Prof Martin Worthington (Near and Middle Eastern Studies) recently joined Misha Glenny and guests @BBCInOurTime to discuss the laws Hammurabi, King of Babylon, established in Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago and the society that gave rise to them. 🔊 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7ulX...

¡Felicidades! to our colleague Carmen Sanjulián (Department of Hispanic Studies) who was presented with a 2026 Trinity Sustainability Leadership Award, in recognition of the module she designed: 'Sustainable Futures in Spanish-speaking Contexts'. www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...

'Six female film directors celebrating Spain’s linguistic diversity on screen' by Catherine Barbour, Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/six-female-f...

Trinity's language societies have collaborated to host the annual Languages Ball for students. Today (17 February) students will be able to find ticket stands in The Atrium, House 6, the Arts Building and the Business School throughout the day. Updates: www.instagram.com/tcdlanguageb...

'Languages 250 at Trinity (1776-2026)' was officially launched at a ceremony in @TLRHub on 29 January. This special event was attended by alumni, dignitaries, colleagues and students: www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c... #Languages250

Just registered for this conference on (mostly) German literature later this week at TCD. @langslitscultures.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/trini...

Welcome back to campus! Current students are welcome to send queries to our Undergraduate team by email or by dropping into the Undergraduate Office during office hours (Monday to Friday). www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c... #LangsLitsCultures #StudyAtTrinity @tcddublin.bsky.social

Happy Christmas and Holiday from the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies ❄️ We hope you all have a restful break over the festive period. Our offices will close on the afternoon of 22 December, reopening on 5 January. www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c... Image: #DublinWinterLights

How have livestreamed funerals and online condolences changed how people mourn? TCD PhD researcher @smora.bsky.social wants to find out. She is seeking participants aged 50+ to understand how mourning in Ireland has changed. Learn more: youtu.be/AOtVXYo7llg @langslitscultures.bsky.social

Join us for the premiere of the short film 'Dumuzi's Dream and Dumuzi's Demons', performed by Trinity students in the ancient Sumerian language. 🎥 4 December @tcddublin.bsky.social, 6.30pm. Organised by the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies: www.tickettailor.com/events/sllcs...

A guide to finding our stands at #TrinityOpenDay2025 on Saturday, 29 November: instagram.com/p/DRkFNg1iEV... You still have time to register: tcd.ie/cao @tcddublin.bsky.social #StudyAtTrinity #LangsLitsCultures

This Saturday (29 November), we'll welcome prospective students to campus for this year's Undergraduate Open Day. Tomorrow we'll share details of where to find the School's information stands in the Dining Hall. Register to attend: tcd.ie/openday #StudyAtTrinity

#IrishDesignWeek2025 TABULA – Walk–Talk: A Journey Through Notre-Dame de Paris @tcddublin.bsky.social. 18 November: 5 tours of 1 hour each (5:30pm–8:00pm). View schedule to book: bookofkells.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

The School is currently accepting applications for two funded part-time programmes in Irish and French, designed for upskilling qualified post-primary teachers, to develop their expertise and qualify to teach to Leaving Certificate level. For information on how to apply: tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...

Film screening: Unrest ("Unrueh", 2022) Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 6:30 – 9pm www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...

Eleanor Knott Memorial Lecture 2025: ‘Intertextual weavings in the Colloquy between Fintan mac Bóchrai and the Hawk of Achill’, delivered by guest speaker Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh @ucc.ie 6.00pm, 27 November @tlrhub.bsky.social www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...

The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies recently announced the appointment of two senior academics in the Department of German (Professor Mary Cosgrove) and the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies (Professor Philip Gleissner): www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...

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...

'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...

'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...

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...

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...

'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-...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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/...

Failure scholars meeting in the city of Beckett 💥

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.

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

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

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

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...

🔊 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

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

Department of French Annual Lecture on Samuel Beckett 'Beckett Grafting French Canonical Literary Scions onto his Dramatic Rootstalk: Racine, Diderot, Proust, Gide' given by Céline Thobois-Gupta, Dept of Drama. 📅4.00pm, 29 April 🏫 Swift Theatre @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Congratulations to our new Fellow and four Scholars, from the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, announced today on Trinity Monday. www.tcd.ie/news_events/...

Public lecture: '1919 and the Defeat of World Democracy', delivered by historian Elizabeth F. Thompson (Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace and Professor of History, @aucollege.bsky.social Washington D.C.) 📅 30 April, 12.00pm @tlrhub.bsky.social Book: tickettailor.com/events/sllcs...

Department of French Annual Lecture on Samuel Beckett 'Beckett Grafting French Canonical Literary Scions onto his Dramatic Rootstalk: Racine, Diderot, Proust, Gide' given by Céline Thobois-Gupta, Dept of Drama. 📅4.00pm, 29 April 🏫 Swift Theatre @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Public lecture: 'Continuous and Authentic Oral Skills Assessment in Modern Languages', delivered by Professor Antonio Martínez-Arboleda @universityofleeds.bsky.social 📅 Monday, 14 April 2025 🕐 12.00pm 🏫 Room 2041A, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin

The Centre for Global Intercultural Communications; Resistance Studies; and Forced Migration Studies invite scholars, students, educators, policymakers and activists to submit papers for 'Global Intersections: Communication and Resilience Across Borders' (20-21 May). More information: [email protected]

Public lecture: '1919 and the Defeat of World Democracy', delivered by historian Elizabeth F. Thompson (Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace and Professor of History, American University, Washington D.C.). 📅 30 April, 12.00pm @tlrhub.bsky.social Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/sllcs...

Open access book chapter 'New Directions in Contemporary Women’s Historical Fiction' available here thanks to support of TCD Trust doi.org/10.1007/978-... @langslitscultures.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

The Centre for Global Intercultural Communications; Resistance Studies; and Forced Migration Studies invite scholars, students, educators, policymakers and activists to submit papers for 'Global Intersections: Communication and Resilience Across Borders' (20-21 May). More information: [email protected]

We enjoyed welcoming third and fourth year students to a careers evening in the Trinity Global Room last night. Students had an opportunity to meet their peers and learn about the diverse career pathways taken by recent graduates of our School. If you are an alumni - do get in touch with us 📨

Book just published in honour of #WomensHistoryMonth - Women's Historical Fiction Across The Globe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Chpt 1 available open access thanks to support of Trinity College Dublin Trust @langslitscultures.bsky.social @historicalfic.bsky.social

The School is inviting applications for the position of Professor of German (1776). This is a significant post for the School, in light of the 250-year commemoration of the establishment of our Joint Chairs in Modern Languages in 1776: German with French, and Italian with Spanish.