Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies at TCD
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Our School is ranked first in Ireland for the study of Modern Languages. We offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Trinity College Dublin. Learn more: https://www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-cultures/
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Exploring Polish culture in Dublin - From pierogi and pastries to language classes and student societies, @tcddublin.bsky.social student Yukta reflects on discovering the vibrant Polish presence across the city and campus in her Trinity Global blog: trinity-experience-blog.com/2025/06/02/t...
Polish shopfront in Dublin.
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Exploring Polish culture in Dublin - From pierogi and pastries to language classes and student societies, @tcddublin.bsky.social student Yukta reflects on discovering the vibrant Polish presence across the city and campus in her Trinity Global blog: trinity-experience-blog.com/2025/06/02/t...
Polish shopfront in Dublin.
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'Maiden, nymph, crone: The mythology of the goddess Inanna' - a public lecture given by Professor Andrew George FBA, a world leader in Mesopotamian Studies.

5.30pm, 23 October @tlrhub.bsky.social

All welcome! www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...
A depiction of Ishtar as an armed warrior on an Akkadian seal, 2350–2150 BCE.
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'Writing, Translation, and the Changing World: Yang Hao in Conversation'.

15 October, 6.30pm @tclctdublin.bsky.social

Free, but booking required: www.tickettailor.com/events/tclct...
Poster giving details of speakers for event.
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We are pleased to now offer evening classes in Arabic, for Intermediate learners, as well as Beginners - starting at the end of September (on campus).

Register: www.tcd.ie/nmes/courses...
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Lecture series now online: 'Understanding Europe’s East – an introduction to the History and Culture of Europe', organised by Trinity's Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies.

Access the playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Crowds gathered at a protest in Budapest.
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'Twenty Years of Revolution and Ten Years of War: Situating Knowledge Production in/about Ukraine' - a public lecture by Jessica Zychowicz (IIE and Fulbright Ukraine) organised by the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies

6.30pm, 16 September @tlrhub.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.com/e/situating-...
Headshot of Jessica Zychowicz.
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FIILI - Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland 2025: In Other Wor(l)ds

11, 26-27 September 2025.

View the full programme: www.tcd.ie/ahss/news-an...
Festival poster.
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Trinity Long Room Hub has announced its new academic Fellows, including Dr Veronika Jičínská (University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne) who joins @tlrhub.bsky.social from Czechia to work with Dr Clemens Ruthner from our School.

www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...
Headshot of Dr Veronika Jičínská.
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An inspiring interview with Hector Ó hEochagáin on @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning, all about language learning through cultural immersion, inspiring a grá for the Irish language, and Hector's brief student days in our Irish department.

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

#CúplaFocal
Gallivanting Gaelgoir Hector Ó hEochagáin
A sharp hour of entertainment that charms the mood of the nation, discussing trending topics while bringing his inimitable bit of craic with it.
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Considering learning a new language or improving your fluency? The School is running language and culture courses throughout the academic year, focusing on: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian.

Registration is now open: tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...
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Considering learning a new language or improving your fluency? The School is running language and culture courses throughout the academic year, focusing on: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Portuguese Russian and Ukrainian.

Registration is now open: www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...
Two people in conversation on a bench on Trinity campus.
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The festival formed part of @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social Inclusion Week.

The event was organised by @rowinski.bsky.social (Slavonic Studies), ‪@abstepien.bsky.social‬ (Biblary Polish Cultural Centre) and Dr Aneta Stępień @maynoothuniversity.ie
5 people (3 men, 2 women) stand on a stage holding a sign promoting the festival
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The 2025 O’Czytani Polish Literary Festival, wrapped up on 8 June. The festival, in its fifth edition this year, was the first to expand its reach outside the Polish community in Ireland, offering main events in English translation.
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Mícheál Hoyne (Department of Irish and Celtic Languages) was recently on BBC Radio Ulster with Dáithí Ó Muirí, discussing the Book of Leinster (Leabhar Laighean), one of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts written in Old and Middle Irish.

🔊 Éist: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Old manuscript covered in lines of medieval Irish script written in black ink, with an decorative S in the centre
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Failure scholars meeting in the city of Beckett 💥
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Interdisciplinary symposium | Fail Worse: Rethinking Narrative Redemption in Failure Studies

📅 29-30 May 2025 @tlrhub.bsky.social

Book tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/trini...

Co-organised with the School of Creative Arts @tcddublin.bsky.social
Collage artwork of women in long skirts and headscarves seated beside a river, overlaid with the title of the conference
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Applications now open for four funded PhD Scholarships available as part of the 'Refugee-Thrive' project: www.tcd.ie/ahss/news-an...

Closing date to apply is 15 June 2025.
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Funding awarded for 4 PhD scholarships in refugee resilience research to Dr Rachel Hoare, Director of the Trinity Centre of Forced Migration Studies: www.tcd.ie/ahss/news-an...

#UniversityOfSanctuary

@tcddublin.bsky.social @immigrationirl.bsky.social @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary symposium | Fail Worse: Rethinking Narrative Redemption in Failure Studies

📅 29-30 May 2025 @tlrhub.bsky.social

Book tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/trini...

Co-organised with the School of Creative Arts @tcddublin.bsky.social
Collage artwork of women in long skirts and headscarves seated beside a river, overlaid with the title of the conference
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Interdisciplinary symposium | Fail Worse: Rethinking Narrative Redemption in Failure Studies

📅 29-30 May 2025 @tlrhub.bsky.social

Book tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/trini...

Co-organised with the School of Creative Arts @tcddublin.bsky.social
Collage artwork of women in long skirts and headscarves seated beside a river, overlaid with the title of the conference
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Panel discussion: 'The Limerick Boycott in Context', bringing together the editors of and contributors to the recently published book.

📅13 May, 6.30pm @tlrhub.bsky.social

More information: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

@swgannon.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social
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The festival is co-organised by the Biblary Polish Cultural Centre, Dr Aneta Stępień @maynoothuniversity.ie and Dr @rowinski.bsky.social (Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, Trinity College Dublin).

@muahi.bsky.social
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Ireland's only Polish literary festival, the O'Czytani Festival takes place in Dublin between 6-8 June. O’Czytani is a celebration of Polish literature, culture, and community.

Register to attend the launch on 26 May: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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🔊 Listen back to 'Searching for Common Identity – A Personal Journey' by #NasaAames Scientist Dr Sanjoy Som:

soundcloud.com/tlrhub/searc...

Organised by the MPhil in Identities and Cultures of Europe, funded by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.

@tlrhub.bsky.social
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Funding awarded for 4 PhD scholarships in refugee resilience research to Dr Rachel Hoare, Director of the Trinity Centre of Forced Migration Studies: www.tcd.ie/ahss/news-an...

#UniversityOfSanctuary

@tcddublin.bsky.social @immigrationirl.bsky.social @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social
A series of modern and historic stone buildings of a university campus, with a green space in the foreground and figures of people walking on paths between buildings