Wednesday, 10th April

9.00am-1.00pm “The History of the Irish Diaspora and its future”- Emigration Colloquium
This colloquium will bring together researchers and commentators from inside and outside Trinity to explore contemporary discourse on emigration from a range of perspectives, and in the light of the broader history of migration in these islands.

It will explore key questions including the role of universities in emigration, and whether it is time to reconceptualise emigration from Ireland in the light of changes in the contemporary world.

Speakers          

• Professor Rory O'Donnell (National Economic and Social Council)
  
• Piaras MacEinri (Irish Centre for Migration Studies, UCC)
  
• Dr John Walsh (School of Education, TCD)
  
• Dr Margaret O hOgartaigh (Harvard University)
  
• Dr Sean Campbell (Anglia Ruskin University)
  
• Dr Enda Delaney (University of Edinburgh)

Venue: Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, TLRH

Trinity Week Academic Symposium

2.00pm-5.00pm - “Irish Migration Today and Yesterday”

Irish emigration is on the agenda again. In this symposium four social scientists explore continuities and differences with the recent past and place the Irish experience in its international context.

• Opening from Chair, Prof. Elaine Moriarty, Department of Sociology, TCD

• Prof. Mary Corcoran, Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth
  “Back to the future:  what we can learn from the 1980s' 'generation emigration'”

• Prof. John Fitzgerald, ESRI
  “Open Labour market, open economy”

• Prof. Binod Khadria, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Visiting Professor at IIIS, TCD
  “Global migration trends, global policy crisis”

• Prof. James Wickham, Dean of Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, TCD
  "Irish emigration today: learning from Poland?"

Venue: Neill/Hoey Lecture Theatre, TLRH

>7.00pm “University Challenge: Trinity Edition”
See the Faculty of AHSS’s finest in a battle of wits and skill, with RTÉ’s Bryan Dobson as quizmaster
There will be three heats, with Quizmaster Prof. Eoin O’Dell from the School of Law.

The two top scoring teams will go through to the final.
5.30pm: Heat 1
School of Social Sciences and Philosophy (SSP) vs. School of Histories and Humanities (H&H)
6pm: Heat 2
School of Psychology (Psy) vs. School of English (Eng)
6.30pm: Heat 3
School of Education (Ed) vs. School of Drama Film and Music (DFM)

7.30pm: FINAL - with Brian Dobson as Quizmaster

Venue: Examination Hall, TCD

Congratulations to the English Team who won University Challenge Trinity Edition

The team from the School of English was the very deserving winner of the Inaugural “University Challenge: Trinity Edition”, held on Wednesday evening as part of Trinity Week.

The event took place in the exam hall, with three lively heats hosted by Prof. Eoin O’Dell, School of Law.  The Schools taking part in the heats were Drama, Film and Music, Education, English, Histories and Humanities, Psychology and Social Sciences and Philosophy. The two top scoring teams who qualified for the final were School of English and School of Histories and Humanities, with an honorary mention for the School of Drama, Film and Music who narrowly missed a spot in the final, in part due to an error in a question, although they graciously accepted the decision on the day.

The final, between the School of English and the School of Histories and Humanities was hosted by RTE Newsreader Brian Dobson.  The School of Histories and Humanities put up a brave fight, but were beaten by the School of English who took a definitive lead early in the round. The winning team was made up of team captain Prof Bernice Murphy, Prof Darryl Jones, Kathleen Gallagher and Matthew Corbally.

An enjoyable night was had by all, in particular one of the losing contestants, who announced after his heat ‘That was the best twenty minutes of my life’.

The event was organised by Prof Edward Arnold, Niall McGlynn (PG Student Rep for AHSS) and the FAHSS Office.