Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts

Recorded April 14th 2026.

Join Trinity’s Professor of English, Eve Patten, for a discussion on literary character formation with Professor James Chandler, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of English, Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago; Professor Sharon Marcus, Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University; and Professor Claire Connolly, Chair of Modern English at University College Cork.

This event is organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub in association with the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University.

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Recorded April 14th, 2026.

A public talk by Gabi Lombardo (European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities) organised jointly by the Social Sciences and Humanities Working Group of the Coimbra Group, Trinity Global and the Trinity Long Room Hub.

As negotiations for the next Horizon Europe Framework Programme (2028-2034) proceed, the EU must broaden its research priorities beyond economic output and tech-driven competitiveness to include the social dimension of progress. A more inclusive and sustainable research strategy is necessary to address the complex challenges that Europe faces and to secure its social model and global competitiveness.
This workshop will explore the debate around the contribution of the research community of social sciences and humanities into the design of European funding - to align EU research with citizen needs and democratic values, and better inform public policies and drive economic growth.

About the speaker:
Gabi Lombardo (PhD LSE), is Director of the European Alliance for SSH one of the largest advocacy and science policy organizations in Europe. EASSH advocates for an evidence-based approach to policy-making, and researchers’ inclusion in funding design. High-level experience in science policy research and implementation working in international organisations like London School of Economics, European Research Council and Science Europe. She is a member of the CoARA Steering Board and other organisations’ steering boards. She’s an evaluator for the EU, World Bank, and COST. Gabi received the Young Academy of Europe Prize in 2018.

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Recorded March 21st, 2026.

The Irish Renaissance Seminar (IRS) brings together faculty, postdocs and postgrads from across Ireland working in the field of early modern literary studies. IRS meets twice a year for a one day conference. Trinity will be holding the spring meeting in 2026.

Keynote session (Chair Jane Grogan, UCD)

Emma Smith (Hertford College, Oxford)
Imperial Bibliography: The Shakespeare First Folio

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Recorded February 27th, 2026.

This two-day symposium explores how musical identities were shaped and reimagined across the Irish Sea. It aims to foster dialogues between scholarship, performance, and artistic practice, providing a platform for re-examining underrepresented strands of cultural history. Main themes include:

Repertoire recovery, editorial practices, and historiographical re-evaluation
The careers, contributions, and compositions of female musicians in the Celtic nations
The cultivation of cultural identities through music
Transnational collaboration and exchange
Cross-disciplinary artistic and creative partnerships
Approaches to heritage preservation in the twenty-first century through curation and education

Moderator: James Lea, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Caroline Heard, Violin
Tabitha Selley, Cello
Ani Glass, Pop Artist

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Recorded 17 February 2026.

A seminar by Rian Boyle (TCD) as part of the English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series.

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