Program Overview

Overview

The program "Writing the past" is a lecture-only module that explores Herodotus' Histories, the first written prose account of the past that explores the entire known world in a series of interweaving stories. This module aims to explain the Greco-Persian Wars and answer a question at the heart of history: why?

Time, Date, and Place

This module comprises of two classes per week over one term, commencing the week beginning 19 January 2026. Classes will be taught in a classroom on the Trinity campus.

Course Fees

The course fees are €170 full rate, €90 concession rate. The concession rate is available to all those retired, over 65s and those on a government pension/payment plan and the unwaged, including second and third level students.

Program Details

• The program is a short course offered by Trinity College Dublin.
• It is a lecture-only module that explores Herodotus' Histories.
• The module aims to explain the Greco-Persian Wars and answer a question at the heart of history: why?
• The course comprises of two classes per week over one term.
• Classes will be taught in a classroom on the Trinity campus.
• The course fees are €170 full rate, €90 concession rate.
• The concession rate is available to all those retired, over 65s and those on a government pension/payment plan and the unwaged, including second and third level students.

Program Structure

• The program is a short course that runs for one term.
• It consists of two classes per week.
• The classes will be taught in a classroom on the Trinity campus.

Eligibility

• The concession rate is available to all those retired, over 65s and those on a government pension/payment plan and the unwaged, including second and third level students.

Fees

• The course fees are €170 full rate, €90 concession rate.

Research Areas

• The program explores Herodotus' Histories, the first written prose account of the past that explores the entire known world in a series of interweaving stories.
• The module aims to explain the Greco-Persian Wars and answer a question at the heart of history: why?