Tuesday

7.15am Sunrise Fitness Trail

What better way to start your day than by enjoying the fresh air and early morning sun on your skin as you navigate the new campus 1 km Fitness Trail. You will get a full body workout in the idyllic setting of College Park.

Venue: Sports Centre
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

10.00am – 11.15am & 11.30am – 12.45pm Junior Einstein Club “Science of Light”

Bringing a love of science and learning to primary school aged children. We bring the WOW factor to the science facts!

Venue: Schrödinger Theatre
An event for Trinity Access Programme (TAP) primary school children hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Maths and Science.

12-1pm “Reacting to Light in a Molecular World.”

Speaker: Professor Sylvia Draper, Head of the School of Chemistry TCD

This talk will illustrate what happens when light shines on a material. It will explore the electronic and chemical events that are triggered. On a journey from fireworks to molecular switches it will shed light on how chemists generate molecules with a particular and desirable set of photoresponses.

Venue: M4 Theatre Museum Building
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

1pm “Let’s Shed Some Light on Good Eating Practices.”

Speaker: Mark McGauran, Sports Centre Fitness Instructor and nutritional expert.

Topics covered are healthier food choices, vitamin D absorption and foods containing vitamin D and the importance of sleeping in a light free room.

Venue: Sports Centre
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

1pm “The Enlightenment: Narratives of Light and Darkness.”

A public lecture by Prof Jürgen Barkhoff and Dr James Hanrahan from the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies.

The Enlightenment has shaped modernity from the 18th century to the present day more than any other epoch or movement. It chose ‘light’ as the central metaphor of its project to bring insight and clarity, to fight ignorance and lift taboos. But there is no light without darkness, and the relationship between the two is one of the most fascinating aspects of the epoch.  This lecture, given by two Enlightenment specialists, will explore the centrality of ‘light’ as a concept and as a metaphor in the narratives and self-representations of this period and as part of its continuing legacy.

Venue: Neill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

2pm “The Theme of Light (both natural & divine) in the art of Richard King (1907 – 1974)

Speaker: Ms. Ruth Sheehy M.Litt. Dept. of History of Art & Architecture TCD.
This talk will examine the importance of light in the work of Irish artist Richard King, a contemporary of Harry Clarke, whose principal career was in stained glass.

Venue: College Chapel
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

2.30pm Zoological Museum Tour

Facilitator: Dr. Martyn Linnie
Visit Dublin’s best kept secret; the Zoological Museum and meet some of the most amazing creatures on the planet! Suitable for all the family. Museum Website

Venue: Zoology Building
This is a free event, booking essential. Book here

4pm “Illuminating Pages – Light, Modernism and the Printed Image.”

Speaker: Dr. Angela Griffiths Dept. of History of Art & Architecture TCD.

This lecture examines how Irish artists at the turn of the 20th century visualised light in their illustrative designs and how burgeoning photographic technologies were employed in their creation.

Venue: Neill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

5pm Opening Reception for “Apertures” Pinhole Photography Exhibition.

Opening launch of a series of pinhole photographs, showcasing portraits of a number of people in their daily work in the School of Physics taken by Grace Weir, Artist-in-Residence.

Venue: Fitzgerald Library
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

...immediately followed by:

5.45pm "A Little Light Music"

Choral+ Concert

Choral+ is a small vocal ensemble consisting of students, staff and graduate members of the University of Dublin Choral Society. Informal in nature, and with a wide repertoire, the group has performed at receptions and events both on and off campus. This evening they will present a short concert featuring works on the theme of light by a variety of composers.

Venue: Fitzgerald Library
This free event is open to the public, no booking required

Library Events:

8.30pm – 10pm, Library Illuminations

Images from the Library’s collections will illuminate the East Wall of the 1937 Reading Room, Exterior Wall of the Nassau Street Entrance and the Front Wall of the Berkeley Library.

Harry Clarke Studio stained glass window

Harry Clarke's stained glass work is one of the glories of 20th century Irish cultural achievement.

Venue: Long Room Hub

8pm - 8.30pm"A Little Light Music"

Choral+ will perform their repetoire of songs to introduce the Illuminations on the East Wall of the 1937 Reading Room.

Venue: Steps of Trinty Long Room Hub

8.30pm - 10pm ‘The lamps have gone out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime’

The centenary of the War will be acknowledged by the Library Archives lighting the east face of the 1937 Reading Room with the names and portraits of the Trinity College staff and students who fell.

Venue: East Wall, 1937 Reading Room

8am - 10pm ‘…and there was light’

This exhibition will highlight the range of material with a theme of light, in the care of the Department of Early Printed Books and Special Collections.

Venue: Exhibition Case, Berkeley Library Foyer, 8am – 10pm
These free events are open to the public, no booking required

9pm Disco Lights Zumba

Lose yourself on the dancefloor with our disco lights Zumba class. An exhilarating, effective and  easy-to-follow, calorie-burning dance class.

Venue: Sports Centre
This free event is open to the public, bookings taken at the Sports Centre reception desk or 01- 8961812