English, University of Galway

04/06/2026

Dr Adrian Paterson is part of an expert panel reviewing this year's Women's Prize shortlist for non-fiction authors. In this article in The Conversation, Adrian writes about Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The Lives and Loves of Gwen and Augustus John by Judith Mackrell.

New perspectives on history, complicated family relationships and a creative approach to health.

28/05/2026

The Magna Charta Universitatum Observatory has announced that the 2026 Student Essay Competition is now officially open.

This year’s theme is:
The Humanities and How They Influence Access to and the Experience of Higher Education
Students from universities around the world are invited to reflect on how the humanities shape access to higher education, belonging, academic development, and personal growth.

All information relating to the competition — including participation guidelines, submission details, and the webinar recording — is now available here:

21/05/2026

Dr Frances McCormack's article "Active Learning in a Neuroaffirmative Classroom" was recently published in Information and Learning Sciences. This article describes Dr McCormack's development of her final-year seminar module "Autism Fictions, Autistic Writing," through which she strove to create a neuroaffirmative learning experience. Ultimately, the module design transformied her understanding of active learning and therefore her own teaching practice.

A very interesting read!

Purpose. Traditional learning methods and norms may not adequately support, and instead can further marginalise, a neurodivergent population of students. The purpose of this paper is to describe the theory and strategies that underpinned the author’s development of a module on autistic representat...

15/05/2026

"When I decided to pursue my MA in English, I sought a program that would intellectually challenge me and provide a new academic perspective. What I discovered was an experience that not only enhanced my expertise but broadened my worldview fuelling my passion for literature."

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07/05/2026

Dr Coralline Dupuy was recently invited to Poland to deliver guest lectures about her research project on migrant children, Celtic myths, and Irish Gothic writers. She was invited by Prof. Krystyna Zabawa and Michael Doherty from Ignatianum University in Kraków.

29/04/2026

Dr Coralline Dupuy will be returning to beautiful Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie next month to participate in their 2026 Irish week. She will be speaking about migration in French and Irish YA fiction, Irish vampires, and female agency in Celtic mythology. Coralline has been invited by Ignatianum University, Cracow colleagues Krystyna Zabawa and Michael Doherty.

23/04/2026

An archivist is transported into the imaginative world of John McGahern

09/04/2026

Interested in finding out what it is like to study English and Creative Writing at third level?
Why not come along, with your school, to our Taster Day session 'How and Why Writers Write' at 12:15pm on Wednesday, April 15th in the Arts Millennium Building.

For more information see https://www.universityofgalway.ie/tasterdays/