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DrConor Trainor

Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)

School of Classics

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  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)
    School of Classics
  • (01) 716 8011
  • University College Dublin, School of Classics, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Projects Evaluator, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (IRIS). 2018-2024.
    2 Sep 2024
    Summative
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Assessor. Departmental Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership Committee. 2022.
    17 Apr 2024
    Summative
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Lifetime Member, Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens
    4 Mar 2024
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    The Queens of Ancient Egypt.
    23 Aug 2023
    The Queens of ancient Egypt. Consultant and interviewee on Cleopatra VII and Cleopatra II Selene. Tile Films.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Learning Circle for Developing Lecture Capture Policy, Warwick Higher Education Academy (WHEA).
    16 Jan 2023 - 28 Jun 2024
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Finding the Minotaur
    7 Oct 2022
    The Archaeology of Historical Knossos. Offer-Holder Open Day. The University of Warwick.
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    External Programme Examiner, Birkbeck, University of London
    3 Oct 2022
    External examiner for archaeology offerings at UG level.
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Exhibition
    21 Sep 2022
    Open Days Coordinator, The Department of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Warwick. 2022-2024.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    KLASP_Knossos project-based Twitter feed (@KLASP2022).
    4 Jul 2022
    KLASP_Knossos project-based, seasonal Twitter feed (@KLASP2022). Administered the feed, designed the messaging, and populated the feed with content. Garners between 10,000 and 20,000 impressions per season.
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Examinations Advisor (PGR), University of Warwick
    3 Jan 2022 - 2 Jan 2023
    Examinations Advisor (PGR), The Department of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Warwick. 2022.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Ancient Cities and Sustainability
    7 Dec 2021
    Recorded Interview and Live Session for 209 school students. For ExpertEd. Dec 2021 and Jan 2022.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    In Vino Veritas. Making Wine in the Ancient World.
    22 Nov 2021
    Recorded video presentation as part of The Feast session for the Warwick Classics Network and the Coventry City of Culture festival. Nov. 2021.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Director of Student Experience and Progression (DSEP) Committee
    4 Oct 2021 - 1 Jul 2022
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    A Career in Ruins: Looking for Lost Cities.
    7 Jul 2021
    A Career in Ruins: Looking for Lost Cities. The EY Foundation (Ernst & Young) Programme. Aimed at helping students to find and develop their interests, with my career in archaeology as a case study.
  • GRANT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT
    Assessor. Departmental Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Committee.
    1 Jun 2021 - 10 Jan 2022
    Summative
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Crete Committee
    1 Apr 2021
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    After the Minotaur: An Archaeology of Greco-Roman Knossos.
    30 Jan 2020
    After the Minotaur: An Archaeology of Greco-Roman Knossos. Outreach talk, King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Archaeology! The British Science Festival.
    10 Sep 2019
    Archaeology! event focusing on making ancient pottery, looking at and re-creating images on ancient pots and telling myths.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Teaching Greek Art (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jul 2019
    Interactive talk on how to teach Greek Art for UK Classics teachers.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Finding a Lost City: The Case of Sikyon.
    5 Feb 2018
    Finding a Lost City: The Case of Sikyon. Outreach talk, King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    The Warwick-Monash Alliance
    9 Jan 2017 - 1 Apr 2020
    Member
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    Classics Ireland
    5 Sep 2016
  • REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Annual of the British School at Athens
    14 Sep 2015
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    The Classical Museum (UCD). Volunteer-Guide.
    12 Nov 2013
    The Classical Museum (UCD). Volunteer-Guide for school groups and members of the public around the collection of the museum. School of Classics, University College Dublin. 2013-2016.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    No Earthly King
    11 Jan 2012
    Consultant and interviewee. Documentary on politics and the early modern Olympics. Setanta Sports. 2012.