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Department Canvas Course

The Department of English has created a Canvas course that is both an information bank and a noticeboard for general announcements of interest to the Department's students and staff. The "UCC Department of English" course is the one-stop-shop for info on your English timetable, module descriptions, reading lists, programme requirements etc., as well as guidelines and advice about English assignments, student supports, and more useful throughout the year. Students must self-enrol in the course. English students will see an invitation to join this Canvas course once they enrol and open any English course on Canvas (where the Canvas course has been published).

First Lectures 2026-2027

CK109 BA in English
CK109 – First Year: Monday, 14 September, 2 pm - WGB_G04
CK109 – Second Year: Monday, 7 September, 5 pm - AL_G30
CK109 – Third Year: Monday, 7 September, 3 pm - ORB1.56

CK101 BA in Arts
CK101 – First Year: Tuesday, 15 September, 11 am - Boole 4
CK101 – Second Year: Monday, 7 September, 12 noon - Boole 2
CK101 – Third Year: Tuesday, 8 September, 1 pm - Boole 2

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English Research Seminar Series Autumn 2026

The English Research Seminar Series returns this Autumn 2026, with an exciting programme of talks running from September to December. Click to view individual event titles and further details.

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News

01 Sep 2026

Heather Laird Interviewed for Sligo’s Thread Softly Festival 2026

Heather Laird was recently interviewed for a podcast series, “Shifting Borders of Memory”, released as part of Sligo’s 2026 Thread Softly festival. “Shifting Borders of Memory” explores the impact of the squaring of the land, the Famine and the Land War, and their legacies, on the small farmer and small farming culture in rural Ireland. This interview draws on research for her current book project: Land and Literature in Modern Ireland.   https://www.treadsoftly.ie/shifting-borders-of-memory
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26 Jun 2026

Congratulations to Professor Connolly on receiving the Robert Rhodes Prize.

Congratulations to Professor Claire Connolly on receiving the ACIS [American Conference for Irish Studies] Robert Rhodes Prize.  The award was officially announced at the ACIS National Conference in Denver Colorado 27-31 May national conference.  
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21 May 2026

Double Space vol. 5 Launched

Congratulations to student editors of Double Space, who have just launched the fifth the journal's fifth volume. The journal, which is edited, designed and overseen by second- and third-year students in the BA English programme, showcases award-winning work by undergraduate students in UCC. Essays published in Double Space have been awarded, or highly recommended for the UCC Undergraduate Award, the Patricia Coughlan Award, the Louise Clancy Memorial Prize and the Eoin Murray Memorial Prize. 
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12 May 2026

UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards

Please find, in the below link, details regarding the Global Undergraduate Awards. All Department of English 2nd and 3rd year students who submit work to the Global Undergraduate Awards are eligible to submit work to the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards.  The rules/requirements for the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards are the same as those for the Global Undergraduate Awards, with the exception that 2nd and 3rd year entrants will be judged separately; consequently, students cannot submit work from a previous academic year to the UCC Department of English Awards.  There will be one winner for the Department of English Undergraduate Awards in each year and 3 to 4 highly recommended entrants.
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