Trinity College Dublin Classics

05/10/2026

📣📣🇬🇷🇮🇪 TCD Classics’ Christine Morris will be giving the annual lecture of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens - IIHSA - in person in Athens on October 8th (7 pm Athens, 5 pm Dublin)
Anyone in Athens is most welcome to attend in person at the IIHSA, or join us online.
Christine shares with us ‘I will be talking about a current project ‘From Ilium to Ireland with Schliemann and Lady Gregory: the journey of an object and its modern reception’ jointly with my TCD colleague Zuleika Rodgers).’

Details and abstract of the talk here (plus registration details for in person and over Zoom):

We cordially invite you to the 2026 Annual Open Meeting of the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens. The Director, Professor Joanne Murphy, will present the work of the Institute 2025-2026, followed by a lecture by Professor Christine Morris & Professor Zuleika Rodgers (Trinity Col

04/10/2026

Celebrating with some animal friends from the ancient world 🐕 🐴 🎉

30/09/2026

As the leaves start falling, we are looking forward to next summer. IBGSS 2027, hosted online by Trinity College Dublin Classics will take place 19-30 July (Beginners) and 2–13 August (Intermediate/Advanced). Course and application details at www.tcd.ie/classics/byzantine/.

24/09/2026

📣 Our first TCD Classics seminar of the term.
30 September 2026 (in person and Zoom)

Judith Gatt (University of Malta) and George Apeitos (University of Oxford)
From Text to Stone: Exploring Ancient Greek Harbour Terminology

All welcome! Further information: TCD Classics Seminar room (Arts Building,
B6002)
Registration link for the seminar series:
https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/register/KE7rDCkjSTe01IAFpiZiSQ
Enquiries, please contact [email protected]

18/09/2026

We warmly welcome all our students for this new term.
Many of you will already know that TCD Classics has its own blog called Hestia, and we are pleased to share with you the first one of the new academic year, contributed by our Head of Department, Ashley Clements:
How to be happy? How can Classics contribute to your powers of self-determination?
https://hestia-blog.squarespace.com/blog/how-to-be-happy
Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute Trinity Alumni

‘What does it mean to think of happiness as having a history?’  Sara Ahmed  asks in a question that frames our final year module ‘How to be Happy?’ at Trinity Classics. Ahmed is paired in our first class with another favourite of mine,  Marisol de la Cadena’s  par

14/09/2026

📣 A vibrant and varied line up of events at the upcoming Trinity Arts and Humanities Research Festival from Sept 18-28th. Link to full programme below.
A special shout out to our Classics colleagues and researchers: Lisa Doyle and Alastair Daly (discussing the Odyssey and the Nolan film); Sue O’Neill (on a panel on learning from the past imagining the future) and Miguel Angelo Andriolo Mangini (video showcase of early career researchers).

https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events/trinity-arts-and-humanities-research-festival/

10/09/2026

Fabulous pictures from this year’s Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens - IIHSA study tour to Greece which some of our TCD students recently enjoyed. Warmest thanks to the tour leaders Marilena and Bastien for giving them this memorable experience.

08/09/2026

We are delighted to share our programme of TCD Classics Research seminars for the upcoming Michaelmas term 2026.
We warmly welcome you to attend in person in our seminar room (B6002 in the Arts Building) or to join us online.
Registration link for the seminar series:
https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/register/KE7rDCkjSTe01IAFpiZiSQ
Enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

07/09/2026

Our warmest congratulations to our TCD Classics researchers Alastair Daly, Lisa Doyle and Jeremy Lam on the publication of their co-edited volume ‘Argo Crossing’, which stems from a workshop hosted at the Department of Classics in TCD in 2023.
This volume explores many aspects of Apollonius' Argonautica and its reception, and also features contributions by TCD colleagues Boris Kayachev, Alexandra Madeła and Martine Cuypers.
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