Dr Stephen O'Neill

    English

    Associate Professor
    Head of Department

    Iontas Building
    Ground Floor
    Office 0.34
    (01) 708 3489

    Biography

    ORCID ID 
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4674-9127

    Google Scholar
    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L6qeVkIAAAAJ&hl=en

    I am Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Maynooth University Department of English, with teaching and research interests in Shakespeare studies, especially Shakespeare and digital cultures. Current research projects include co-editing The Arden Research Handbook to Shakespeare and Adaptation to appear in Bloomsbury's Arden Shakespeare series. 

    I am the author of two books, Shakespeare and YouTube: New Media Forms of the Bard (New York and London: Arden Shakespeare / Bloomsbury, 2014; pbk 2015) and Staging Ireland: Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama (Dublin: Four Courts, 2007), both of which have been extensively reviewed in the major journals in the field, including Shakespeare Quarterly and Shakespeare Survey. Other publications include Broadcast Your Shakespeare: Continuity and Change Across Media (ed.) (New York and London: Arden Shakespeare / Bloomsbury, 2017) as well as articles and book chapters on Hip-Hop Shakespeare, social media Shakespeares and Shakespeare and quotation. With Maurizio Calbi, I co-edited the special issue, "Shakespeare and Social Media", of the award-winning journal Borrowers and Lenders http://http//www.borrowers.uga.edu/current  and was recently guest editor of a special issue of the journal Humanities on "Shakespeare and Digital Humanities: New Perspectives and Future Directions". 

    In addition to work on digital Shakespeares, my research has explored the interrelations between Shakespeare and Ireland. I co-edited the collection Shakespeare and the Irish Writer (UCD Press, 2010) and contributed chapters to Celtic Shakespeare: the Bard and the Borderers (Ashgate, 2013) and Ireland in the Renaissance (Four Courts, 2007). 

    I am a regular contributor to the conferences of the Shakespeare Association of America and the European Shakespeare Research Association. I'm also a member of the Irish Renaissance Seminar.  I previously lectured in University College Dublin, where I completed his PhD, before joining English at Maynooth University in 2004. 

    I have supervised research theses on adaptations of Shakespeare and very much welcome applications from PhD candidates in the following areas:     Shakespeare studies, especially Shakespeare’s afterlives; contemporary Shakespeare adaptation studies and digital cultures; early modern literature, especially drama and theatre; early modern Ireland.  








    Research Interests

    Shakespeare studies, especially Shakespeare’s afterlives; contemporary Shakespeare adaptation studies and digital cultures; early modern literature, especially drama and theatre; early modern Ireland.  

    Books

      Year Publication
    2014 Shakespeare and YouTube: New Media Forms of the Bard.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2014) Shakespeare and YouTube: New Media Forms of the Bard. London and New York: Bloomsbury / Arden Shakespeare. [Details]
    2007 Staging Ireland: Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2007) Staging Ireland: Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2019 'Finding Refuge in King Lear: From Brexit to Shakespeare's European Value'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2019) 'Finding Refuge in King Lear: From Brexit to Shakespeare's European Value'. Multicultural Shakespeare, 19 (34) [DOI] [Details]
    2018 'Beyond Shakespeare’s Land of Ire: Revisiting Ireland in English Renaissance Drama'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2018) 'Beyond Shakespeare’s Land of Ire: Revisiting Ireland in English Renaissance Drama'. Literature Compass, :1-15 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2016 '‘It's William Back from the Dead’: Commemoration, Representation, and Race in Akala's Hip-Hop Shakespeare'
    O'Neill S. (2016) '‘It's William Back from the Dead’: Commemoration, Representation, and Race in Akala's Hip-Hop Shakespeare'. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 16 (2):246-256 [DOI] [Details]
    2018 'Shakespeare’s Digital Flow: Humans, Technologies and the Possibilities of Intercultural Exchange'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2018) 'Shakespeare’s Digital Flow: Humans, Technologies and the Possibilities of Intercultural Exchange'. Shakespeare Studies, 46 :120-133 [Details]
    2016 '‘It's William Back from the Dead’: Commemoration, Representation, and Race in Akala's Hip-Hop Shakespeare'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2016) '‘It's William Back from the Dead’: Commemoration, Representation, and Race in Akala's Hip-Hop Shakespeare'. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 16 (2):246-256 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2016 'Introduction: #SocialMediaShakespeares'
    O'Neill, Stephen, and Maurizio Calbi (2016) 'Introduction: #SocialMediaShakespeares'. BORROWERS AND LENDERS: THE JOURNAL OF SHAKESPEARE AND APPROPRIATION, X (1) [IR Link] [Details]
    2015 'Shakespeare and Social Media'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2015) 'Shakespeare and Social Media'. Literature Compass, 12 (6):274-285 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2015 'Teaching and Learning Guide for: “Shakespeare and Social Media”'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2015) 'Teaching and Learning Guide for: “Shakespeare and Social Media”'. Literature Compass, 12 (7) [DOI] [Details]
    2014 'Ophelian Negotiations: Remediating the Girl on YouTube'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2014) 'Ophelian Negotiations: Remediating the Girl on YouTube'. BORROWERS AND LENDERS: THE JOURNAL OF SHAKESPEARE AND APPROPRIATION, IX (1) [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'Uploading Hamlet: Agency, Convergence and YouTube Shakespeare'
    Stephen O'Neill (2011) 'Uploading Hamlet: Agency, Convergence and YouTube Shakespeare'. ANGLISTICA, 15 :63-75 [IR Link] [Details]

