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Events that Shook the World:
Turning Points in World History
This lecture series will run subject to sufficient
numbers enrolling.
This series of eight lectures will explore key
moments and ideas that had a profound and
lasting effect in world history. The course will
examine events from diverse times and places
that were of great importance for both the past
and the present. From ancient to modern, from
Reformation to revolution, each lecture will be
given by an expert in their field. A short
bibliography will be distributed for each session.
There will be time for questions and answers
after each lecture.
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 5 August 2014 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Dr Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School
of Histories and Humanities, room 3141,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Applications may be made in person after
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, in room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 from 2.30 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m. between 5 and 29 August 2014 only
or by appointment (phone 01 896 8589).
Fee
€90 for the series. A concession rate of €45 is
available to second and third level students and
people whose primary source of income is social
welfare, health board or a government-
sponsored employment scheme.
Time and place
Mondays, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m., venue to be
confirmed, please check our website:
after 5 August 2014 for update or text ‘INFO’
followed by your name and address to
087 2572015.
Duration
The series comprises of one lecture per week
over eight weeks in Michaelmas term
commencing Monday, 29 September 2014.
There is a one week break from 3-7 November
2014
when no lecture will take place.
Who’s Ireland?– Defining
Ireland’s Past
This lecture series will run subject to sufficient
numbers enrolling.
This series of eight lectures will examine just
what, and who, defined and shaped Ireland from
pre-Norman times to the twentieth century. In an
examination of seminal periods in Irish history,
lectures will examine ‘what was Ireland?’ and
who and what defined the country as a nation.
Each lecture will be given by an expert in their
field and a short bibliography will be distributed
for each session. There will be time for
questions and answers after each lecture.
How to apply
You may register and pay by credit/laser card
online at
after 5 August 2014 or you can
download an application form and send it with a
cheque/draft/postal money order made payable
to Trinity College no. 1 account to: Dr Patricia
Stapleton, Extramural Administrator, School
of Histories and Humanities, room 3141,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Applications may be made in person after
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, in room 3141, Arts
Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2 from 2.30 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m. between 5 and 29 August 2014 or
between 19 and 23 January 2015 only or by
appointment (phone 01 896 8589).
