Our Research
In the Humanities, individual research interests, pursued with personal commitment, have traditionally been the lifeblood of academic development. Trinity's established principles of academic freedom support an extraordinary diversity of interests. Within those traditions, many research interests in the School do in fact tend to converge in identifiable strands, contributing freely to major themes such as the investigation of European identities, the distinctive forms of national literatures and cultures, the workings of political movements and institutions, the functions and relationships of different languages and cultures, the meanings of intercultural exchange, the practices of language work including translation and language acquisition, and the interaction of language and literature with other media. The links below give an idea of the richness of research currently being undertaken by scholars in the constituent Departments.
Departments
- Department of French
- Department of Germanic Studies
- Department of Hispanic Studies
- Department of Irish & Celtic Languages
- Department of Italian
- Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Research Resources & Culture
The Trinity College Dublin Library holds over four million volumes, including some of the world's most important collections of rare foreign-language books. The Long Room Hub project is being developed to highlight the research traditions and potential of Trinity College Dublin, and some of the other resources that make Dublin such an exceptional location. Among future developments in the School is the creation of a centre for research in European Studies.
Research matrix
The following diagram summarises and illustrates the School’s research profile.
Research centres
- The School currently hosts two research centres:
- The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- The Centre for Literary Translation
Research Seminars
Each week a wide variety of seminars take place within the school. Details are available here.