Dr Stephen O'Neill
Biography
Dr Stephen O’Neill is 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 guest editing a special issue of the journal Humanities on "Shakespeare and Digital Humanities: New Perspectives and Future Directions", and co-editing The Arden Research Handbook to Shakespeare and Adaptation. He is 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. He is editor of Broadcast Your Shakespeare: Continuity and Change Across Media (New York and London: Arden Shakespeare / Bloomsbury, 2017). Other work includes articles and book
chapters on Hip-Hop Shakespeare, social media Shakespeares and
Shakespeare and quotation. With Maurizio Calbi, he co-edited the special issue, "Shakespeare and Social Media", of the award-winning
journal Borrowers and Lenders http://http//www.borrowers.uga.edu/current
In addition to work on digital Shakespeares, Dr O’Neill’s research has explored the interrelations between Shakespeare and Ireland. He 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).
He is a regular contributor to the conferences of the Shakespeare Association of America and the European Shakespeare Research Association. He is also a member of the Irish Renaissance Seminar. Stephen previously lectured in University College Dublin, where he completed his PhD, before joining English at Maynooth University in 2004. He has been an invited speaker at the School of Canadian Irish Studies, Concordia University; the School of English, UCD; the New Bulgarian University, Sofia; Queen’s University Belfast; and Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, where he participated in a teaching exchange. His research has also made a wider public impact, including a book interview on RTE Radio 1 Arts show and a talk for the Abbey Theatre (April 2010).
Dr O’Neill very much welcomes applications for postgraduate research in Shakespeare and Early Modern studies as well as Shakespeare adaptations, especially in digital cultures.
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Research Interests
Books
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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) [Details] |
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| 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] [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 2016 | 'Introduction: #SocialMediaShakespeares'
O'Neill, Stephen, and Maurizio Calbi (2016) 'Introduction: #SocialMediaShakespeares'. BORROWERS AND LENDERS: THE JOURNAL OF SHAKESPEARE AND APPROPRIATION, X (1) [Details] |
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| 2015 | 'Shakespeare and Social Media'
O'Neill, Stephen (2015) 'Shakespeare and Social Media'. Literature Compass, 12 (6):274-285 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] [Details] |
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| 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] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
Blog
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
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| 2015 | “Shakespeare and Online Video”, Shakespeare on YouTube.
Stephen O'Neill (2015) “Shakespeare and Online Video”, Shakespeare on YouTube. Blog [Details] |
Book Review
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 2013 | Digital Shakespeares.
Stephen O'Neill (2013) Digital Shakespeares. [Oral Presentation], YouTube Shakespeare, University of Nottingham , 24-JUL-13 [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 2012 | Shakespeare Association of America.
Stephen O'Neill and Maurizio Calbi (2012) Shakespeare Association of America. [Oral Presentation], Social Media Shakespeare Seminar, Toronto [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 2011 | World Shakespeare Congress.
Stephen O'Neill (2011) World Shakespeare Congress. [Oral Presentation], “Shakespeare, Ireland and the Critics”,, Prague [Details] |
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| 2010 | Abbey Theatre.
Stephen O'Neill (2010) Abbey Theatre. [Oral Presentation], “Politics, Paranoia, and Power in Shakespeare’s Plays”, Dublin [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 2009 | Rathmines Literary Festival.
Stephen O'Neill (2009) Rathmines Literary Festival. [Oral Presentation], After-show Talk and Discussion, Macbeth,, St Louis, Dublin [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 2007 | Tubridy Show, RTE Radio One.
Stephen O'Neill (2007) Tubridy Show, RTE Radio One. [Oral Presentation], “Shakespeare’s Relevance Today, Dublin [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 2007 | The Orla Barry Show, Newstalk.
Stephen O'Neill (2007) The Orla Barry Show, Newstalk. [Oral Presentation], Panel Discussion on Shakespeare, Dublin [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
Reviews
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2016 | Review: Reason in Madness, Draíocht Theatre.
Stephen O'Neill (2016) Review: Reason in Madness, Draíocht Theatre. Reviews [Details] |
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| 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] |
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| 2014 | Review of Brigit by Tom Murphy for Exuent.
Stephen O'Neill (2014) Review of Brigit by Tom Murphy for Exuent. Reviews [Details] |
Thesis
| Year | Publication | |
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| 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] |
Conference Hosted
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2006 | Shakespeare and the Irish Writer.
Dr Stephen O'Neill (2006) Shakespeare and the Irish Writer. Conference Hosted [Details] |
Online Multimedia
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2016 | Storify - Introduction Shakespeare and Social Media.
Stephen O'Neill (2016) Storify - Introduction Shakespeare and Social Media. Online Multimedia [Details] |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
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| Shakespeare Association of America | Member | / | |
| Irish Renaissance Seminar | Member | / | |
| European Shakespeare Research Association | Member | / |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
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| Faculty of Arts Research Committee | Chairperson | / | |
| Academic Council | Faculty of Arts Representative | / |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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| 2004 | NUI (University College Dublin ) |
Teaching Interests
Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation | Student Name | University | Degree | Thesis | |
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| 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 |