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The Phil Founded in 1683. ‘The world's oldest student society’, as well as the largest in Trinity College, Dublin. Leaders in debate and public discourse.

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The Phil is Dead, Long Live the PhilXoxo, The 341st Phil Council
12/05/2026

The Phil is Dead, Long Live the Phil
Xoxo, The 341st Phil Council

On 02/04, the motion ‘This House, As God, Would Step In,’ was debated in GMB Chamber. There were brilliant speeches on b...
08/05/2026

On 02/04, the motion ‘This House, As God, Would Step In,’ was debated in GMB Chamber. There were brilliant speeches on both sides of the house, as well as props, laughs, and a floor speech, all leading the house to decide that the motion should pass.

We were privileged to be welcomed in this debate by Tim Coughlan of the Religious Society of Friends as well as Rev. Myozan Kodo Ian Kilroy.

TLDR: God would STEP in that

On the 15th of April, we awarded renowned Palestinian historian Rashid Khalidi, author of ‘The Hundred Years War on Pale...
07/05/2026

On the 15th of April, we awarded renowned Palestinian historian Rashid Khalidi, author of ‘The Hundred Years War on Palestine,’ the Phil’s Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage.

Thank you to all those who attended in the GMB to and we would like to extend our profound thanks to Rashid Khalidi for joining us.

THUR APRIL 16 | PHIL CONVO | 5PMOn Thursday we will be holding our annual general meeting. This is the last event of the...
14/04/2026

THUR APRIL 16 | PHIL CONVO | 5PM

On Thursday we will be holding our annual general meeting. This is the last event of the 341st Session, as the 342nd Session officially starts at midnight!

The Phil don’t AGM like anyone else does. Our AGM isn’t an election, instead there will be a review of the year and speeches from outgoing members of council, officers, and honorary members. There will be plenty of phun stories, nostalgia and hot hot gossip dropped!

It’ll be a long one, so make sure to bring snacks and drinks!

Xoxo,
Phil

THUR APRIL 16 | PHIL CONVO | 5PMOn Thursday evening we will be gathering for our annual general meeting. It’s our last e...
14/04/2026

THUR APRIL 16 | PHIL CONVO | 5PM

On Thursday evening we will be gathering for our annual general meeting. It’s our last event of the 341st Session, and the 342nd officially begins at midnight!

The Phil AGMs like no one else does. Our AGM isn’t an election, it will include a review of the year and outgoing council members, officer, and honorary members will provide speeches. Sometimes there’s gossip spilled ### so make sure to bring snacks and drinks, it’ll be a long night!

Xoxo,
Phil

The University Philosophical Society is honoured to present Rashid Khalidi with the Gold Medal of Honourary Patronage.Ra...
13/04/2026

The University Philosophical Society is honoured to present Rashid Khalidi with the Gold Medal of Honourary Patronage.

Rashid Khalidi is a Palestinian-American historian, writer, and academic, known as the pre-emininent scholar on the history of Palestine and the Occupied Territories. Having held lecturing positions at the Lebanese University, the American University of Beirut, and the University of Chicago, he most recently stood as the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University. There, he lead as co-editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies for over eighteen years, and served as President of the Middle East Studies Association.

Khalidi has written or co-edited ten books, notably The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 and Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (rev. ed. 2010). Between seminal academic contributions to the topic, he has been a continually sought out voice in public discourse for decades on Palestinian liberation and conflict in the Middle East more broadly.

Email from Academic Registry- you have an exam every day until May. Message in your course groupchat: “any tball tickets...
06/04/2026

Email from Academic Registry- you have an exam every day until May. Message in your course groupchat: “any tball tickets goin x”. Upcoming society election that lowkey makes you feel like Marty Supreme. Librarian of the Phil in your dms asking for a debate caption. Perhaps, at this bleak juncture it will bring you comfort to remind yourself that all meat rots, that it cannot rain forever, and that every story has an ending.

The question is whether this story ends with a ha***ob or a slap in the face, a wedding or a funeral. For the final debate of the 341st Session of the University Philosophical Society, this House will debate (to completion) the plausibility of a happily ever after and what that ending might look, feel, sound and taste like. Join us at 7:30 in the GMB on Thursday for our final push through, and to see what the other side what might have in store.

On the 20th April the Becky’s final saw 8 of our most argumentative freshers debate the merits and dangers of “Chinamaxx...
01/04/2026

On the 20th April the Becky’s final saw 8 of our most argumentative freshers debate the merits and dangers of “Chinamaxxing”. Congratulations to the winner James Whelan and runner up Ema Ziedaite!

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On the 20th April the Becky’s final saw 8 of our most argumentative freshers debate the merits and dangers of “Chinamaxx...
01/04/2026

On the 20th April the Becky’s final saw 8 of our most argumentative freshers debate the merits and dangers of “Chinamaxxing”. Congratulations to winner James Whelan and runner up Ema Ziedaite!

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On the 19th March the Phil debated if the left has failed the working class. Are they our best hope to improve working c...
30/03/2026

On the 19th March the Phil debated if the left has failed the working class. Are they our best hope to improve working class conditions or if they have they completely lost sight of what they set out to do? After an excellent debate the house agreed that the left has failed the working class.
We only have a few more debates left this term so make sure you don’t miss them!

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