Overview
Overview
This sixteen-lecture series explores the people, ideas, and institutions behind imperial expansion, from ancient Greece and Rome to today’s global powers. Blending history, classics, and art history, it brings to life those who imagined, justified, and pursued conquest, examining how ambition, violence, and strategy shaped world orders. The course also investigates the cultural tools of empire—citizenship, law, architecture, and urban design—as instruments of power and control. Through focused case studies, it traces the lasting legacies of empire, exploring how they continue to shape the modern world and how they are remembered, reinterpreted, and challenged through art and other media.
Lecturers: Various lecturers from the School of Histories and Humanities
Time, Date, and Place
This lecture-only module comprises of 16 lectures, eight in semester 1 and eight in semester 2, commencing the week beginning 28 September 2026 and recommencing 18 January 2027. Lectures take place on Mondays 7 – 8 pm on Trinity Campus. Lectures will be live streamed but not recorded.
Course Fees
€180 for the full course or €99 per semester. €100 concession rate for the full course or €60 per semester. The concession rate is available to all those retired, over 65s and those on a government pension/payment plan and the unwaged, including second and third level students.
Apply
Enrolments for this course will open in mid-August at: www.histories-humanities.tcd.ie/shortcourses
You may apply online or by telephone as follows:
Online: Register and pay by credit/debit card online after enrolments open at: www.histories-humanities.tcd.ie/shortcourses
By telephone: Text ‘APPLY FOR COURSE’ to +353 (0)87 2572015 and you will receive a call back to confirm your registration. The phone will be busy during the application period so responses may be delayed. Please do not call to enroll for this course.
Get in Touch
Telephone Number
+353 (0)1 8968589or TEXT 087 257 2015hhextra@tcd.ie