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| 3pm - 4pm | 10 Dec 2025 | "Our Mythical Childhood": Uses of Classical Antiquity in Children's Literature | O'Rahilly Building | /en/english/our-mythical-childhood-uses-of-classical-antiquity-in-childrens-literature.html |
News
09 Jan 2026
Dr Heather Laird has been appointed as one of the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies Visiting Scholars for Spring 2026
Dr Heather Laird has been appointed as one of the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies Visiting Scholars for Spring 2026. Her current book project, “Land and literature in Modern Ireland: Decolonising the Field”, is a monograph that explores post-revolutionary Irish writing in the context of land ownership, occupancy and usage. While the book is shaped by decolonial theory, it is also inspired by Heather’s own experience of having been raised on a family farm on the county boundaries of Leitrim and Roscommon.
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17 Dec 2025
Dean Browne announced as Arts Council Writer in Residence at University College Cork
· Dean Browne announced as 2026 Arts Council Writer in Residence at University College Cork. · The collaboration between the Arts Council and UCC celebrates diverse artistic voices and practices shaping Ireland’s creative landscape.
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15 Dec 2025
Claire Connolly publishes special issue
Claire Connolly (UCC School of English and Digital Humanities) and her co-editor James Chandler (University of Chicago) are pleased to announce the publication Special Issue 56.2 of the journal New Literary History, on the topic of Irish Keywords. NLH focuses on questions of theory, method, interpretation, and literary history and is published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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15 Dec 2025
Congratulations to this Year's English Department Award Winners
Congratulations to the UCC undergraduate English students who received awards for their academic/creative work at the 2025 School of English and Digital Humanities Welcome event. All of the students won or were highly recommended for awards will have their work published in the UCC Undergraduate English journal, Double Space.
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