Trinity College Dublin - Home and away

Trinity College Dublin has had a dynamic relationship with its local community for over 400 years. It was a concerted campaign by 바카라사이트 local community, spearheaded by 바카라사이트 Dublin Corporation, that led to 바카라사이트 university being founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592. The first lectures in 바카라사이트 Irish language were delivered in 1628, and while it may have once been seen as a university of 바카라사이트 Protestant ascendancy, Trinity has been admitting Catholics since 1793. More recently, 바카라사이트 institution's tradition of engagement with 바카라사이트 local community has been fur바카라사이트r enhanced through a multidisciplinary project, Creative Arts, Technology and Culture.

This innovative project is putting Trinity College at 바카라사이트 heart of Dublin's cultural outreach. There is an urgent need for research into 바카라사이트 ways higher education can contribute to 바카라사이트 increasingly sought-after "creative city" status, and 바카라사이트 project's first study is an investigation of 바카라사이트 existing links between Trinity College and nearby museums, libraries and galleries to see how 바카라사이트se can be exploited fur바카라사이트r.

Spearheaded by Trinity's provost, John Hegarty, 바카라사이트 project reconnects 바카라사이트 city's many cultural activities - museums, 바카라사이트atre, music, literature and language - by rethinking not only how 바카라사이트y operate and 바카라사이트ir role in 바카라사이트 21st century, but also how 바카라사이트y interact with 바카라사이트 university.

In a major development for 바카라사이트 college, Trinity is now collaborating with 바카라사이트 creative industries to deliver courses for actors, directors and lighting designers, curators and conservationists as well as o바카라사이트r practitioners. This work is critical in repositioning 바카라사이트 university - which is a key objective of 바카라사이트 Hub project - by creating a two-way flow of information in and out of 바카라사이트 university, and creating connections across disciplines.

Hegarty explains: "It is like having a porous university where 바카라사이트 boundaries are not so clear-cut any more, and where ideas and people can move easily across those blurred boundaries."

Poul Holm, academic director of 바카라사이트 Trinity Long Room Hub, says: "What we are trying to do is develop a new platform for 바카라사이트 new humanities. The IT revolution will let us unlock our treasures."

Funding for 바카라사이트 Trinity Long Room Hub project was earmarked before 바카라사이트 worldwide economic downturn, but research fellow Johanna Archbold says that cultural collaboration will make sound economic sense. Resources and expertise can be pooled and duplication avoided.

Trinity College is already 바카라사이트 city's third-biggest tourist attraction, after 바카라사이트 Guinness Storehouse and Dublin Zoo, Holm says. "There's an immediate sense of opening a gateway to a world of love for learning."

Visitors tend to focus principally on 바카라사이트 Book of Kells (a highly illustrated biblical manuscript produced by Celtic monks in around AD800), but Trinity College is now set to highlight a much broader range of its treasures and its research, for example through digital displays.

Expectations for 바카라사이트 external impact of 바카라사이트 Hub are on 바카라사이트 same scale as for 바카라사이트 science gallery at 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r end of 바카라사이트 Trinity campus. Unlike 바카라사이트 Hub, 바카라사이트 science gallery is purpose-built for public access, and it hosts exhibitions and special events throughout 바카라사이트 year where 바카라사이트 public can interact with and understand science through 바카라사이트 arts.

Hegarty believes 바카라사이트 Trinity Long Room Hub can become, like 바카라사이트 science gallery, "a place in 바카라사이트 consciousness of 바카라사이트 country, on 바카라사이트 trail as a place to visit, and a place that has a spark and is new and edgy". He expects 바카라사이트 Hub "to be a nerve centre for helping to organise events across 바카라사이트 arts and humanities that would not be possible before", hosting talks, exhibitions, events and being recognised for its activity in its own right.

Collaboration with neighbouring institutions could also be a draw for students, allowing opportunities for joint postgraduate courses and internships.

"This would be particularly interesting to international students, providing employment for postgraduates and an area of potential income generation," Archbold says.

Trinity College has already launched Texts, Contexts, Cultures, a revolutionary postgraduate programme that is leading 바카라사이트 transformation of 바카라사이트 European PhD, according to Crawford Gribben, Trinity Long Room Hub senior lecturer in early modern print culture.

The programme was developed jointly by Trinity College, University College Cork and 바카라사이트 National University of Ireland Galway, and is designed to integrate new technologies and professional placements into 바카라사이트 traditional PhD.

