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Call for Papers: Byron and Ink

The School of English and Digital Humanities at UCC will host Byron and Ink, the 51st International Association of Byron Societies Conference, from 5-8 July 2027. The conference invites papers exploring Byron's relationship with authorship, publishing, print culture, manuscripts, correspondence, and the literary marketplace. Abstracts (250-300 words) and a short biography should be submitted by 19 February 2027. Early-career researchers, doctoral students, and independent scholars are particularly welcome.

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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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Frank Shovlin visits UCC's School of English and Digital Humanities and the Future Humanities Institute to discuss his highly anticipated and already celebrated biography of pioneering Irish writer John McGahern.

The School of English and Digital Humanities and the Future Humanities Institute are delighted to welcome Prof Frank Shovlin to the Dora Allman room at 6pm on Friday 4th December to discuss his highly anticipated and already celebrated biography of pioneering Irish writer, John McGahern. [Click to see details]

School Staff and Students Participate in Gulliver at 300 Symposium

Staff from the School spoke at Gulliver at 300, a symposium organised by Dr Vittorio Buffachi of the Department of Philosophy. Dr Clíona Ó Gallchoir's paper was about the feminisation of Gulliver in Book II, Dr Mary O'Connell spoke about Swift and the printing press and Professor Claire Connolly spoke about Swift and the Irish Sea. At the end of the symposium the SATLE funded project Gulliver and the Language Machine was launched by Dr O'Connell and Dr Quirke. This project aims to use the text of Swift's work to help students in English understand the Academic Integrity Policies of our Department. BA in English students Gwen-Jane Agius and Lara Pedrosa Martins both spoke about the project at the event.

Students in the Department of English celebrate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

28th October 2026 was the 300th anniversary of the publication of Jonathan Swift's masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. To mark the occasion, Dr Clíona Ó Gallchoir brought students from EN2023 Eighteenth-Century Literature and EN2078 Colony and Nation to visit Special Collections UCC. There were several items relating to Swift on display, including a beautiful early edition of Gulliver's Travels. The highlight of the visit was seeing the Salvage Press Edition of Swift's A Modest Proposal. Dr Liz Quirke, Lecturer in Poetry, spoke about the poems and artwork in this stunning edition. The Salvage Press

Former Department of English MA Student Publishes Prestigious Monograph

Dr Cody Jarman, a former MA student of English at UCC, has just published his first monograph, Writing the Pale in the Irish Revival and the Harlem Renaissance (Syracuse University Press). The starting point for this book was Dr Jarman’s MA dissertation, “‘Jumpin’ Jim Joyce: Blackface Minstrelsy in the Works of James Joyce”. In that dissertation, Dr Jarman established the centrality of minstrelsy to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American culture, reflecting on scholarly interest in post-Famine Irish American involvement in blackface and minstrelsy. He then went on to consider the under-researched topic of minstrelsy in more specific Irish contexts, discovering in the writings of James Joyce a rich set of engagements with minstrelsy and similar racially-informed popular theatre. Since then, Dr Jarman expanded his MA dissertation into a broader research project on Revivalism in the Black and Green Atlantic, culminating in this groundbreaking monograph.

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