Overview
Overview
Who we think we are, what sense we make of ourselves and of our present, to a significant extent depends upon what we choose to remember. To remember, in turn, is always to construct. This module explores Herodotus’ Histories, the first written prose account of the past that explores the entire known world in a series of interweaving stories that ultimately aim to explain the Greco-Persian Wars and answer a question at the heart of history: why?
Time, Date, and Place
This lecture-only module comprises of two classes per week over one term, commencing the week beginning 19 January 2026. Classes will be taught in a classroom on the Trinity campus.
Course Fees
€170 full rate, €90 concession rate. 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 December 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)1 896 8589 or TEXT 087 257 2015hhextra@tcd.ie