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School of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies In 1776, Trinity was the first university in the world to introduce the study of modern continental languages. Since then, we have produced thousands of high-achieving graduates, including one Nobel Prize winner. Through the wide range of literatures and cultures represented on the courses offered in the School, our international links and exchange programmes and our commitment to research in diverse cultures, the School embodies and promotes the understanding and practices of cultural and linguistic diversity. Together with our colleagues in other Irish universities, we have kept Ireland open to cultural exchange and dialogue. The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies hosts a thriving community of postgraduate students some of whom are undertaking taught programmes, leading to the degree of M.Phil while others are studying for the research degrees of M.Litt. or Ph.D. We currently offer six Taught Postgraduate Programmes in Comparative Literature; Literary Translation; Medieval Language, Literature and Culture; Textual and Visual Studies; European Studies; Early Irish.
Dalkey Archive Press exists to publish, promote to readers, and preserve modern and contemporary literature and cultures from around the world. Through its literary and critical publications, as well as its partnerships with other arts organizations and universities, it develops new generations of readers, writers and translators. The Press won the National Book Critics Circle’s Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
Ireland Literature Exchange (ILE) is the national organisation for the international promotion of the literature of Ireland. This is done primarily by awarding translation grants to international publishers. The organisation also operates a programme of residential bursaries for literary translators, organises translator and author events at international festivals and participates regularly in the major world book fairs. In addition, applications are welcomed from Irish publishers who wish to publish international literature in translation. A not-for-profit organisation, ILE is funded by both Arts Councils in Ireland and by Culture Ireland. Established in 1994, ILE has funded the translation of over 1,500 works of Irish literature into 50 languages around the world.
The Oscar Wilde Centre, School of English. The Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing was opened in January 1998 as the teaching and research centre for both the long-standing M.Phil. in Irish Writing and the M.Phil. in Creative Writing. The Centre was originally the home of the Wilde family and it was in the Westland Row house that the famous son of Sir William and Lady Wilde ('Speranza') was born on October 16th 1854. As a fitting tribute to one of Trinity College's best known students, the Oscar Wilde Centre will eventually house a library and reading room dedicated to his memory, along with a room dedicated to another great Irish scholar and writer, Vivian Mercier. The Centre also houses the Visiting Writer's Office. At present the Writer Fellowship (established in 1986 in association with The Arts Council) is for Irish writers; in 2000 the International Writer Fellowship was inaugurated in association with the British Council. George Szirtes, the Anglo-Hungarian poet, spent three months living in the College as the first International Writer Fellow. Other International Writer Fellows to hold this position were Leone Ross 2001, Andrew O'Hagan 2002, Ian Duhig 2003, Carlo Gébler 2004, Courttia Newland 2005, E. A. Markham 2006. Devoted to writing and research, the Oscar Wilde Centre's exclusive focus is on providing an academic yet lively environment for students of both M.Phil. graduate courses. As an interface between college and community, the Oscar Wilde Centre plays a role in bringing the achievement and ambition of writers and scholars to the attention of a wider public at home and abroad.
The Centre is happy to collaborate with other research bodies, cultural agencies and publishing houses nationally and internationally . We currently have links with the Gorky Literary Insitute (Moscow).