    Edited Books

      Year Publication
    2018 Broadcast Your Shakespeare: Continuity and Change Across Media
    O'Neill, Stephen (Ed.). (2018) Broadcast Your Shakespeare: Continuity and Change Across Media London: Bloomsbury / Arden Shakespeare. [Details]
    2010 Shakespeare and the Irish Writer
    Stephen O'Neill and Janet Clare (Ed.). (2010) Shakespeare and the Irish Writer Dublin: University College Dublin Press. [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2018 'Quoting Shakespeare in Digital Cultures'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2018) 'Quoting Shakespeare in Digital Cultures' In: Julie Maxwell and Kate Rumbold (eds). Shakespeare and Quotation. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. [Details]
    2017 'Theorizing User Agency in YouTube Shakespeare'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2017) 'Theorizing User Agency in YouTube Shakespeare' In: Valerie M. Fazel and Louise Geddes (eds). The Shakespeare User Critical and Creative Appropriations in a Networked Culture. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
    2017 '“In fair [Europe], where we lay our scene” Romeo and Juliet, Europe and digital cultures'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2017) '“In fair [Europe], where we lay our scene” Romeo and Juliet, Europe and digital cultures' In: Juan F. Cerdá, Dirk Delabastita, Keith Gregor (eds). Romeo and Juliet in European Culture. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 '“YouTube, Shakespeare and the Sonnets: Textual Forms, Queer Erasures”'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2014) '“YouTube, Shakespeare and the Sonnets: Textual Forms, Queer Erasures”' In: Digital Shakespeares: Innovations, Interventions, Mediations, special issue of The Shakespearean International Yearbook. London: Ashgate. [Details]
    2013 'Beyond MacMorris: Shakespeare, Ireland and critical contexts'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2013) 'Beyond MacMorris: Shakespeare, Ireland and critical contexts' In: Celtic Shakespeare: The Bard and the Borderers. London: Ashgate. [Details]
    2007 '1599: Sir John Oldcastle, the Irish Wars and the Elizabethan Stage'
    O'Neill, Stephen (2007) '1599: Sir John Oldcastle, the Irish Wars and the Elizabethan Stage' In: Ireland in the Renaissance, c. 1540-1660. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]

    Blog

      Year Publication
    2017 The Strangers' Case: Sir Thomas More, Social Media and the Refugee Crisis.
    Stephen O'Neill (2017) The Strangers' Case: Sir Thomas More, Social Media and the Refugee Crisis. Blog [Details]
    2015 “Shakespeare and Online Video”, Shakespeare on YouTube.
    Stephen O'Neill (2015) “Shakespeare and Online Video”, Shakespeare on YouTube. Blog [Details]

    Edited Journal Issue

      Year Publication
    2015 “Shakespeare/ Social Media”, Borrowers and Lenders.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2015) “Shakespeare/ Social Media”, Borrowers and Lenders. Edited Journal Issue [Details]
    2019 Shakespeare and Digital Humanities: New Perspectives, Future Directions, Humanities.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2019) Shakespeare and Digital Humanities: New Perspectives, Future Directions, Humanities. Edited Journal Issue [Details]

    Conference Hosted

      Year Publication
    2018 Earth Songs: Eco-Criticism and Early Modern Studies.
    O'Neill, Stephen and Pat Palmer (2018) Earth Songs: Eco-Criticism and Early Modern Studies. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2017 “Don DeLillo’s America”.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2017) “Don DeLillo’s America”. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2016 “Shakespeare / Ireland / 1916” symposium.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2016) “Shakespeare / Ireland / 1916” symposium. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2014 “The Renaissance and Popular Culture”.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2014) “The Renaissance and Popular Culture”. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2006 Shakespeare and the Irish Writer.
    Dr Stephen O'Neill (2006) Shakespeare and the Irish Writer. Conference Hosted [Details]

