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Upcoming Events
We run events, talks and workshops on all aspects of literary translation. Our events are open to the public and, unless stated otherwise, admission is free. Events are usually held at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, 36 Fenian Street, Dublin D02 CH22 (two minutes' walk from Trinity's Lincoln Gate), and occasionally at larger venues on Trinity's campus. Most of our events are run in hybrid format, so you can join from wherever you are in the world. If you would like to receive advance notice of these events, please complete the form at the bottom of this page, or email littrans@tcd.ie. We will not use your contact details for any other purpose.
2026 French Visiting Translator Fellowship:
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Applications for this prestigious fellowship are now open! Please click here for all the details. The closing date for applications is Friday, 12 December 2025.
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Taiwan-Ireland Poetry Translation
2025 Competition Winners' Slam
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
10-11am online (zoom)
This annual competition explores the range of languages and traditions found in Taiwan, and examines how these can be linked to the poetry tradition of Ireland.
This year's poem is 詩歌朗讀: 如歌——致107歲mumu遠行｜Poetry Reading: Like a Song — For Mumu, Departed at 107, written by Dong Shu-Ming (董恕明), a writer of Puyuma and Han heritage, based in Taitung, Taiwan.
Applicants from all over the world submitted translations and we will be hosting a conversation with the three winning entrants, to discuss their experiences of translating the poem, and the challenges they faced along the way. We hope you can join us: for more information and to reserve your spot, please click here. |
Languages 250 at Trinity
Postgraduate and ECR Conference: Call for Papers
Deadline: 17 December 2025
To mark the 250th anniversary of modern languages at Trinity College Dublin, the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies is organising a postgraduate and ECR conference to be held on Saturday, 21 March 2026 at the Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation.
The theme of this conference will be the history of modern languages, including Irish, at Trinity College Dublin and the broader cultural and intellectual contributions made by Trinity graduates and scholars of our discipline.
Proposals, in the form of a title and 250-300 word abstract along with a short biobibliography, should be submitted by Wednesday, 17 December 2025. Please find all the details and information here. |
Dante's Divine Comedy
11:30am-1:30pm,
Thursday
4 December 2025
at 36 Fenian Street, Dublin D02 CH22
Our readings of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy are running again this academic year, concluding in April 2026. There will be 13 readings in total led by Emeritus Professor Corinna Salvadori Lonergan of Trinity College. We will cover Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. No prior knowledge of Dante or Italian is required and we will read the poem in English translation. Readers of all backgrounds and disciplines are welcome, and you may attend as many or as few readings as you wish. Please sign up for each reading that you would like to attend. Admission is free, but booking is essential: you can find all the dates and booking information here. |
World Fiction Book Club
Tuesday,
10 February 2026
6:30-7:30pm (online)
We will meet to discuss Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, a collection of stories translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi. This book won the 2025 International Booker Prize. All welcome and admission is free. You can find more information about the book club and how to register here.
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