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TCEH news 2018
  • TCEH are delighted to congratulate Dr Ruth Brennan who was awarded a Trinity Research Excellence Award 2020 for her research that engages profoundly with our publics.
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  • Dr Ruth Brennan launches CO-SUSTAIN website
    Visit belongingtothesea.com here
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  • Poul Holm co-authored the recently published paper "Effective strategies that enhance the social impact of social sciences and humanities research” which has been published in the journal Evidence and Policy.
    This paper was published as an outcome of the EU-funded IMPACT-EV project which ended formally in 2017
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    • Dr Ruth Brennan appears before Oireachtas Committee
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    Francis Ludlow wins IRC funding
    Dr Ludlow‘s project will be entitled “CLICAB: Climates of Conflict in Ancient Babylonia.“ and begins in Autumn 2018
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    Dr Ruth Brennan wins Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow 2018-2020
    Congratulations to Dr Ruth Brennan, who has recently been awarded recognised as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow 2018-2020 for her project "CO-SUSTAIN
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    Poul Holm gives keynote speech in Taiwan
    Professor Poul Holm, chairman of the World Humanities Union and professor of environmental history at TCEH
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    TCEH Publication Highlight
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  • April 25 - The 39th Public Lecture of the Irish Environmental History Network was presented by Dr James Smith of of University of York. This lecture took place at 6pm, Wednesday 25th April 2018, in the TRiSS Seminar Room, 6th Floor Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. This lecture was entitled "Engineering the Soul: Landscape, Technology and Energy in Medieval Intellectual Culture". More details.
  • April 8-12 - The final Oceans Past Platform meeting was held in Dingle, Co. Kerry in collaboration with the NorFish project, which also held a workshop over the course of three days. Members of the TCEH team also visited the Blasket Islands.
  • April 3 - The 38th Public Lecture of the Irish Environmental History Network was presented by Dr Julia Lajus of National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 5pm, Tuesday 3rd April 2018, in the Neill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. This lecture was entitled "Nature’s experts under Soviet power". More details.
  • March 14 - The 37th Public Lecture of the Irish Environmental History Network was presented by Dr Dr James H. Barrett of University of Cambridge, at 6pm, Wednesday 14th March 2018, in the TRISS seminar room, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. More details
  • March 7 - The 36th Public Lecture of the Irish Environmental History Network was presented by Dr Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen of University of Southern Denmark, at 6pm, Wednesday 7th March 2018, in the Uí Chadhain Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. More details
  • Feb. 15 - The Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities (TCEH) held its official launch on Thursday, 15h of February 2018 from 5-7pm in the Trinity Research in Social Sciences (TRiSS) seminar room on the 6th floor of the Arts Building. This event featured a guest lecture by Dr Christine Hansen of Gothenburg University, which was entitled "Big Fire and other Australian seasons: the forgotten Aboriginal Calendar", followed by a wine reception and launch of the Centre. More details.
  • Jan. 26 - 35th Public Lecture of the Irish Environmental History Network, featuring a lecture by Dr. Ronan Foley of Maynooth University. The lecture was entitled “Therapeutic Environments in 18th and 19th Century Ireland: Hybrid Spaces and Practices”. More details
  • Sept. 2017-May, 2018 - Dr. Charles Travis Faculty was awarded a University of Texas, Arlington, Fellowship on Sustainability in the Curriculum from the Institute for Sustainability and Global Impact (ISGI)