Giacomo Casanova’s legendary life of adventure is well known from his autobiographical Mémoires. The Venetian writer and traveller charmed his way across eighteenth-century Europe. The discovery of a hitherto unknown letter shows that Casanova was also close to his family and…
Contact Details Address Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1TQ Tel. 01223 338 400 Fax 01223 338 584 Access Issues Contact Admissions Office Tel. 01223 338 422 Fax 01223 338 584 Email admissions@trin.cam.ac.uk
Trinity marked 200 years since its most famous literary alumnus died, on 19 April 1824, with The Byron Festival at Trinity. The Festival included a conference, a recital, poetry readings, an exhibition and the Byrencore. One attendee said: “We had…
More about Trinity, including its history, governance, public opening hours and vacancies.
Jump to: Trinity Gift Shop Trinity Connect (formerly TMO) MA Degree Dining Privileges Punting Staying in College Access to University Library for MAs Visiting the College and your Members’ Card University Alumni Benefits (external site) Email for Life (external site) Trinity…
Trinity’s Sub-Librarian, Sandy Paul, will retire this week. The Sub-Librarian’s post was established in 1773 and Sandy has been in the role for 11 years and has worked at Trinity for 25 years. We caught up with him to hear…
Pittoni’s imposing oil painting ‘An Allegorical Monument to Sir Isaac Newton’ returned to the Wren Library last month following an absence of over a year during which time it was displayed in the exhibitions at the Grand Palais, Paris and in…
A jewelled Book of Hours in Trinity College Library is now believed to have belonged to Thomas Cromwell, Chief Minister to King Henry VIII. The same book appears in Hans Holbein the Younger’s 1532-3 portrait of Cromwell in the Frick…
Today, in a ceremony held in the Wren Library at Trinity College Cambridge, four spears taken by James Cook and Joseph Banks on 29 April 1770 were permanently repatriated to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community. Trinity College and the Museum…
Elizabeth Palgrave’s 1823 letter describes the hand-written memoirs of Lord Byron seven years after his tumultuous marriage to Anne Isabella Milbanke had ended amid rumours of incest and homosexuality, which galvanised his departure from England in 1816 never to return.…
Contacting a department Public Contact information is available for some departments. These are listed alphabetically:
The study of English at Trinity enables students to explore the most far-reaching of questions about what it means to be human, to exist in the world and to share this world with other people. We believe, though, that these…
We were delighted to be joined by alumni and guests across our two most recent events – ‘Trinity on the Backs’. These ‘picnic-style’ events provided alumni with the perfect opportunity to return to Cambridge and enjoy Trinity with their friends…
Master’s student Toma-Jin Morikawa-Fouquet explains how his research into late nineteenth-and-twentieth-century Japanese thinkers curious about the universe inspired a work of art currently on display in the Wren Library, after attending the Trinity Art Class. Please tell us a little…
Lord Byron haunts the Antechapel, alongside other famous alumni, 200 years after the College authorities denied him a resting place here. During Trinity’s bicentenary commemoration of his death, a spectral image of the statue of Byron in the Wren Library…
Trinity’s iconic Wren Library turned blue last night in support of NHS staff and key workers across the UK. Dame Sally Davies, Master of Trinity, said: It’s wonderful to see the Wren Library turning blue in support of NHS staff…
The history of Trinity goes back to the reign of Henry VIII and most of its major buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries. The beauty and size of Trinity’s courts attract visitors from all over the world, but…
Mickey Adolphson is Keidanren Professor of Japanese Studies at Cambridge. He recalls his first visit to Japan, during the cherry blossom season, and reflects on ideas of impermanence in the age of coronarvirus.
Matters relating to student accommodation are handled by the Accommodation Office. We also cover some other areas of student life in College. Please click on the topics below for more information: Student Accommodation Students hosting Guests in College ‘Public’ (Communal)…
Trinity’s Wren Library was illuminated with the rainbow flag to mark the start of Pride Month in a first for the College. Students, staff and Fellows attended the event on 1 June, which TCSU LGBT+ Representative Jaysol Doy said was…
Catherine Barnard is Professor of EU Law and Employment Law at Cambridge and Senior Tutor at Trinity. In 2019 she was awarded the Pilkington Prize for Teaching at Cambridge and in 2020 she was elected a Fellow of the British…
![College Crest](/wp-content/uploads/logo-01.png"){kind=logo}