Teaching
Irish literature and culture, 1850 to the present
I lead the module in twentieth-century and contemporary Irish literature, which surveys novels, poems and plays by writers including James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Edna O'Brien, Seamus Heaney and Eimear McBride. I contribute lectures and seminars on Irish literature and culture to other modules, including Ireland's Battle for Ideas and Ireland: Political, Social and Cultural Geographies.
Modern and Contemporary Literature in English
I also teach on English literature modules, including Modernist Literature 1900-1945: my lectures explore the relationship between literary modernism and empire and literary modernism and performance. I am in the process of developing a new interdisciplinary module called 'Writing for Radio: Broadcasting in Twentieth-Century Britain and Ireland'. This will focus on broadcast writing in the period 1930-1960 by the likes Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Dylan Thomas and Elizabeth Bowen.
Modules for 2025-26
FIELDTRIP TO IRELAND AND STUDY METHODS
Module code: IRIS102
Role: Teaching
BRITISH POETIC WRITING SINCE 1930
Module code: ENGL305
Role: Teaching
Creative Writing (Drama)
Module code: ENGL315
Role: Teaching
DISSERTATION IN IRISH STUDIES (WHOLE SESSION)
Module code: IRIS400
Role: Teaching
DISSERTATION IN IRISH STUDIES - SECOND SEMESTER
Module code: IRIS310
Role: Teaching
IMAGINING THE MIGRANT SELF: HISTORY, LITERATURE AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURE
Module code: ENGL486
Role: Teaching
IRELAND'S BATTLE OF IDEAS
Module code: IRIS114
Role: Teaching
IRISH STUDIES IN ACTION
Module code: IRIS217
Role: Teaching
MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN POSTWAR BRITAIN: HISTORIES, LITERATURES, ACTIVISMS
Module code: ENGL485
Role: Module Co-ordinator
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY IRISH WRITING: FROM JAMES JOYCE TO SALLY ROONEY
Module code: IRIS104
Role: Module Co-ordinator
MODERNIST LITERATURE
Module code: ENGL232
Role: Teaching
RESEARCH METHODS FOR IRISH STUDIES
Module code: IRIS230
Role: Teaching
Victorian Literature
Module code: ENGL243
Role: Teaching
WORLD LITERATURE RESEARCH PROJECT 1
Module code: WLIT321
Role: Teaching
WORLD LITERATURE RESEARCH PROJECT 2
Module code: WLIT322
Role: Teaching
WRITING FOR RADIO: BROADCASTING IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Module code: ENGL487
Role: Module Co-ordinator