Department of History, Trinity College Dublin

Rethinking Childhood in Modern Chinese History At the cutting edge of the growing field of the history of childhood, this book shows how placing children at the centre of historical analysis enables the past to be viewed in new ways. Demonstrating...

New publication announcement! Rethinking Childhood in Modern Chinese History, co-edited by our own @isabellajackson.bsky.social and her former postdoc Dr. Yushu Geng: www.routledge.com/Rethinking-C...

YouTube video by TCAS: Trinity Centre for Asian Studies Isabella Jackson (TCD) -- Classical Chinese Gardens through the Centuries

Dr. @isabellajackson.bsky.social gave a talk for the Dublin Lunar New Year festival on classical Chinese gardens, including the one in Dublin's St Anne's Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFOV...

Another media appearance by @brian-hanley.bsky.social: speaking about Father Coughlin and the American far right in the 1930s in this documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFJ...

Next Friday, I will be speaking at the Ó Cléirigh seminar on my forthcoming article in the Proceedings of the RIA, which analyses surviving letters sent by Irish kings and provides a full edition and translation of them. All are welcome! @historytcd.bsky.social

Thriving at trinity celebrating EDI

Honoured to receive an award on behalf of our team from our Equality Office for the contribution our colonial legacies project has made to EDI initiatives in college as part of a wonderful celebration this morning. @historytcd.bsky.social

Just listened to a fascinating paper by @drmishaewen.bsky.social on ‘Gender, Race and Kinship in Early Barbados’ at the @historytcd.bsky.social Early Modern History Research Seminar. Leaving with much food for thought.

I'll be speaking on 25 Feb
@historytcd.bsky.social
about capitalism and agriculture in 20th century Irish history - based on my work with the Sites of Fracture project. www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

For themed sessions of three speakers, provide a proposal for each paper (+ optionally name of session chair). Proposals also invited for roundtable sessions of 50 min addressing major issues in a field: short description of purpose of roundtable, name of chair, list of agreed participants. 4/4

Proposals to Dr Immo Warntjes (iwarntje@tcd.ie) by 12 March 2026. Each submission should include the following details: Name | Institutional Affiliation (if any) | Email Address | Paper Title | Abstract (c.100 words). 3/4

We invite proposals from Ireland and abroad for papers of no more than 20 min. on any aspect of medieval studies, including but not limited to: History, Art History, Literature, Linguistics, Archaeology, Theology, Philosophy, Palaeography. Cuirfear fáilte roimh pháipéir as Gaeilge 2/4

Call for papers, Irish Conference of Medievalists!
Trinity College Dublin, 28-29 May (in person)
Registration €40 (students €20). 1/4

Our @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social Spring Lecture Series is live. Theme is 'Work and working in 19th & 20th century #Dublin' - please RT. Speakers @antoniahart.bsky.social @dublincity.bsky.social @drdeefoley.bsky.social & Conor Dodd formerly Glasnevin.

This series of talks and tastings at Dublin Castle orgsnisec by my brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social colleague Dr Susan Flavin will be excellent. highly recommend signing up

Jamaica Daly An Irish family learns about their ancestor's past as a slave-owner.

This documentary was so much fun to make. It’s compiled from audio we gathered across a couple of years and follows two amazing women - Meg and Dympna - all the way to Jamaica, in search of Meg’s ancestor: an Irish Catholic enslaver and coffee planter, Peter Daly

www.rte.ie/radio/docono...

Join us for a #BehindTheHeadlines discussion on shifting global norms and the changing international order.

Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world.

🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981570379...

YouTube video by Dublin City Heritage Cultivating Virtue? Trinity College Dublin's Colonial Legacies | Oak Room Talks 2025

24th September 2025 - Dr Patrick Walsh @historytcd.bsky.social, 'Cultivating Virtue? Trinity College Dublin's Colonial Legacies'

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The seminar programme of the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities for Hilary Term 2025/06

Our term has started and we've got another round of great Environmental History Research Seminars scheduled in Dublin. Come and join us!

Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for supporting and hosting the series!
#envhist @historytcd.bsky.social

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Upcoming talk next week by Dr Seçil Yılmaz (University of Pennsylvania): "Love in the Time of Syphilis: Medicine, Sex and the End of Ottoman Empire"
Trinity College Dublin, @historytcd.bsky.social
Long Room Hub, Neill Lecture Theatre, 27 January 2026
Tuesday, 16.00-18.00
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Indeed, the legal historian known as Sparky, because that is her name.

Four Courts Press | A Sense of Place Studies in Irish and British legal history in memory of W.N. Osborough by Sparky Booker and Kevin Costello, editors

Congratulations to Dr Sparky Booker, together with Dr Kevin Costello of UCD, on the publication of their edited volume on Irish and British legal history. The distinguished lineup of authors covers topics from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2026/a...

Women, marriage and the law in later medieval Ireland with Dr Sparky Booker

Happy New Year! In our new episode Dr Sparky Booker @historytcd.bsky.social shares some wonderful, instructive, insights into how we can explore gender, class, ethnicity & community through an exam of individual legal cases in a fascinating period of Irish history. open.spotify.com/episode/38Aq...

Great belated Christmas present in the post today. Delighted to have a chapter in this, particularly as it’s dedicated to the late Björn Weiler, who I had the privilege of speaking alongside the conference and who had always been incredibly generous to me over the years @historytcd.bsky.social

Four people in a row in front of a fireplace with leather armchairs. Second from left is the prizewinner, Donal Farrall, young white man with a short reddish beard, wearing black t-shirt and trousers and a royal blue shirt.

Congratulations to Donal Farrall on receiving the 2025 Ciaran Brady Prize for Early Modern History. From left: Graeme Murdock, Donal Farrall, Ciaran Brady, and Jane Ohlmeyer @voicestcd.bsky.social

Many congratulations to Dr @cwallacedublin.bsky.social on his Civic Engagement Award presented by the Provost at a ceremony on 5 December, in recognition of an initiative Ciarán has developed with @virtualtreasury.bsky.social to create a toolkit to promote improved digital inclusion for older people

Nationwide 2025-11-17 Nationwide reflects on the remarkable journey of Project Children, fifty years of hope, leadership, and cross-community friendship. Presented by Anne Cassin. Watch Nationwide 2025-11-17 on RTÉ Player ...

Brian Hanley appeared on RTE's Nationwide on Monday 17th discucssing the first years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland

www.rte.ie/player/serie...

I have studied much about Edward Lucas for my PhD research, particularly his role as MP for County Monaghan from 1834 to 1841. For anyone in Dublin today and free, I'll be mentioning him in my talk at @historytcd.bsky.social seminar in @tlrhub.bsky.social at 2.30pm

Great to have these videos up for those interested who weren't able to attend the conference. Keynotes by Prof. Eliga Gould and Prof. Nicholas Canny and a @virtualtreasury.bsky.social panel. Please share widely.

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Book launch: Intimate Connections Join us at EPIC to celebrate the publication of a new book on Irish female migration

Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin

www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...

Trust and Mistrust in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean - Arc Humanities Press This volume uncovers the ways in which trust and mistrust affected people’s lives in premodern Europe and the Mediterranean. Trust is a fundamental part of...

Dr Annabel Hancock has just published, together with Prof Ian Forrest, a new edited volume on Trust and Mistrust in Premodern Europe and the Mediterranean.
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270284...