Recorded October 7th, 2025. A seminar by Prof Jarlath Killeen (School of English, TCD) as part of the English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series. "Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses."  The Picture of Dorian Gray opens in the studio of Basil Hallward in which the smells of an English garden at the start of summer mingle with the smoke of Lord Henry Wotton's opium-tinged cigarettes. This scent puts Dorian into a trance in which it is difficult, if not impossible for him, to resist the temptations offered: one located in Basil entrancing portrait, the other in Lord Henry’s mind-numbing peons to ever-blossoming youth and beauty. In this noxious atmosphere a new plant will grow, one even more dangerous than those that Hallward already has in the garden: the plant that is Dorian Gray. This talk will look at the ways in which Wilde has carefully used a Victorian language of the flowers throughout his novel as a way to dramatise the struggle between the forces of good and evil over Dorian's soul.  English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series is a fortnightly meeting which has been integral to the School of English research community since the 1990s. The aim of the seminar series is to provide a relaxed and convivial atmosphere for staff and students to present their research to their peers. The series also welcomes distinguished guest lecturers from the academic community outside Trinity College to present on their work. It is a fantastic opportunity to share ideas and engage with the diverse research taking place within the School.  Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded October 15th 2025. The Trinity Long Room Hub is delighted to welcome author and historian William Dalrymple to present the 2025 Edmund Burke Lecture, entitled 'The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire', which is supported by a generous endowment in honour of Padraic Fallon by his family. About William Dalrymple William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapuściński award-winning Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, was long-listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2019, and shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History, the Tata Book of the Year (Non-fiction) and the Historical Writers Association Book Award 2020. It was a Finalist for the Cundill Prize for History and won the 2020 Arthur Ross Bronze Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, one of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA. He is the co-host of the Empire podcast, which explores the intricate stories of revolutions, imperial wars, and the people who built and lost empires. He has also won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, The Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the FPA Media Awards, and been awarded five honorary doctorates. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and has held visiting fellowships at Princeton, Brown and Oxford. He writes regularly for the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the Guardian. In 2018, he was presented with the prestigious President’s Medal by the British Academy for his outstanding literary achievement and for co-founding the Jaipur Literature Festival. He was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 26th, 2025. Government Science Advisor, Aoife McLysaght, joins a lively conversation with Hub Director Patrick Geoghegan on bridging research and public policy. Drawing on her career as a geneticist and public communicator and adviser, Dr McLysaght reflects on how Science and the Humanities can work together to shape understanding and create impact. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 26th, 2025. What does artificial intelligence mean for research in the Humanities? This panel brings together David Brown (the IRC-funded Empire project), Micheál O'Siochrú (History) and Hub Director Patrick Geoghegan to explore how AI is reshaping research, archives, and the way we think about the future. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded Tuesday, 23rd Setpember 2025. Join Georgina Laragy (History) and Mandy Lee (Medicine) to explore past achievements and future directions for Trinity’s expanding Medical and Health Humanities Network. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 24th, 2025. In this joint session chaired by AHSS Faculty Dean Carmel O'Sullivan, Shannon Mora (Digital Humanities) will explore mourning as a social and cultural determinant of health. Sarah Jane Scaife (Drama Studies), Conor McGuckin and Aoife Lynam (Education) will discuss their project ‘Illuminating the Shadows of Grief: Unveiling Adult Experiences of Childhood Bereavement using the Creative Arts.’ Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 25th 2025. Why do some creators of Gothic and Horror fade into obscurity, while others become icons? Bernice Murphy (English) chairs a panel with Trinity literary experts Darryl Jones, Orla Donnelly, Dara Downey, and Janice Deitner, each championing an overlooked talent. The event explores literary celebrity, cultural memory, and why some voices are marginalised while others are rediscovered. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded Monday 22nd September 2025. The Hub's Behind the Headlines series begins its second decade with a public discussion on the Irish Presidency. The panel is chaired by David Kenny (Law) and features Etain Tannam (Peace Studies), Declan Leddin (History), John Walsh (Education) and Gail McElroy (Political Science). Behind the Headlines is supported by the John Pollard Foundation. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 25th, 2025. Franciszek Krawczyk (Education) explores the role of the university in advancing international solidarity, comparing Trinity and the University of Warsaw and their geopolitical positions and legacies. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 24th, 2025. Stephen O'Neill (English) looks at writing and partition in this festival edition of the Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series, hosted by Carole Holohan (History). Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 24th 2025. How do we locate books in time and place? Nicole Volmering (History) and the Trinity Centre for the Book invite you into the world of early medieval manuscripts for an interdisciplinary showcase exploring how we trace the movement of texts, through language, material, and meaning. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded Monday 22nd September 2025. Mary Rogan (Law) discusses her pioneering research on human rights and detention, and how people in prison experience the protection of human rights through monitoring. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded Tuesday, 23rd September 2025. Join James Joyce expert Sam Slote (English) for a sharp look at censorship, copyright, and Ulysses in this festival edition of the School of English Staff and Postgrad Seminar Series. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 25th, 2025. Library staff share favourite finds from current projects. From autumnal windmills and apples to cartoons, maps and Michael Davitt’s favourite colour, come along for a celebration of the unexpected wonders in the archives. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 23rd, 2025. From emojis in online condolences, to legendary goat-riding criminals and mapping wild urban plants, this panel (Shannon Mora, Noel Castro Fernandez, Nicole Basaraba, Ginevra Santivale and Vicky Garnett) explores how plants and animals are featuring across Trinity's digital humanities research. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 25th, 2025. Should Northern Ireland, or Ireland, have a new flag? David Michell and Etain Tannam (Peace Studies) explore this long-debated idea. A timely conversation on identity, representation, and national symbols. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded Tuesday, 23rd of September 2025. Ben Jonson's claim that "Greek was free from Rime’s Infection" has echoed for centuries, although rejected by some. Leon Wash (Classics) revisits the debate, sharing striking evidence of rhyme in ancient Greek, including a poem about beer among the Celts. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded 22nd September 2025. Why are we so drawn to true crime? And what are the ethical stakes behind the stories? Join popular literature experts Clare Clarke, Bernice Murphy, writer Una Mannion (English), and Ailise Bulfin (UCD), whose research focuses on cultural representations of major social issues, for a discussion on the moral complexities of creating and consuming true crime narratives. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 25th 2025. Reflecting on her new publication Theology and the University, Fáinche Ryan (Theology) explores whether the university is or could be 'a refuge of truth-telling' (Hannah Arendt). Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub

Recorded September 23rd, 2025. James Hanrahan (French) hosts a difficult and timely conversation with Tylor Brand (Near & Middle Eastern Studies), in this festival edition of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultural Studies Research Seminar. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub