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‘The beginning of the story’: Department of English PhD graduate Bridget English’s new book features in The Irish Times
Bridget English, a recent PhD graduate from the Department of English, has just published a book based on her doctoral research in the Department. In The Irish Times Culture section Bridget has written about her research and the insights which attitudes towards death and dying give us on culture, communal beliefs, and the limits of human life.
Date: Monday, 05 February 2018
Department of English Staff Publication | “In fair [Europe], where we lay our scene” Romeo and Juliet
Announcing “In fair [Europe], where we lay our scene” Romeo and Juliet, Europe and Digital Cultures
Date: Thursday, 01 February 2018
Department of English Staff Publication | boundary2
‘Ireland: from boom to bust and beyond’ is a recently published special issue of boundary2, an international journal of literature and culture.
Date: Thursday, 01 February 2018
Writers-in-Residence Events | Spring 2018
Maynooth University Writers-in-Residence Rob Doyle and Sarah Maria Griffin are delighted to host a series of talks and readings in Maynooth Community Library and on Maynooth University campus. All are free and open to the public.
Date: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
New Lecturers in English
The Department of English is delighted to announce the appointment of two new members of staff, Dr Rita Sakr and Dr Ailbhe McDaid.
Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Funded research opportunities in Department of English – John and Pat Hume Doctoral Awards
The Department of English encourages applications for doctoral research in all its area of expertise. We provide a supportive, vibrant intellectual environment with outstanding scholars and expert guidance.
Date: Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Department of English Staff Publication
Announcing a new publication by Maynooth University Department of English staff member Dr Stephen O'Neill, Broadcast Your Shakespeare: Continuities and Change Across Media, in the Arden Shakespeare series.
Date: Thursday, 26 October 2017
Department of English Graduate Publication
Congratulations to Dr Brigid English, Ph.D graduate of the Department, on the publication of her book, Laying out the Bones: Death and Dying in the Irish Novel, by Syracuse University Press.
Date: Friday, 13 October 2017
Department of English Graduate Publication
Congratulations to Dr Declan Kavanagh, Ph.D graduate of the Department, on the publication of his book, Effeminate Years: Literature, Politics and Aesthetics in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain, from Bucknell University Press.
Date: Friday, 13 October 2017
New Publication - The Shakespeare User: Critical and Creative Appropriations in a Networked Culture
The Shakespeare User: Critical and Creative Appropriations in a Networked Culture (Palgrave 2017) is a new essay collection that includes a chapter by Maynooth University staff member Dr Stephen O’Neill, entitled “Theorizing User Agency in YouTube Shakespeare.”
Date: Thursday, 05 October 2017