the author of The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister (2022) and “Undetermined" Ukrainians. Post-War Narratives of the Waffen SS "Galicia" Division (2013 ..read more

Recorded February 27, 2024. Trinity Long Room Hub Visiting Research Fellow Professor Bassey Edem Antia (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) in conversation with Professor Lorna Carson (School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, TCD).  Bassey Edem Antia is a Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He has an extensive network of collaborators globally and is a mentor to graduate students and early career academics in several countries, including South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Uganda, Ger ..read more

Recorded March 12, 2024. For the English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series this week Dr Lucy Collins (UCD) will present a talk on 'Landscapes of Mourning in Irish Women's Poetry'. The English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series is a fortnightly meeting which has been integral to the School of English research community since the 1990s. The seminar series aim to provide a relaxed and convivial atmosphere for staff and students to present their research to their peers. The series also welcomes distinguished guest lecturers from the academic community outside Trinity College to present on their wor ..read more

Recorded March 4th, 2024. Conservation and scientific specialists from the Core Partner archives within the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland at Trinity College Dublin discuss the fascinating discoveries being revealed by their latest investigations into ancient archival records. _____________________________ Long before the terrible fire of 1922 which destroyed the Public Record Office of Ireland, historical records were being slowly lost to damp, decay and vermin. Writing became obscured by soot and grime or bleached by sunlight, the written record hidden within crumpled parchment and paper ..read more