The second annual Trinity Arts and Humanities Research Festival is set to take place next week.
The festival, which is organised by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, will run from Monday 23 to Friday 27 September. While free and open to the public, certain events require ticket registration.
The festival will open Monday morning with a coffee hour hosted by Dean of Research Sinead Ryan. Other highlights include author of the Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Bee Sting and Trinity alumnus Paul Murray in conversation with professors Nick Johnson (Drama), Neville Cox (Law), and others about what it means to be a person in the 21st-century and a session where Trinity librarians showcase their favourite items from Trinity’s collections.
The festival will close with a panel on heavy metal music titled “Going out with a (Head) Bang.” The panel will feature professors from Trinity, University College Dublin, and Maynooth in conversation about “Heavy Metal music’s influence in a range of personal and professional contexts.” It is free but requires ticket reservation.
Returning events from last year include daily coffee mornings where two researchers will discuss and share their research, and “Thesis in Three,” a challenge for postgraduate research students to present their PhD theses in just three minutes.
Wednesday’s coffee morning will feature a conversation between Provost Linda Doyle and Professor Eve Patten about Trinity’s Arts and Humanities.
The festival runs in conjunction with Trinity’s Start Talking About Research Today (START) European Researcher’s Night, which will take place on Friday 27 September.
Professor Eve Patten, director of the Trinity Long Room Hub, said the festival “celebrates cutting-edge research and creativity”.
“It provides a unique opportunity for scholars and artists to share their work with a wider audience, engage in meaningful conversations with their colleagues, and make new collaborations across disciplines,” she added.
Last year the festival, in its first year of taking place, attracted more than 1,000 attendees, with over 70 events taking place across Trinity.
Professor Patten said that this year’s festival will “again showcase the great research being undertaken in Trinity which is uncovering new understandings of culture, history, and who we are as humans”.