    Online Multimedia

      Year Publication
    2016 Storify - Introduction Shakespeare and Social Media.
    Stephen O'Neill (2016) Storify - Introduction Shakespeare and Social Media. Online Multimedia [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2018 Shakespeare Studies Today, British Shakespeare Association.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2018) Shakespeare Studies Today, British Shakespeare Association. [Oral Presentation], ‘“The Strangers’ Case”: Sir Thomas More, the Refuge Crisis and Social Media’, Queen's University, Belfast , 14-JUN-18 - 17-JUN-18 [Details]
    2018 Shakespeare Association of America.
    O'Neill, Stephen (2018) Shakespeare Association of America. [Oral Presentation], Remediating Early Modern Drama seminar, Los Angeles , 29-MAR-18 - 31-MAR-18 [Details]
    2017 Shakespeare Association of America.
    Stephen O'Neill (2017) Shakespeare Association of America. [Oral Presentation], Shakespeare / Hiddleston / Coriolanus: Rhizomatic Crossings in Fanfiction, Shakespearean Fandom and Digital Cultures,, Atlanta , 06-APR-17 - 08-APR-17 [Details]
    2016 Shakespeare and Modern Popular Culture.
    Stephen O'Neill (2016) Shakespeare and Modern Popular Culture. [Oral Presentation], #notforanagebutforalltime: Quoting Shakespeare in Digital Cultures, Université d’Artois, Arras, France , 15-JUN-16 - 17-JUN-16 [Details]
    2016 Shakespeare Lives across the Island: Conversations and Celebrations Irish Renaissance Seminar.
    Stephen O'Neill (2016) Shakespeare Lives across the Island: Conversations and Celebrations Irish Renaissance Seminar. [Oral Presentation], ‘It is the digital, | The digital above us, govern our conditions’: Shakespeare, (Mis)Quotation and Digital Cultures , Queens University Belfast , 07-MAY-16 - 07-MAY-16 [Details]
    2015 Celebrating Shakespeare: Memory and the Cultures of Commemoration.
    Stephen O'Neill (2015) Celebrating Shakespeare: Memory and the Cultures of Commemoration. [Oral Presentation], #Shakespeare: Twitter and Tumblr as Modes of Shakespeare Commemoration, Murcia University, Spain , 04-NOV-15 - 07-NOV-15 [Details]
    2015 The Gendered Politics of Production.
    Stephen O'Neill (2015) The Gendered Politics of Production. [Oral Presentation], Shakesgirls, or what’s Ophelia doing in social media?, Middlesex University, London , 16-JUN-15 - 16-JUN-15 [Details]
    2013 Digital Shakespeares.
    Stephen O'Neill (2013) Digital Shakespeares. [Oral Presentation], YouTube Shakespeare, University of Nottingham , 24-JUL-13 [Details]
    2013 Reimagining Topicality, Shakespeare Association of America.
    Stephen O'Neill (2013) Reimagining Topicality, Shakespeare Association of America. [Oral Presentation], “‘Scaling his present, bearing with his past’: Coriolanus and the Challenges of Teaching Shakespearean Topicality now, St Louis, USA , 09-APR-14 - 12-APR-14 [Details]
    2012 Shakespeare Association of America.
    Stephen O'Neill and Maurizio Calbi (2012) Shakespeare Association of America. [Oral Presentation], Social Media Shakespeare Seminar, Toronto [Details]
    2012 Irish Studies Centre, Concordia University.
    Stephen O'Neill (2012) Irish Studies Centre, Concordia University. [Oral Presentation], Has no one made him out to be an Irishman?: interpreting Shakespeare's perceived Irish problem, Montreal [Details]
    2011 World Shakespeare Congress.
    Stephen O'Neill (2011) World Shakespeare Congress. [Oral Presentation], “Shakespeare, Ireland and the Critics”,, Prague [Details]
    2011 Media Shakespeare: Appropriation Reconsidered, European Shakespeare Research Association.
    Stephen O'Neill (2011) Media Shakespeare: Appropriation Reconsidered, European Shakespeare Research Association. [Oral Presentation], Shakespeare, You Tube and the (Un)sexing of the Sonnets, Weimar, Germany , 29-APR-11 - 30-APR-11 [Details]
    2011 UCD School of English Research Seminar.
