Hello all! After much consideration, we have decided to change the name of our second panel, from “languages and meaning” to “Cultural Identity: Old World and New”. The four speakers will remain as Lisa, Sean, Jamie and Luke.
Hope to see you all at our conference March 22nd!
Rosemary Kelly (Panel IV: Gender and Representation)
Introducing Rosemary Kelly, our final speaker on our panel: Gender and Representation
Rosemary Kelly first graduated with a QQI FETAC Level 5 in Journalism from CSN College of Further Education, before moving onto UCC to study a joint BA in English and Sociology. She is currently studying the MA in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. Her research interests include fantasy receptions of Medieval literature (like Lord of the Rings), gender studies in Old and Middle English and theories of language usage such as semiotics. She will be presenting on the construction of masculinity in the Nowell Codex.
Take a look at Rosemary’s blog over here:https://fafnirstreasuretrove.wordpress.com
Amanda Keating (Panel IV: Gender and Representation)
Introducing Amanda Keating, our third speaker on our panel: Gender and Representation
Amanda Keating is an MA student at University College Cork where she studies British and American Modernities in literature and film. She attained her BA in English at UCC, where she completed a dissertation which focused on how the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale engages with feminist ideology through different time periods and in varying mediums. She is currently researching Gothic girlhood and its connection to violence in works by Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, and Gillian Flynnn. Conveniently, her extracurricular activities involve immersing herself in books and film with an over analytical tendency those in ear shot must learn to endure.
Take a look at Amanda’s blog over here:https://musingsonmodernities.wordpress.com
Aisling O’Mahoney (Panel IV: Gender and Representation)
Introducing Aisling O’Mahoney, our second speaker on our panel: Gender and Representation
Aisling O’Mahony is a Medieval to Renaissance Literature MA student. Her particular area of interest is Shakespearean Literature. She completed her BA in English and History in University College Cork, where she wrote a thesis on The Queen’s Men, a playing company during the Renaissance. She will be discussing the representation of women within Shakespearean Literature.
Find Aisling at her blog: https://sonnetsstarsandshakespeare.wordpress.com
Mary Liza Hartong (Panel IV: Gender and Representation
Introducing Mary Liza Hartong, our first speaker on our panel: Gender and Representation
Mary Liza Hartong studied English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Dartmouth College, holds a Masters in Creative Writing from Dartmouth College, and is currently researching the theme of gender in country music. Her research focuses on the rigid gender binary present in the genre, aka “women are like this/men are like that,” and its harmful implications for women. With this project she hopes to understand and dismantle reductive notions of womanhood.
Take a look at Mary Liza’s blog over here:https://ladieswholunch418424801.wordpress.com/
Darragh McGrath (Panel III: Reception / Adaptation
Introducing Darragh McGrath, our final speaker on our panel: Reception/Adaptation.
A graduate of UCC Darragh received a 1st class honors BA (Single honors) in English and is currently studying for the MA in Modernities.
In the final year of his degree he received a High Recommendation in the School of English Undergraduate awards for his seminar essay on “Oscar Wilde’s stylized presentation of reality in his fairy tales”.
His areas of interest range from works of James Joyce to American Literature such as the works of Kurt Vonnegut and other writers of science fiction to more contemporary works including film
Take a look at Darragh’s blog over here:http://ajourneyinmodernliteratureandfilm.video.blog
Tess Breslin (Panel III: Reception / Adaptation)
Introducing Tess Breslin, our fourth speaker on our panel: Reception/Adaptation.
Tess Breslin is a current MA student of English in UCC, studying ‘Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance’. Tess graduated from UCC in 2018 with a joint BA in philosophy and English. A recipient of a CACSS’s excellence scholarship, Tess hopes to pursue a dissertation studying re-tellings of Beowulf. She plans to approach the text with attention to violence as a means of enforcing gender norms.
Take a look at Tess’ blog over here:http://thebigbadbeowulf.wordpress.com
John Donovan (Panel III: Reception / Adaptation)
Introducing John Donovan, our third speaker on our panel: Reception/Adaptation.
John Donovan is currently undertaking the MA in Modernities: American and British film and literature. Previously, he completed his BA in English and History in University College Cork. His research interests include 20th century and 21st century dramatic literature, theatrical censorship, New Queer Cinema and LGBT literary studies. His thesis explores the causes and consequences of the censorship encountered by the 2013 stage adaptation of Colm Toibin’s novella The Testament of Mary.
Take a look at John’s blog over here: https://considerableconundrum.wordpress.com/
Jody Williams (Panel III: Reception/Adaptation)
Introducing Jody Williams, our second speaker on our third hosted panel: Reception/Adaptation.
Hailing from Cork, Jody studied English and Philosophy in his undergraduate degree in University College Cork. Graduating in 2015, he returned last year for postgraduate study in the Medieval field. Jody will be speaking about the culture of death and grief in Medieval and Renaissance society.
You can find Jody over at his blog:
https://beyondouroldhorizons.wordpress.com
Evelyn Lonergan (Panel III: Reception/Adaptation)
Introducing Evelyn Lonergan, our first speaker on our third hosted panel: Reception/Adaptation.
Evelyn is a current masters student in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, with an interest in race, gender, reception and adaption in Shakespeare and other early modern writers. She received a first class Honours undergraduate degree in English and History in 2018
Check out Evelyn over at her blog: https://scribefive.wordpress.com/
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