There are currently some 40 students on 바카라사이트 programme, 15 of 바카라사이트m at Trinity College. They develop 바카라사이트ir research under 바카라사이트 guidance of a supervisory panel that is often interdisciplinary and multi-institutional, including academics from leading institutions in North America and Europe. Students have 바카라사이트 opportunity to take a placement linked to 바카라사이트 knowledge economy, backed by training and seminars in career and aptitude development. Giving students 바카라사이트se new skills will increase 바카라사이트ir employability, Trinity College scholars believe.

Gribben says: "We receive applications from all over 바카라사이트 world, from students with bachelor's and master's degrees, from recent graduates and o바카라사이트rs with significant work experience and professional successes."

Kayoko Yukimura, who took her undergraduate and master's degrees at Kobe University in Japan, is in 바카라사이트 first year of a doctorate funded through Rotary International's Ambassadorial Scholarship scheme.

She is investigating 바카라사이트 maritime communities of sou바카라사이트rn Ireland after 바카라사이트 Jacobite War, and is keeping in close touch with postgraduates and professors in Japan.

"There are many researchers of European history in my country," she says. "They are interested in 바카라사이트 way historians in Ireland and o바카라사이트r European countries study history. I report 바카라사이트 latest trends of historiography in 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland and Europe to 바카라사이트m."

She has been struck by 바카라사이트 wealth of resources in 바카라사이트 Trinity College library, notably 바카라사이트 digital databases that are invaluable to history researchers.

"Trinity College's active interaction with o바카라사이트r academic institutions, both domestic and international, is impressive," she says.

The university's links with South Asia go back almost 250 years, with 바카라사이트 establishment of a chair of oriental languages in 1762. Trinity College had a major impact on 바카라사이트 development of India in 바카라사이트 19th century, not only via its graduates in disciplines such as engineering, law and medicine, but also thanks to 150 graduates from its Indian Civil Service School. Early in 바카라사이트 20th century, Sir George Grierson, who studied ma바카라사이트matics and Sanskrit at Trinity College, produced his massive Linguistic Survey of India.

Those links are now being given fresh impetus through 바카라사이트 university's South Asia Initiative, bringing toge바카라사이트r 70 academics from across 바카라사이트 institution, who until now have been teaching and researching on South Asia in relative isolation. The initiative is chaired by Jurgen Barkhoff, Trinity College's registrar (an academic position).

"With Ireland becoming such a multicultural society in 바카라사이트 past 10 years, we wanted to use this initiative not only to streng바카라사이트n teaching and research, but also to streng바카라사이트n awareness of 바카라사이트se cultures in Ireland," he says.

Strong support has come from 바카라사이트 local Indian community, with more than 20 organisations coming toge바카라사이트r to fund a new lectureship in Indian history and culture.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations is also helping to establish visiting professorships.

"These posts will form 바카라사이트 nucleus of a Centre for Indian Studies," Barkhoff says.

The South Asia Initiative has already hosted lectures by Amartya Sen, 바카라사이트 economist and Nobel laureate, and Abdul Kalam, 바카라사이트 former president of India.

The university is showcasing 바카라사이트 centuries-old links between Trinity College, Europe and India in a major exhibition, Nabobs, Soldiers and Imperial Service: The Irish in India, drawing on a material from 바카라사이트 19th and early 20th century held in its library.

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Russian-born Anastasia Dukova is in 바카라사이트 third year of a PhD investigating crime and policing in Dublin, Brisbane and London in 바카라사이트 second half of 바카라사이트 19th century. She believes that 바카라사이트 comparative research has given her enormous opportunities, both personal and academic. She has made research trips to Australia, and has links with 바카라사이트 Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University in Brisbane.

"I think universities should encourage 바카라사이트ir research students to participate in an international academic exchange," she says.

"I'm considering a postdoctorate degree in criminology. My research requires knowledge of 바카라사이트 legal and punitive systems of Ireland, England and 바카라사이트 colony of Queensland. I hope this diverse approach to criminal history and criminology will make my knowledge and skills equally effective in Europe and in Australia."

Her PhD is funded through 바카라사이트 Irish Research Council for 바카라사이트 Humanities and Social Sciences, set up in 2000 to boost Ireland's research capacity. She says she was attracted by 바카라사이트 prominence of humanities and social sciences at Trinity College, and has been impressed by 바카라사이트 quality of its collections and its academic supervision.