    Stephen O'Neill (2011) UCD School of English Research Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Shakespeare's Sonnets on YouTube: Medium Play, Queer Erasures and the Culture of Vernacular Creativity, Dublin , 17-NOV-11 - 17-NOV-11 [Details]
    2010 Abbey Theatre.
    Stephen O'Neill (2010) Abbey Theatre. [Oral Presentation], “Politics, Paranoia, and Power in Shakespeare’s Plays”, Dublin [Details]
    2010 European Shakespeare Research Association Conference.
    Stephen O'Neill (2010) European Shakespeare Research Association Conference. [Oral Presentation], “It’s Shakespeare … with a twist: Exploring Conflict in Shakespeare on You Tube”, Pisa [Details]
    2010 Shakespeare, Performance and Ireland Research Seminar, with the Moore Institute.
    Stephen O'Neill (2010) Shakespeare, Performance and Ireland Research Seminar, with the Moore Institute. [Oral Presentation], Celtic Shakespeare?  Or, what has happened to Shakespeare’s ‘English’ histories?, NUI Galway , 29-MAY-10 - 29-MAY-10 [Details]
    2009 The 8th International European Shakespeare Research Association Conference.
    Stephen O'Neill (2009) The 8th International European Shakespeare Research Association Conference. [Oral Presentation], It's Shakespeare with a twist: Exploring Conflict in Shakespeare on You Tube, Pisa, Italy [Details]
    2009 Shakespeare, Ireland, Scotland, Wales Conference.
    Stephen O'Neill (2009) Shakespeare, Ireland, Scotland, Wales Conference. [Oral Presentation], Beyond Mackmorrice?: Rethinking Shakespeare's Irish Subtexts, School of English, Trinity College Dublin [Details]
    2009 Rathmines Literary Festival.
    Stephen O'Neill (2009) Rathmines Literary Festival. [Oral Presentation], After-show Talk and Discussion, Macbeth,, St Louis, Dublin [Details]
    2009 Guest Lecture, School of Language and Literature, New Bulgarian University.
    Stephen O'Neill (2009) Guest Lecture, School of Language and Literature, New Bulgarian University. [Oral Presentation], Twentieth Century Rewritings of Shakespeare, Sofia, Bulgaria [Details]
    2009 Research Seminar, School of Language and Literature, New Bulgarian University.
    Stephen O'Neill (2009) Research Seminar, School of Language and Literature, New Bulgarian University. [Oral Presentation], 'Has no-one made him out to be an Irishman?': Shakespeare and Irish Writing, Sofia, Bulgaria [Details]
    2008 Filming and Performing Renaissance History Symposi.
    Stephen O'Neill (2008) Filming and Performing Renaissance History Symposi. [Oral Presentation], CGI Elizabeth, or a Spanish Tragedy: Historical T, Queen's University Belfast [Details]
    2008 Shakespeare Association of America.
    Stephen O'Neill (2008) Shakespeare Association of America. [Oral Presentation], Villainy and the (Dis)Closure of Trauma in Shakesp, Dallas, Texas [Details]
    2007 Tubridy Show, RTE Radio One.
    Stephen O'Neill (2007) Tubridy Show, RTE Radio One. [Oral Presentation], “Shakespeare’s Relevance Today, Dublin [Details]
    2007 Queen's University, Belfast.
    Stephen O'Neill (2007) Queen's University, Belfast. [Oral Presentation], ‘What ish my nation?, or questions of Irish differ, Belfast [Details]
    2007 The Eleventh Hour, RTE Radio One.
    Stephen O'Neill (2007) The Eleventh Hour, RTE Radio One. [Oral Presentation], “Images of the Irish”, Author Interview, Staging I, Dublin [Details]
    2007 Jean Monnet University.
    Stephen O'Neill (2007) Jean Monnet University. [Oral Presentation], Shakespeare’s Stage Irishman and questions of diff, Saint-Etienne, France [Details]
    2007 The Orla Barry Show, Newstalk.
    Stephen O'Neill (2007) The Orla Barry Show, Newstalk. [Oral Presentation], Panel Discussion on Shakespeare, Dublin [Details]
    2005 Early Modern Terrorism: Atrocity and Political Vio.
    Stephen O'Neill (2005) Early Modern Terrorism: Atrocity and Political Vio. [Oral Presentation], Go not to Ireland’: Negotiating the Trauma of the, University of Manchester [Details]
    2005 Ireland in the Renaissance.
    Stephen O'Neill (2005) Ireland in the Renaissance. [Public presentations], 1599: Drama, Nation, and the Burden of War, Dublin [Details]

