News and Events
The Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies organises regular events including seminars, public lectures, and outreach activities. On this page you will find information about past and future events organised by the Centre or in association with its members.
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Twenty Years of Revolution and Ten Years of War: A lecture by Dr Jessica Zychowicz
This public lecture by Dr Jessica Zychowicz, director of Fulbright Ukraine, drew upon twenty years of research and work experience between North America, Eastern Europe and Ukraine.
16 Sep 2025
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Chernobyl Roulette: A Conversation with Serhii Plokhy
This joint event with the International Literature Festival Dublin featured historian Serhii Plokhy.
25 May 2025
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Understanding Resistance in Europe’s East: public lecture series Trinity College Dublin, February - April 2025
This series of 10 lectures was inspired by the ongoing multidisciplinary research of the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies, established in 2021 to provide an intellectual response to the growth of populism and authoritarianism
15 Jun 2025
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Networked Cultures of Protest Now and Then: What Legacy of Dissent Can Tell Us about Fragility and Resilience of Protest Movements Today?
In this seminar talk, Dr Wcislik from the Polish Academy of Sciences disentangled the history and the present of networked protest cultures in order to rethink lessons for the future.
01 Apr 2025
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Absent Futures, Alternative Presents: Representations of History and Time in Contemporary Russian Culture
This research seminar by Dr Katerina Pavlidi from UCD explored representations of history and time in contemporary Russian culture with a particular emphasis on street art.
18 Mar 2025
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Narratives of Trauma, Resilience and Resistance: How members of the Hongkonger community co-construct their responses to repression through talk & art
A research seminar by Mandy Lee from the School of Medicine and the Department of Sociology
18 Feb 2025
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Yesterday’s World, Tomorrow’s World
A lecture by Stephen Kotkin (Stanford University) organised jointly by the Centre for International History, the Centre for Resistance Studies and the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies.
25 Nov 2024
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Who was Agent Zo? The Story of WWII Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka
A public lecture by author Clare Mulley, organised jointly by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin and the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies.
30 Sep 2024
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Legacies of Cultural Resistance in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe - international conference
The international conference explored the legacies of cultural opposition in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism.
10 Jun 2024
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ImagiNation: Hong Kong in Exile - An international symposium in the Hague
The symposium brought together scholars, activists and artists to explore the artistic and cultural development of the overseas Hong Kong diaspora.
23 May 2024
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