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    • The "Joyce Brain Atlas" Project: Mapping the Neuro-Architecture of Modernity 

      O' Connor, Theresa (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      Like "Second Skin", a dynamic model of architecture pioneered by Marcos Lutyens at the Architectural Association in London, Finnegans Wake asks the reader to extend his/her consciousness to become a co-producer of an ...

    • Migration and Cultural Identity in Ulster and Southwest Scotland, 1690-1715 

      Middleton, Katherine (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The 1690s probably saw the largest migration from Scotland to Ulster in any single decade. Fifty thousand is a conservative estimate that is frequently quoted. The movement of such a number of people reshaped both places ...

    • Trinity College Library: Manuscript sources for the study of the First World War 

      Maxwell, Jane (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The Manuscripts Department in Trinity College Library provides access to research materials relating to many key events in modern Irish history; this includes records of the involvement of Irish men and women, from varying ...

    • Merchants and Mobility: Dublin 1760-1800 

      Griffith, Lisa-Marie (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The aim of this project is to examine the fluidity between social classes and to assess the 'openness' of Dublin society in the eighteenth century. It will determine the ability of merchants, in particular, to enter the ...

    • Eating Disorders: Distractions from Problems of Self and Meaning 

      Edwards, Emily (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      This study focuses on how anorexia nervosa, compulsive overeating, as well as combinations of these disorders, are complex manifestations of emotional, psychological, and cultural difficulties. Emily's hypothesis is that ...

    • The Spanish Flu in Leinster 

      Milne, Ida (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The 'Spanish' Influenza pandemic killed 40 to 100 million people during 1918 and 1919, and probably infected about one fifth of the world's population. It disrupted society and economies, debilitated all the armed forces ...

    • War Studies at the School of Histories and Humanities 

      School of Histories and Humanities (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity is the leading centre for war studies in Ireland. It has particular expertise in the history of the First World War, the Second World War and Irish conflicts. The School ...

    • Policing and the Roman Empire 

      Couper, James Grant (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The Roman Empire, from the beginning of the Principate (28 BC onwards), had no full-time dedicated police force as we understand the concept. However the state had to deal with individuals and groups who were intent on ...

    • Religion in contemporary German-language theatre and drama 

      Crowe, Sinead (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      In the apparently secular late twentieth century, questions of politics, postmodernity, gender or ethnicity seemed to dominate German theatre. But since the turn of the new millennium, observers of the German theatre scene ...

    • Constructs of War: Evaluation and Representation of the First World War in the Republican Press in Weimar Germany 1918-1920 

      Ther, Vanessa (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The fall of Weimar democracy in 1933 has evoked massive interest among historians and the general public and numerous attempts have been made to explain Hitler's rise to power. In this context, many historians have explained ...

    • Philosophy, Psychiatry and the Schreber Case 

      Lees, Lorna (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      Daniel Paul Schreber (1842-1911) was a lawyer and judge, who wrote and published an account of his experiences in an asylum. This account was analysed by Freud, who believed that Schreber's dementia paranoides was the ...

    • Trinity College Dublin 1914-1918: Sources from the College Archives 

      Gittens, Estelle (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The Dublin University Officers Training Corps was founded in 1910, shortly before many staff and students departed to fight in the First World War. The OTC also took an active role in the defence of Trinity College and the ...

    • Dublin Local Politics and Government, 1898 to 1920 

      Wallace, Ciaran (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      This research aims to assess the performance of the parties and leading personalities involved in Dublin local politics and government from 1898 to 1920 by tracing newspaper reports, political campaigns and electoral ...

    • Parliament, power and patronage, the career of Speaker William Conolly, 1662-1729 

      Walsh, Patrick (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The aim of this project is not to write a biography of Conolly but rather to examine particular facets of his career. His political career has previously been outlined in the political histories of the period and does not ...

    • 'Ancora Imparo' (Still I am Learning): An Inquiry into Visual Artists' Experience of Creativity in Old Age 

      Mac Eoin, Ailbhe (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      As a student of Irish Modern and Contemporary Art History, my contribution to The Lived Life project explores the topic of later-life artistic creativity amongst older visual artists. In their capacity as self-employed ...

    • Women's Travel Writing of the 1920s and 1930s 

      Hoag, Ann (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The decades following World War One saw an explosion of international movement including the migration of colonized subjects towards imperial capitals and artistic expatriates attracted to distant communities. The advent ...

    • The Land War in County Westmeath 

      Clarke, Frances (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      In 2003, Trinity College Library acquired the papers of the Smythe family of Barbavilla, Collinstown, Co Westmeath (MS 11198). The collection traces the family's long connection with Westmeath, from their acquisition of ...

    • Moving Histories: Discourses on Irish Women's Emigration to England Examined, 1922-1948 

      Redmond, Jennifer (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      This thesis looks at the public and private discourses on Irish women's emigration to England in the post-independence, pre-Republic era.

    • DoppleGang's (Sub)Version of Oz 

      Murphy, Megan (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      For the 2006 Dublin Fringe Festival, DoppleGang expanded their performance from a song-based cabaret to a theatre piece with songs, dance, and dialogue. Their performance, entitled 'Oz: A Fairytale Plot,' borrows songs, ...

    • Christian Responses to Modern Slavery 

      Reaves, Jayme (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      This research project explores the theological and ethical issues around modern slavery and movements to abolish it. Topics include: human trafficking; human rights; racism; theological language and doctrines; Christian ...