    Book Review

      Year Publication
    2010 Review of J.B Lethbridge (Ed.). Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive Opposites (Manchester University Press, 2008).
    Dr Stephen O'Neill (2010) Review of J.B Lethbridge (Ed.). Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive Opposites (Manchester University Press, 2008). Book Review [Details]
    2008 The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street by Charles Nichol, The Arts Show, RTE Radio One.
    Stephen O'Neill (2008) The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street by Charles Nichol, The Arts Show, RTE Radio One. Book Review [Details]
    2006 Review of Deana Rankin, Between Spenser and Swift: English Writing in Seventeenth Century Ireland (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
    Dr Stephen O'Neill (2006) Review of Deana Rankin, Between Spenser and Swift: English Writing in Seventeenth Century Ireland (Cambridge University Press, 2005). Book Review [Details]
    2004 Review of Clare Carroll, Circe’s Cup: Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Ireland (Notre Dame University Press, 2001).
    Dr Stephen O'Neill (2004) Review of Clare Carroll, Circe’s Cup: Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Ireland (Notre Dame University Press, 2001). Book Review [Details]
    1999 Review of Curtis Perry, The Making of Jacobean Culture (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
    Dr Stephen O'Neill (1999) Review of Curtis Perry, The Making of Jacobean Culture (Cambridge University Press, 1999). Book Review [DOI] [Details]

    Reviews

      Year Publication
    2016 Review: Reason in Madness, Draíocht Theatre.
    Stephen O'Neill (2016) Review: Reason in Madness, Draíocht Theatre. Reviews [Details]
    2015 “Of Crowns, Nations and Memory Machines: Druid reimagines Shakespeare’s Histories.”.
    Stephen O'Neill (2015) “Of Crowns, Nations and Memory Machines: Druid reimagines Shakespeare’s Histories.”. Reviews [Details]
    2014 Review of Brigit by Tom Murphy for Exuent.
    Stephen O'Neill (2014) Review of Brigit by Tom Murphy for Exuent. Reviews [Details]

    Conference Publications

      Year Publication
    2000 ‘“Irish Affairs’: Representing Ireland in Sir John Oldcastle”
    Stephen O'Neill (2000) ‘“Irish Affairs’: Representing Ireland in Sir John Oldcastle” . In: Janet R. Costa eds. Proceedings of the British Graduate Shakespeare Conference The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, , pp.236-245 [Details]
    1998 “‘From Ireland coming’: the Irish Wars in Late Elizabethan Drama”
    Stephen O'Neill (1998) “‘From Ireland coming’: the Irish Wars in Late Elizabethan Drama” PAGES University College Dublin, , pp.145-154 [Details]

    Thesis

      Year Publication
    2004 Staging Ireland: Representations in English Renaissance Drama, c.1587-1603.
    Dr Stephen O'Neill (2004) Staging Ireland: Representations in English Renaissance Drama, c.1587-1603. University College Dublin: Thesis [Details]

    Professional Associations

      Association Function From / To
    Shakespeare Association of America Member /
    Irish Renaissance Seminar Member /
    European Shakespeare Research Association Member /

    Committees

      Committee Function From / To
    Faculty of Arts Research Committee Chairperson /
    Academic Council Faculty of Arts Representative /

    Education

      Year Institution Qualification Subject
    2004 NUI (University College Dublin )

    Teaching Interests

    Dr O'Neill's main teaching interests and responsibilities are in Shakespeare and early modern literature studies but he contributes to the broad teaching needs of Maynooth University Department of English by teaching tutorials, seminars and lectures in the area of literature, drama and cultural theory. Current teaching includes EN107: The Undead, available to double major and single honours students; EN202: Literature and History; EN244: Imagined Worlds; and EN342: Lost Worlds.  For 2018/19, he will be offering an elective module in Third Year, Shakespeare Across Media, which will consider the adaptation of Shakespeare in different forms and geographies. He has previously taught modules on Postmodern Shakespeare and Shakespeare, Feminism and Popular Culture, and on the fiction of Don DeLillo. At postgraduate level, he has taught a module on "Global Shakespeares" cross-listed on the MA in Postcolonial and World Literatures and the MA in Media Studies. For 2018/19, Dr O'Neill will be contributing to the module EN6002 Literatures of Engagement, as part of the Department's new MA programme, Literatures of Engagement. 

    Recent Postgraduates

      Graduation Student Name University Degree Thesis
    2011 O’Dowd, Liam Maynooth University MLitt The Influence of English Colonial Discourse on Early Irish Adaptations of Shakespeare
    2006 O'Neill, Brian Maynooth University MLitt Sourcing Shakespeare’s Histories