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Department of English Faculty Publications
Dr Michael G Cronin, lecturer in the Department of English, has contributed essays to two recently published collections on contemporary Ireland. ‘Irish Studies between the past and the future’ appeared in Are the Irish Different?
Date: Monday, 17 November 2014
Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in English
Maynooth University English student Clodagh Kearns is the recipient of the National University of Ireland Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in English 2014.
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Dr Oona Frawley shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards 2014
Lecturer in English, Dr Oona Frawley, has been shortlisted in the 'newcomer' category of the Irish Book Awards 2014 for her debut novel 'Flight'. Vote for your favourite books of the year - preferably for Dr Frawley! It only takes a minute, and there are a lot of great books nominated in different categories. http://www.irishbookawards.ie/2014-shortlists-voting/
Date: Thursday, 06 November 2014
SUBREALISM: A Conference on Ettinger Studies
A highly successful three day scholarly event called Subrealism focusing on the work of Prof Bracha Ettinger was hosted by Maynooth University Department of English, Department of German, Illuminations Gallery, Research Office and Boston College Ireland with support from the Identity, Diversities, Values Research Cluster.
Date: Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Northern Ireland Twenty Years After the Ceasefires conference
'Northern Ireland Twenty Years After the Ceasefires' conference
Date: Friday, 10 October 2014
New Faculty Publication: The Cambridge Companion to Irish Modernism
Professor Joe Cleary of the Department of English is the editor of a recently published collection on Irish modernism from Cambridge University Press and author of two new essays in the volume. Other contributors include Professor Luke Gibbons and Professor Emer Nolan also from the Department of English, Maynooth University.
Date: Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Illuminations Exhibitions 2014-15
Illuminations announces a new programme of exhibitions for 2014-15
Date: Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Dr Moynagh Sullivan addresses the Merriman Summer School
Dr Moynagh Sullivan gave a talk entitled “Undressing My Mother”: Rethinking Irish motherhood at the Merriman Summer School.
Date: Saturday, 16 August 2014
Northern Ireland photography book wins Irish-American prize
Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography by Dr Colin Graham, Department of English and curator of the Illuminations Gallery at Maynooth University has been awarded the 2014 Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language and Culture by the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS).
Date: Thursday, 12 June 2014
Maynooth University Graduate Elected as Member of the Royal Irish Academy
Geraldine Byrne Nason was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy continuing a 229 year Academy tradition of recognising outstanding achievement.
Date: Friday, 30 May 2014