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Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia`s Fossil EconomyMany congratulations to Katja Bruisch on the publication of her new book, Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia`s Fossil Economy. Just published with Cambridge University Press, it breaks new ground in modern Russian environmental history.
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Friends of Medieval Dublin, 4 October 2025A packed house in TCD’s Emmet Theatre for the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium on Saturday 4 October. Congratulations to colleagues from History, Sparky Booker, Peter Crooks, Seán Duffy, and others on drawing a great crowd to a very successive symposium.
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The Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series8/10 - (S)hut up in a caste: the Irish farm labourer, the state and the legacy of peasant proprietorship, 1922-1976. Caitriona Curtis (TCD). Click for details.
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James Lydon Research Seminar in Medieval History9 Oct. Dyan Elliott, Northwestern University, `Clerical Chastity and Same-Sex Eroticism`. Click for details.
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We See It As Our Responsibility To Resist AIA piece from the Irish Times about what generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) means for higher education, co-authored by Dr Katja Bruisch. Click to read
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O`Connell 250 SymposiumCongratulations to History`s Professor Patrick Geoghegan on organising the enormously successful O`Connell 250 Symposium at TCD on 29-30 July. Among those speaking at the symposium, were - Standing: History`s Professor Patrick Geoghegan, the Registrar, Professor Neville Cox, Professor Christine Kinealy, and Ukrainian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Oleksandra Matviichuk. Seated: An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, the Provost Linda Doyle, Imogen McGrath SC, and Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin. Click to enlarge.
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Trinity`s Lifelong LearnerCongratulations to Liam O`Ceallaigh SF History Student for AY 202526 following his lovely article in today`s Irish Time. Click to read