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This course, delivered by Trinity School of English staff, will provide an introduction to major authors of poetry, drama and prose through close examination of selected texts, chosen from among those prescribed for the Leaving Certificate. The course will be of special interest to teachers and pupils preparing for the examination, but the lectures will be directed towards a more general audience as well. Please book tickets online using this link to Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/tcd-school-of-english-evening-lectures-michaelmas-term-2024-tickets-1007368294687

The English Association was founded in 1906 by a small group of English teachers and scholars, including F.S. Boas, A.C. Bradley and Sir Israel Gollancz. It took a leading part in the movement to develop English studies in schools, while encouraging advanced studies in further education. Past Presidents of the Association have included John Galsworthy, Harley Granville-Barker, Sir Kenneth Clark and George Steiner.

In commemoration of the life of Trinity/Columbia dual BA student Ella Mills, who died in a kayaking accident in the US last year, her father Ralph will attempt to set the world record for running the marathon - in a swimming pool! All funds raised are going to The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust, which works to alleviate the hardship suffered by families whose loved ones have died abroad in tragic circumstances.

The festival featured 11 productions of Shakespeare’s plays, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, Macbeth, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by ensembles from Ukraine, Moldova, Italy, and Poland. In the academic portion of the festival’s programme, Dr Vyroubalová presented on panels focused on European translations of Shakespeare and Shakespeare at times of war. The organizers managed to put together the rich programme despite the considerable challenges posed by the ongoing aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

The first book to comprehensively address Yeats’s engagements across the arts as both writer and cultural worker. The book includes detailed case studies which capture the complex history of Yeats as an inter-arts thinker and collaborator.