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What if Ulysses had never found a publisher?

As we gather to celebrate another Bloomsday the researchers behind a new digital directory of Irish publishing reflect on bibliodiversity and the landscape of the Irish publishing sector.

16 Jun 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Trinity and the World Food Programme at the United Nations for COSP16

Trinity College Dublin and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), led an event at the United Nations in New York on June 12th alongside the Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

15 Jun 2023

Arts

Get on board to read Ulysses in 80 days

The online club, the brainchild of Prof. Cliona O'Farrelly, runs from June 1 to August 19, dividing James Joyce's epic novel into 80 daily chunks of 6 to 8 pages.

31 May 2023

Arts|Community|Culture

Moore Letters: 50 years of trans-Atlantic correspondence acquired by Trinity

A collection of 830 letters written by members of two related families, the Moores and Hughes, who resided in Derry and Baltimore, has been acquired by Trinity College Dublin.

12 May 2023

Arts|Research

‘Totalitarianism and the Humanities’ focus of Trinity Long Room Hub’s Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture 2023

“What do oppressive political cultures find so upsetting about books and reading?” asked Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge, Interdisciplinary Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, as she delivered the 2023 Trinity Long Room Hub Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture on the subject of ‘Totalitarianism and the Humanities’ to a packed audience in Trinity’s Thomas Davis Theatre.

21 Apr 2023

Arts|Society

Books written and illustrated by Dublin schoolchildren join Book of Kells Exhibition

An exhibition of 61 handmade books written and illustrated by Dublin primary school students was unveiled in the Long Room. The exhibition marks the culmination of the Trinity Access Programmes' Bookmarks initiative.

30 Mar 2023

Arts|Community|Society

Chris Morash explores the literary past of Dublin, and Trinity

In his new book, 'Dublin: A Writer’s City', Prof Chris Morash, explores Dublin’s literary past and investigates how Dublin, and Trinity, have been reflected by, and created by, its authors, poets and dramatists.

23 Mar 2023

Arts|Research|Society

“Hope and History” inspire new Irish-South African Research Chair

The launch of the Charlotte Maxeke-Mary Robinson Research Chair by Fionnuala Gilsenan, Ambassador of Ireland to South Africa, furthers the collaboration between the Trinity Long Room Hub and the Centre for Humanities Research, University of Western Cape.

15 Mar 2023

Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture|Society

Creativity and brain science collide at Creative Brain Week 2023

The exciting week-long event puts Ireland on the world stage, hosting global experts to discuss creativity's impact on our health and well-being through the themes of conflict, joy and imagination.

6 Mar 2023

Why are so many Irish films and filmmakers nominated for Oscars?

They might have little else in common, but Banshees and The Quiet Girl are the products of a network of influences, a long tradition of acting talent that now moves comfortably between LA and Ireland, writes Professor Ruth Barton in this piece originally published in The Conversation.

28 Feb 2023

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