Dates: Ten weekly lectures beginning on 30 September 2025 and ending on 09 December 2025.
Time: Tuesdays 19:00-20:00
Location: Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Tickets available via Eventbrite: Please book tickets online using the Eventbrite link here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/tcd-school-of-english-evening-lectures-michaelmas-term-2025-tickets-1582729028129. Eventbrite registration for individual lectures will close at 6pm on the relevant day.
Pay at the Door: It is possible to pay on the door at the night, however, only those who have pre-booked can be guaranteed admission.
Fee: €50 for the entire series. Individual lectures are €5 each. Concessionary rates for the full series will be €40 or individual lecture € 4 each. The concessionary rate applies to: students, OAPs, unemployed, groups of 20+, TCD staff and Graduates.
This lecture series, delivered by the Trinity School of English staff, will provide an introduction to major authors of poetry, drama and prose through close examination of selected texts, chosen from among those prescribed for the Leaving Certificate. The course will be of special interest to teachers and pupils preparing for the examination, but the lectures will be directed towards a more general audience as well.
Schedule:
- 30 September 2025 - Prof Nicholas Grene: Euripides, Medea
- 7 October 2025 - Dr Ema Vyroubalová: William Shakespeare, Macbeth
- 14 October 2025 - Dr Mark Sweetnam: Poetry by John Donne
- 21 October 2025 - Prof Darryl Jones: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- 28 October 2025 - Reading Week, no lecture
- 4 November 2025 - Prof Jarlath Killeen: Bram Stoker, Dracula
- 11 November 2025 - Dr Stephen O’Neill: Poetry by W. B. Yeats
- 18 November 2025 - Prof Bernice Murphy: Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca
- 25 November 2025 - Dr Tom Walker: Poetry by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
- 2 December 2025 - Dr Brendan O’Connell: Greta Gerwig, Barbie
- 9 December 2025 - Dr Una Mannion: Marina Carr, Girl on an Altar
Online/Video Recordings of Lectures: The lectures will take place live in the Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. They will also be recorded. If you purchased a ticket to a particular lecture, to several lectures, or to the entire series, you will be emailed a link to the video recording of the lecture or lectures as soon as these are available (usually the very next day). The recordings will be available and watchable at any time until the end of the Evening Lecture series. We regret that it has not been possible to livestream the lectures as they happen.
Further details are available at the School of English, Oscar Wilde Centre website at https://www.tcd.ie/owc/evening-lectures/english-literature-2025/.
For further information on the School of English Lecture series please email wilde@tcd.ie.