In 2020, as we navigated a national and global public health crisis with the spread of Covid-19 Coronavirus, we heard from our research and policy fellows, and members of our research community in a new weekly blog which reflected on these new societal challenges.
To view an edited collection of these blogs, click here: 'What the Pandemic Mean: Perspectives from the Trinity Long Room Hub Covid-19 Blog Collection.'
Future Skills and the Pandemic - 25 November 2020
The Post-COVID era
by Jennifer Edmond, Trinity Centre for Digital Humanites, TCD
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The Body and the Pandemic - 18 November 2020
Seeking Connection
by Courtney Helen Grile, School of Creative Arts, TCD
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Public Outreach and the Pandemic - 11 November 2020
Research and Power
by Dawn Seymour Klos, School of Histories and Humanities, TCD
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A Global Contagion - 4 November 2020
Chronic Threats to Democracy
by Andrew Kahrl and Melody Barnes, University of Virginia
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Gender and the Pandemic - 29 October 2020
Crisis, Contagion and Caring
by Orlaith Darling, School of English, TCD.
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Politics in Trying Times - 2 October 2020
Democracy is Fragile
by Dr Elspeth Payne, Beate Schuler Research Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub.
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Deaf in the time of COVID-19 - 23 September 2020
Barriers and Opportunities
by Professor Lorraine Leeson, School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, TCD
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A Heroine of Irish Public Health - 16 September 2020
Dorothy Stopford Price and the BCG vaccination
by Daryl Hendley Rooney, School of Histories and Humanities, TCD
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Student Motivation and Education - 9 September 2020
The Post-Covid Landscape
by Peter Gillis, Learnovate, TCD
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Thinking about Things - 14 July 2020
The Happiness of Use-wear
by Ellen Finn, British School of Athens
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Worship in a Time of Pandemic - 7 July 2020
Religion and Public Health
by Sahar Ahmed, School of Law, TCD
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Language and the Pandemic - 1 July 2020
Words for Social Change
by Kristina Varade, Visiting Research Fellow
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Essential Workers and the Pandemic - 24 June 2020
Cleaning an Empty University
by Caitriona Lally, author
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Joyce and the Pandemic - 17 June 2020
Stuck in the Middle with Ulysses
by Sam Slote, School of English, TCD
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The Pandemic and Education - 9 June 2020
What are we Missing?
by Ann Devitt, School of Education, TCD
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The Pandemic and the Planet - 2 June 2020
Our Marine Environment
by Ruth Brennan, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, TCD
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Are we there yet? - 26 May 2020
Beyond Apocalypse Fatigue and the New Normal
by Jacob J. Erickson, School of Religion, TCD
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Prison and the Pandemic - 19 May 2020
Combatting the Spread of Covid-19
by Ciara O’Connell, Sarah Curristan and Sophie van der Valk, PRILA, School of Law, TCD
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Literature and the Pandemic - 13 May 2020
A Tale of 'Afterwards'
by Eve Patten, School of English, TCD
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Distress and Disease at Sea - 30 April 2020
Access to Ports in a time of Pandemic
by Killian O'Brien, School of Law, TCD
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Adapting in a Time of Crisis - 28 April 2020
Education in a Time of Pandemic
by Dr Melanie Ní Dhuinn, School of Education, TCD
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Media: Life through a screen: Cinematic space and social distancing - 22 April 2020
Irish Times
by Jennifer O'Meara, School of Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin
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Judicial Review in a Time of Crisis - 21 April 2020
Power in the name of Emergency
by Róisín Costello and Conor Casey, PhD Candidates, School of Law, TCD
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Human Rights in a Time of Crisis - 14 April 2020
International Human Rights Law and the Pandemic
by Donna Lyons, Assistant Professor, School of Law, TCD
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Media: Coronavirus pandemic is putting civil liberties at risk - 9 April 2020
Irish Times
by Lilith Acadia, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Cofund fellow, Trinity Long Room Hub
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Solidarity in a Time of Crisis - 6 April 2020
The EU and the Pandemic
by Rory Montgomery, Public Policy Fellow, Trinity Long Room Hub
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Art in a Time of Pandemic - 1 April 2020
Jogging in Lipstick
by Rita Duffy, Artist in Residence, Trinity Long Room Hub
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Leadership in a Time of Crisis - 26 March 2020
Reflections on the Role of the Machinery of Government
by Mary Doyle, Public Policy Fellow, Trinity Long Room Hub
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