News and Events

NEW ONLINE MASTERS PROGRAMME - MPhil - The Middle East in a Global Context.
The School are thrilled to announce the launch of our new online Master in Philosophy – The Middle East in a Global Context, in partnership with Al-Maktoum College.
Conference: Herzog Centre
The Herzog Centre, in conjunction with the Midwest and Western Jewish Studies Associations of the United States, co-hosted a conference from June 21st – 25th on Jewish Immigration in Myth and Reality, co-organised by Natalie Wynn (TCD) and Mara Cohen Ioannides (Missouri State University). Please click here for further details.

Public Lecture Series
Dr Martin Worthington and Dr Anne Fitzpatrick are delighted to offer a series of 9 weekly lectures on Gods, Myths and Prophets of the Ancient Middle East, commencing on Tuesday 23rd March. Please click here for further information. - This event is now finished as the final lecture was held on Tuesday 18th May 2021.

Webinar: Remembering Kristallnacht | Why Talk About The Holocaust? | Lenny Abrahamson & Oliver Sears in conversation | Trinity Long Room Hub & The Herzog Centre
Webinar, Monday 9th November at 6:30pm

AL MAKTOUM CENTRE FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies is delighted to announce the formation of its new Al Maktoum Centre for Middle Eastern Studies. The research focus of the centre includes the following areas: Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern History from antiquity to the present; Cultures and Societies of the Middle East and North Africa.
The Centre and department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies will shortly launch its new MPhil in Middle Eastern Studies.
The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to welcome to its faculty three new Al Maktoum appointments:
The Centre and department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies will shortly launch its new MPhil in Middle Eastern Studies.
The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to welcome to its faculty three new Al Maktoum appointments:
- Professor Idriss Jebari
- Professor Martin Worthington
- Professor Mohamed Ahmed

Annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture 'A Bystander Society? Social Contexts and the Holocaust', Prof. Mary Fulbrook, UCL
20 February, 2020 at 7.30pm in the Burke Theatre, Arts Building. All Welcome.

Screening in Trinity College of Remembering Baghdad, and talk by Edwin Shuker
Remembering Baghdad: film screening and talk. 23rd January 2020 at 7pm

Trinity College Dublin established Al Maktoum Centre for Middle Eastern Studies in Trinity College
Press Release on establishment of Al Maktoum Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, TCD

The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College Dublin and the Embassy of Morocco in Ireland are pleased to invite you to a lecture entitled
“Morocco on the Move” to be given by Professor Dr. Albert Sasson
“Morocco on the Move” to be given by Professor Dr. Albert Sasson
Lecture, Monday, March 11, 2019 in the Long Room Hub at 7pm

Moynihan Screening
Trinity Long Room Hub, 7pm, Wednesday 20th February

Modern Jewish Life through the Documentary Lens
Neil Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, 9:30am – 5:30pm, Thursday 21st February

Inside Auschwitz: Lived Experience and the Holocaust

Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures
MEELC

Degree in Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures
MEELC

Wiley Blackwell Companion to Josephus edited by Prof. Zuleika Rodgers and H. Chapman
Josephus