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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: TLRH | Novel approaches to Dublin History: Historic Fiction and the City
Description: Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7 – 8:30pm
'Novel approaches to Dublin History: Historic Fiction and the City' is an online panel discussion organised by Dublin History Research Network and supported by the Trinity Long Room Hub.
Historians of Dublin use primary research to write the story of the city but many readers learn Dublin’s story from historical fiction. The two forms of writing are distinct but related. Is history writing creative? Must historical fiction be accurate?
‘Novel approaches to Dublin History’ tackles these and related questions. How does a historian using research to portray a vision of Dublin differ from a creative writer conjurin...