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https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/105255The School is currently hiring for Post-doc Fellow. Applications are due on May...
17/05/2023

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/105255

The School is currently hiring for Post-doc Fellow. Applications are due on May 31st

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within School of English Drama and Film.

The School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2023 competi...
03/04/2023

The School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2023 competition for the Maeve Binchy Travel Award. This award, sponsored by the Binchy/Snell family, commemorates Maeve Binchy, her love of travel and her world-celebrated creative writing. The Award, worth €4,000, is open to a student (undergraduate or postgraduate) currently enrolled in UCD’s College of Arts & Humanities. The successful student will use the Award to fund a travel opportunity that will enhance her/his/their creative writing.

For more information please visit our website: https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/callforapplicationsfor2023ucdmaevebinchytravelaward/

The School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2023 competition for the Maeve Binchy Travel Award. This award, sponsored by the Binchy/Snell family, commemorates Maeve Binchy, her love of travel and her world-celebrated creative writing. T...

Tickets for this year's performance project are now available:
03/03/2023

Tickets for this year's performance project are now available:

This year’s Performance Project is free and now available to book. UCD’s Performance Project is a stage 3 module of Drama Studies in the School of English, Drama and Film. It will take place on the 8th of March at 6:30pm and on the 9th and 10th at 1pm.

https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/emiliepineawardedkateobrienaward/The festival judges noted: "For her d...
28/02/2023

https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/emiliepineawardedkateobrienaward/

The festival judges noted: "For her deeply moving, poignant, intelligent & perceptive novel that stays with, The Kate O’Brien Award winner is Emilie Pine. Ruth & Pen succeeds in making us think differently about important & serious themes including infertility & autism & we thank & congratulate Emilie."

School of English, Drama, and Film lecturer, Emilie Pine has been awarded the Kate O'Brien Award  as part of the Limerick Literary Festival for her debut novel 'Ruth & Pen.' 

https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/victoriakennefickreadingThe School’s current writer-in-residence, Vict...
27/02/2023

https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/victoriakennefickreading

The School’s current writer-in-residence, Victoria Kennefick, will be performing a reading as part of MoLI’s First Fridays series this week. Admission is free with the event taking place on the 3rd of March from 6pm. Tickets can be secured at moli.ie/tickets.

The School’s current writer-in-residence, Victoria Kennefick, will be performing a reading as part of MoLI’s First Fridays series this week. Admission is free with the event taking place on the 3rd of March from 6pm. Tickets can be secured at moli.ie/tickets.

12/05/2022

An aspiring novelist whose work will will chronicle the journey of an Irish seminarian travelling towards St Petersburg is the winner of this year's UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award.

Staged reading of Miasma by Colin Murphy⁣⁣Colin Murphy’s dramatic exploration of the discovery of the origins and spread...
05/05/2022

Staged reading of Miasma by Colin Murphy⁣

Colin Murphy’s dramatic exploration of the discovery of the origins and spread of cholera epidemics in Victorian London has its origins in his collaboration with the ERC VICTEUR project in UCD School of English and SFI Insight Centre for Data Analytics in a Discover project and opens up some fascinating avenues for the use of theatre to engage both regular theatre goers and new audiences with complex medical histories and scientific discoveries. ⁣

The performances will be followed by a series of panel discussions. The event takes place today and tomorrow with tickets available at the link below.

What can one man do in the face of a pandemic? What happens when “the science” is wrong?

https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/mscafellowships/
20/04/2022

https://www.ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/newsandevents/mscafellowships/

The School of English, Drama, and Film is delighted to report that seven postdoctoral researchers have received Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowships, including two members within our own department: Dr James Little and Dr Helen Newsome, whose research will be mentored by Professors ...

The New Word Order is accepting submissions for Issue IV of the student-run journal. The Editors are looking for fiction...
14/03/2022

The New Word Order is accepting submissions for Issue IV of the student-run journal. The Editors are looking for fiction, poetry, non-fiction, art and photography submissions from anyone with an interpretation of this issue’s theme, ‘Strangers.’
We actively encourage creators of all genres and styles to submit to the journal.

Please consult the following guidelines before submitting your work:

Fiction ― Short Stories can be submitted with a 3,000 word max. Please submit no more than 1 short story over 800 words. Flash fiction under 800 words will be accepted, but please submit no more than 2 pieces of this length.

Poetry ― We will accept a maximum of three poems per submission.

Non-fiction ― Non-fiction essays may be submitted with a 3,000 word max. Other forms of non-fiction are welcome.

Photography and Art ― For best quality, photographs and artwork must be submitted as JPEG or a PNG file. The featured image should not exceed 1200 x 900 pixels in landscape mode, or 900 x 1200 pixels in portrait mode. Please submit no more than 3 individual pieces. Photo Essays may contain more but must be submitted as one piece.

Submissions cannot have been published elsewhere.

Submissions that fail to adhere to these guidelines will not be accepted.

How to Submit

Please send your work to [email protected]

The type of submission (fiction, poetry, non-fiction) should be included in the subject line.
The body of your email should include your name and pronouns, how you would like to be credited (pseudonym/anonymously), the title of the piece, and a list of trigger warnings relevant to your submission.

Please include word count for fiction and non-fiction pieces.
For art and photography submissions, please include a short rationale (approx. 200 words).
Attach your submission as a Word .docx

A University College Dublin Student-run Journal.

New series of discussions taking place online (for free!) this trimester. Please view the link below for further details...
08/03/2022

New series of discussions taking place online (for free!) this trimester. Please view the link below for further details.

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