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    • 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 ...

    • Wilderness Experience in the Promotion of Sustainable Reconciliation 

      McMullen, Henry G. (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      This research will examine the role and value of wilderness and nature-based activities for the healing of those traumatised by violence, and in the building of sustainable peace.

    • Images of older people in Irish children's books 

      Dickson, Katie; Piesse, Amanda (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      This study captures an overview of a variety of images of older people in Irish children's books published in the last fifty years. It examines how different models of the older person function in different texts, and how ...

    • '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 ...

    • Harmonia Macrocosmica: Andreas Cellarius, 1596-1665 (Part II) 

      M.Phil. in Reformation and Enlightnement Studies (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The publication of Andreas Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica in 1660 represented the completion of an ambitious cartographic project begun over twenty years earlier by the family of Johannes Jansonnius. Jansonnius had ...

    • Harmonia Macrocosmica: Andreas Cellarius, 1596-1665 (Part I) 

      M.Phil. in Reformation and Enlightnement Studies (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The publication of Andreas Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica in 1660 represented the completion of an ambitious cartographic project begun over twenty years earlier by the family of Johannes Jansonnius. Jansonnius had ...

    • Theodore de Mayerne (Part I) 

      M.Phil. in Reformation and Enlightnement Studies (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      Theodore de Mayerne was one of Europe's foremost physicians in the early seventeenth century. A Hugenot educated at Montpellier, he moved to Paris upon receiving his doctorate, but soon became embroiled in controversy with ...

    • Theodore de Mayerne (Part II) 

      M.Phil. in Reformation and Enlightnement Studies (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)

    • Female artists during the First World War in Germany, 1914-1918 

      Siebrecht, Claudia (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The war and its consequences were the dominant themes in German women's art between 1914 and 1918. Their artistic interpretation and observations of the conflict represented the artist's own as well as more general wartime ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Trinity College Dublin Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts 

      O'Mahony, Felicity (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      The Manuscripts Department in Trinity College Library houses an internationally-renowned body of medieval manuscripts. At the heart of the Collection are the early Christian manuscripts dating from the seventh to ninth ...

    • 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 ...

    • Risteard O Glaisne (1927-2003): Scribhneoir, beathaisneisi, iriseoir, craoltoir, muinteoir agus gaeilgeoir 

      ni Ghormain, Caoimhe (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      Born in Bandon, Co. Cork in 1927, Risteard O Glaisne was educated at Bandon Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. He is best known in Irish-speaking circles for his books on such diverse subjects as Dr Ian Paisley, ...

    • 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 Clash of Empires in Africa: The First World War in the British and German Colonies 

      Steinbach, Daniel (Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)
      From its very beginnings the First World War was a global war. The most severe fighting outside Europe took place in the tropical German colonies of the Cameroons and German East Africa (present-day Tanzania), as well as ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...