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New Publication: James Joyce, Urban Planning, and Irish Modernism: Dublins of the Future
Liam Lanigan, BA and MA graduate of the Maynooth University English Department and Lecturer in English (from Feb 2015), has just launched his first book, James Joyce, Urban Planning, and Irish Modernism: Dublins of the Future (Palgrave Macmillan).
Date: Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Postgraduate Student Publication
Annabel Sheehan, PhD student in the Department of English, has contributed a chapter to a recently published collections on contemporary Ireland, 'Masculinity and Irish Popular Culture: Tiger Tales'.
Date: Thursday, 11 December 2014
RTE's Arena visited Illuminations at Maynooth University
Evelyn O’Rourke visited the exhibition “A Poet’s Dublin – Eavan Boland” currently on show in Illuminations at Maynooth University, which celebrates the poetry of Eavan Boland.
Date: Thursday, 11 December 2014
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