TCD Histories

If you’re thinking of taking on James #Joyce’s #Ulysses in its centenary year #Ulysses100, ‘Mulhall is a good man to have in your camp’ says @Pat_Carty in his @hotpress review of ‘Ulysses: A Reader’s Odyssey’. @IrishLitTimes @JJ_Gazette @NewIslandBooks hotpress.com/culture/book-r…

#EventReminder Prof Ruth E. Hubbard from the University of Queensland will kick off the Medical and Health Humanities Seminar Series with her talk on the ageing trajectories of the #Marvel #Superheroes on tomorrow 26 Jan at 12.30. #Medical #humanities 🦸‍♀️ trinitylongroomhub-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

"For more than two centuries after 1199, Ireland was ruled by Plantagenet kings, lineal descendants of Henry II" We are delighted to announce the publication of the widely anticipated 'Plantagenet Ireland' by Professor Robin Frame. Available here: bit.ly/3tRTNM3

Longest way round is the shortest way home: @DanMulhall delivers a warm and welcome guide to the big book with Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey. Review: @Pat_Carty @MulhallOdyssey #Ulysses100 @NewIslandBooks @aoife_eefa @Paschald #JamesJoyce hotpress.com/culture/book-r…

🎬Akala's journey exploring the origin of Homer's epic poem is also available on IFI@home all weekend. Link here: ifihome.ie/film/ifi-and-c… Wonderful film directed by TCD Classics alumnus @jorourke72 @tcdalumni @TCDHistHum @TLRHub

Great to see this in print. Many many congratulations to Ali Cathcart @ustirhistpol 👏👏👏 A must read for anyone interested in plantations & colonialism. @PeterLangGroup

Bursary in Cypriot and Greek Archaeology, M.Phil. in Classics We are pleased to offer a bursary of €1000 (towards tuition fees) for a student registered on our Classics MPhil. Priority will be given to candidates with a background in Cypriot and/or Greek Archaeology (1/3)

Calling all incoming international students 📢 Welcome to Dublin 👋 The adventure starts here! Check out our guide to Trinity and Dublin life: tcd.ie/study/assets/P… #InspiringGenerations

Another year, another cracker from the great John Connolly He expounds here on The Nameless Ones, all things Charlie Parker and Shadow Voices with @Pat_Carty @jconnollybooks #JohnConnolly @HachetteIre @HodderBooks @HodderFiction @ElaineEgan_ @PMcLoone hotpress.com/culture/interv…

We are very pleased to announce the re-opening of the Academy Library @Library_RIA following our annual stock-taking on a limited basis from today Wednesday, 1 September 2021 from 10.00-13:00, 14:00-16:00. More details ria.ie/news/library/l…

📣Do join us for the launch of this report by @SimonHarrisTD & with David Phipps @mobilemobilizer 👇 Please spread the word … @IrishResearch @TLRHub @BowmanMatson @AnnNolanTCGH @researchimpact @IrishHumanities @shapeID_eu @dorisalex_tweet

Joanne Harris delivers both a twisty psychological thriller and an antiheroine who is getting where she's going no matter what in A Narrow Door. Review: @Pat_Carty @orionbooks @HachetteIre @Joannechocolat @ElaineEgan_ #JoanneHarris #ANarrowDoor #books hotpress.com/culture/book-r…

As part of the @BBCInOurTime archive series, Prof @janeohlmeyer's episode with Melvyn Bragg on the Treaty of Limerick will be re-published as a podcast and available here👇from this Thurs, 26th Aug: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09… #twitterstorians @tcddublin @TCDHistHum @HistoryTcd

A hitman takes on one last job: @StephenKing knocks another one out over the wall with Billy Summers. Review: @Pat_Carty @skdotcom_news @HodderBooks @HodderFiction @HachetteIre @ScribnerBooks @ElaineEgan_ #StephenKing #BillySummers #books hotpress.com/culture/book-r…

Perfect weekend reading - a new Confabulations post, "Don and Sancho", from Charlie Kerrigan. "What’s nice about Cervantes’ debt to the classics, however, is the lightness and irreverence with which he treats them." @TCDHistHum @TCDsllcs #livinglatin tcd.ie/classics/livin…

Enrolments for our Evening and Short-Courses remain open until Monday 5th September Course details and application here: histories-humanities.tcd.ie/shortcourses/

Reasons To Be Cheerful: I reviewed Joan Silber's Secrets Of Happiness for @IrishTimes @IrishTimesBooks @IrishTimesCultr @AllenAndUnwin @AllenAndUnwinUK @GillHessLtd @DeclanHeeney @MartinDoyleIT @DeirdreFalveyIT #JoanSilber #SecretsOfHappiness #book #books irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

We are delighted to launch our TCD Classics blog with 3 posts to get the ball rolling In our first post, our colleague Rebecca Usherwood shares her experiences of being a consultant for the 'Domina' TV series @DrUsherwood @tcdalumni @TLRHub @TCDHistHum hestia-blog.squarespace.com/blog/the-ancie…

A crucial element of the @dri_ireland educational programme is our Early Career Research Award (€500 bursary), which opened for applications very recently (dri.ie/dri-early-care…). I'm available to talk through any ideas or questions : dri.ie/dri-team/debor…

#Otd 1649: Cromwell sailed for Dublin with 35 ships. Ireton landed 2 days later with 77! By end war <41% Irish population died (some say 83%!). Also transported c 50,000 as indentured labourers & war resulted in famine, worsened by bubonic plague! Brutal! downsurvey.tcd.ie/history.html