Centre for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
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This center draws on insights and perspectives from the three disciplines in the School of Histories and Humanities–Classics, History, and History of Art and Architecture– to explore the historical and cultural contexts in which gender and sexuality have been produced, performed and negotiated.
ApplyWelcome to the Trinity Centre for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
This center draws on insights and perspectives from the three disciplines in the School of Histories and Humanities–Classics, History, and History of Art and Architecture– to explore the historical and cultural contexts in which gender and sexuality have been produced, performed and negotiated.
Apply to our M.Phil. in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
CWGS Events
March 23, 2026
WGSS Works in Progress Seminar
Presenter: Jennifer Redmond (Maynooth)
Respondent: Georgina Laragy (TCD)
'The Black/Grey Market Of Irish Adoptions In The Twentieth Century: Insights From The International Social Service Archive'.
March 9, 2026
WGSS Works in Progress Seminar
Presenter: Keira Williams (Queen’s University)
Respondent: Dan Geary (TCD)
“All She Wants to Do Is Rock”: Sex, Jim Crow, and the Birth of Beach Music
February 16, 2026
WGSS Works in Progress Seminar
Presenter: Deirdre Foley (TCD)
Respondent: Susan Byrne (TCD)
‘A Woman Who Has Been Confined’: Maternity Policy And Provision In The Republic Of Ireland, 1950-1990
November 17, 2025
WGSS Works in Progress Seminar
Presenter: Aleksandra Gajowy (UCD)
Respondent: Millie Horton-Insch (TCD)
“Theorising the Polish Lesbian: The Marian-Sapphic Iconography of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa”
November 3, 2025
WGSS Works in Progress Seminar
Presenter: Suzanne Lynch (TCD)
Respondent: Monica Gale (TCD)
“The Language of Sexual Violence in Ancient Greek Literature”
October 16, 2025
Public Lecture
Gerard Koskovich
"Physical Book Burning, Digital Book Burning and the Survival of LGBTQ+ Historical Knowledge"
Monday Oct 13, 2025
WGSS Works in Progress Seminar
Presenter: Dan Geary (TCD)
Respondent: Gillian Frank (TCD)
“‘Revolutionizing Society’: Gloria Steinem and Left-Liberal Feminism”
Monday Sept 29, 2025
WGSS Works in Progress Seminar
Presenter: Ruth Karras (TCD)
Respondent: Tess Wingard (TCD)
“The Invention of Gomorrah”
Thursday May 29, 2025
Public Lecture
Rachel Hope Cleves (University of Victoria)