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Conference: Uses of Romanticism

18-19 February 2026

The symposium will consider the relevance of romanticism for a discussion of literature created in a range of British, Irish and imperial locations and consider the extent to which use itself is a concept that is imprinted by colonialism.

Conferences 2026

Research Seminar Series: Prof Morgan Ndlovu

21 January
3-4 pm, O’Rahilly Building 2.12

UCC’s Department of English welcomes
Prof Morgan Ndlovu (University of Johannesburg)
“Decolonising Knowledge: Reflections from the Africa Decolonial Research Network”

Seminars 2026

Research Seminar Series: Dr Adam Hanna

4 February
3-4 pm, O’Rahilly Building 2.12

Dr Adam Hanna (University College Cork)
“Shaped by the Pressure...of What Has Been Withheld”:
Seamus Heaney’s North Notebooks and Manuscript Drafts

Seminars 2026

Research Seminar Series: Dr Francesca Brooks

18 February
3-4 pm, O’Rahilly Building 2.12

Dr Francesca Brooks (University College Cork)
“Caedmon on the shell tip”:
Reading Old English

Seminars 2026

Research Seminar Series: Prof Patricia Coughlan

4 March
3-4 pm, O’Rahilly Building 2.12

Prof Patricia Coughlan (University College Cork, emerita)
Eibhear Walshe, Cissie's Abattoir, and Dissident Autobiography

Seminars 2026

Research Seminar Series: Dr Bahriye Kemal

1 April
3-4 pm, O’Rahilly Building 2.12

Dr Bahriye Kemal (University College Cork)
Ji kerema xwe, RojAva ( Kobanî ) ji bîra neke
| رجاء لا تنسي روج آفا (كوباني )|
Please Don’t Forget Rojava (Kobani):
Women Writing Syria against Displacement, War and Genocide

Seminars 2026

Research Seminar Series: Prof Elizabeth Hale

15 April
3-4 pm, O’Rahilly Building 2.12

Prof Elizabeth Hale (University of New England, Australia)
“Our Mythical Childhood”:
Uses of Classical Antiquity in Children’s Literature

Seminars 2026

News

Registration now open for Global Undergraduate Awards

Registration for the Global Undergraduate Awards is now open. 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. There will be one winner for the Department of English Undergraduate Awards in each year and 3 to 4 highly recommended entrants.

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.

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.

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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