School of English, Drama, Film and Creative Writing at University College Dublin
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17 May 2024
'American Anthem', the new poetry collection from UCD Creative Writing tutor Kelly Michels, via Gallery Press, launches tonight in the city centre!
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29 Apr 2024
Last call to RSVP for 'The Business of Writing' THIS WEEK, Thursday the 2nd of May, in the Trapdoor, UCD Belfield! Writer-in-Residence Colin Barrett hosts a panel on writing and publishing with three special guests. RSVP VIA EMAIL (in image & alt text) to confirm a place.
ALT Poster for 'The Business of Writing' event occurring THIS WEEK, Thursday the 2nd of May, in the Trapdoor, Newman, UCD Belfield. UCD Arts Council Writer-in-Residence Colin Barrett, hosted by the Mary Lavin Centre of Creative Writing, will be in conversation with literary agent Anna Stein, TOLKA editor Liam Harrison, and novelist Nicole Flattery. Drinks will be served from 5pm and some relevant reading material by our esteemed guests will also be available on-site, courtesy of UCD’s Campus Bookshop! If you have not yet RSVP’d, please email us at <englishdramafilm@ucd.ie> to confirm a place. (Likewise, if you are no longer free to attend, please do let us know.)
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16 Feb 2024
Come join us for the launch of 'Bernard Shaw: Reimagining Women and Ireland 1892 -1914' by Dr. Audrey McNamara!
The book will be launched by Prof Eamonn Jordan (UCD) on Thursday 22 February 6-8PM, at the Trinity Long Room Hub, Neil Hoey/Idea Space, Trinity College Dublin.
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15 Feb 2024
UCD’s writer in residence @ColinBarrett82 is now accepting applications for One to One Creative Writing Feedback Sessions in Fiction and Prose for writers of all experience levels!✍️
Details on how to apply: ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/news…
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1 Feb 2024
The School is excited to announce a 4-year doctoral Scholarship under the research title "Examining the Influence of Platform Affordances, Cultural Norms, and the Spread of Misinformation in Global Contexts."
See the link for application details
ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/news…
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UCD English Studies retweeted
15 Jan 2024
✍️🧑🎓 Huge congratulations and welcome back to our new Writer-in-Residence @colinbarrett82, who takes over from @VKennefick for 2024.
😊 "I did a master’s at UCD and everyone was sound."
🔗 theguardian.com/books/2024/j…
We are pleased to share 2024 Writer-in-Residence/Fellowships!
Aingeala Flannery & Muireann Ní Chíobháin (Irish lang) @DCU
Michèle Forbes @MaynoothUni
John Patrick McHugh @uniofgalway
Catherine Prasifka @tcddublin
Ian Maleney @UCC
Colin Barrett @ucddublin
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ALT Composite image of slices of headshots of the 2024 Writers in Residence/ Fellows. Muireann Ní Chíobháin (DCU, Irish-language) Aingeala Flannery (DCU, English-language) Michèle Forbes (Maynooth University) John Patrick McHugh (University of Galway) Catherine Prasifka (Trinity College Dublin) Ian Maleney (UCC) Colin Barrett (UCD)
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❤️❤️Give yourself the gift of the most beautiful two-and-a-half minutes: the once-in-a-lifetime project that is #EIRSAT1. A privileged collaboration w/ @jcsplibraries @UCD_English @UCD_Research @LorraineHanlon1 @ucdscience @UCD_Mech_Eng @UCD_physics @UCDLibrary @PaulPerryWriter
1 Dec 2023
🚀🚀🚀POETRY IN MOTION🚀🚀🚀
In advance of Ireland's first satellite @eirsat1 launching into #space later today, it is with great joy that we share ALL WAYS HOME a brand-new poem etched on the side of #EIRSAT1 that will communicate with #home. Written by 12 DEIS secondary school students working with @MoLI_Museum @jcsplibraries @UCD_English @UCD_Research @ucddublin @LorraineHanlon1 @ucdscience @UCD_Mech_Eng @UCD_physics @UCDLibrary
⭐️Curated by @PaulPerryWriter working with @AmadiEnyi @JessicaTraynor6
⭐️Poem artwork by Emer O'Boyle @ucdartistsinres
⭐️Short film illustrated and animated by @AlanDunneDraws
⭐️ Translated to #Gaeilge by Eoin McEvoy @UCDScoilGLCB
Find out more:
ucd.ie/artshumanities/newsan…
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13 Nov 2023
The School is currently hiring two temporary Post-doc Research fellows. For more details on appling, please follw this link
timeshighereducation.com/uni…
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4 Oct 2023
We're looking for our next Arts Council Writer-in-Residence for 2024: Could it be you?
Details below: deadline for applications is 5.30pm on the 9th November 2023.
artscouncil.ie/News/Literatu…
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25 Oct 2023
The School of English Drama and Film mourns our late colleague Professor Maurice Harmon, who has passed away at the age of 93. Read our tribute below:
ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/news…
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25 Oct 2023
Further information about Prof. Harmon’s archives and library, currently held in UCD Library’s Special Collections, can be found here:
ucd.ie/specialcollections/ar…
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28 Sep 2023
The School of English Drama and Film has announced a SFI/IRC Pathway-funded PhD Scholarship in Contemporary Irish Literature and Publishing, as part of the Contemporary Anglophone Literature project. Deadline for applications is 23 October. Details below:
ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/news…
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All Welcome 📘👏
Join The Ireland Chair of Poetry and UCD Press to celebrate the launch of
The World Unmade
by Frank Ormsby
Ireland Professor of Poetry 2019 – 2022
6pm, on Friday 6th October 2023
The Crescent Arts Centre
RSVP irelandchairofpoetry@gmail.com
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28 Sep 2023
Congrats to the school's Nerys Williams and UCD Writer in Residence 2023 Victoria Kennefick for being highly commended for the Forward (UK and Ireland) single poem prize! 🎉🎉🎉
25 Sep 2023
Thrilled to announce the 50 incredible poets highly commended in this year’s #ForwardPrizes and anthologised in this year's Forward Book of Poetry, which will be published by @FaberBooks on #NationalPoetryDay Thursday 5 October.
Read more:
forwardartsfoundation.org/fo…
ALT A list of all the poets highly commended for the Forward Prizes 2024 - you can find a list on here: https://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes-for-poetry/forward-book-of-poetry/
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UCD English Studies retweeted
26 Sep 2023
Great day @MoLI_Museum with @UCD_writer UCD CW @HumanitiesUCD Ian Davidson, Paula McGrath, Victoria Kennefick and Campbell McGrath here at WORDFEVER a UCD CW conference
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26 Sep 2023
The School has announced a PhD Scholarship in Contemporary Irish Literature and Publishing. See the description for how to apply.
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17 Aug 2023
A great opportunity here to work with @AiliseBulfin on her ERC research project! Closing date Friday August 25th.
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18 May 2023
The school is currently hiring a Post-doc Fellow. For more details about applying, please follow this link: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/1…
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2 May 2023
Applications for this year's Maeve Binchy Travel Award are due this afternoon!
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