Monday Interdisciplinary Seminar Series 2025-26
Politics in the European Union Seminars 2025-26
Seminars take place from 1 - 2.30pm at C6.002 (TRiSS Seminar Room), Arts Building.
Dr Dino Hadzic
Department of Political Science,
College Green
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2
Michaelmas Term
| Date | Presenter | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
| 22nd September 2025 | Professor Ben Tonra (UCD) | The EU and Russia's War on Ukraine and Europe |
| 29th September 2025 | Mr Art O’Leary (CEO Electoral Commission) | Voting isn’t boring - it’s how you fire your Boss |
| 6th October 2025 | Mr Rory Carroll (Guardian Journalist/Author) | When is it OK to kill your enemy? Roger Casement, Margaret Thatcher, and lessons from Irish and British history. |
| 20th October 2025 | Professor Luke Perry (Utica University) | Understanding the 2024 U.S. Election & Beyond. |
| 17th November 2025 | Professor Andrew Mertha (Johns Hopkins University/SAIS) | Bad Lieutenants: The Khmer Rouge, United Front, and Class Struggle, 1970–1997 |
Hilary Term
| Date | Presenter | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|
| 19th January 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 26th January 2026 | Dr Sarah Wagner (Queen's University Belfast) | Beyond Routine: Skill Specialization and the New Economics of Radical Left Voting. |
| 9th February 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 16th February 2026 | Professor Jieyu Liu (SOAS University of London) | TBC |
| 23rd February 2026 | Dr Lorenzo Crippa (University of Strathclyde) | Energy transition, financial markets and EU interventionism: lessons from the Ukraine crisis. |
| 9th March 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 16th Marh 2026 | TBC | TBC |
| 23rd March 2026 | Professor David Smith (University of Glasgow) |
TBC |
| 30th March 2026 | TBC | TBC |
Funds for the Politics in the European Union Seminar are generously provided by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Trinity College Dublin. For more information on the activities and initiatives of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, please see the information provided by Trinity's School of Law.