Research Profile

Claire Connolly

Biography

Claire Connolly is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.  She is a member of the Editorial Board for Cambridge Studies in Romanticism and currently serves as Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Secretary for the Royal Irish Academy.

Formerly a professor at Cardiff University, Claire Connolly has been a visiting professor in Irish Studies at Boston College (2002-3) and Concordia University, Montreal (Fall 2011). For 2018-19 she was Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies at Magdalene College Cambridge. In 2023-2024, she was Burns Visiting Scholar at Boston College.

Research Interests

Current projects include:
A book on Irish Romanticism under contract to Cambridge University Press;
A book on Irish sea crossings and colonial infrastructure from Jonathan Swift to Elizabeth Bowen.

Research Grants

 ProjectFunding
Body
Start DateEnd DateAward
Ports, Past & PresentEuropean Union01-MAR-1931-OCT-24€1,183,170.00
Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal CulturesIrish Research Council20-NOV-1530-NOV-17€219,131.20
H2020 Travel SupportEnterprise Irl24-NOV-1624-MAY-17€540.00
Frank O' Connor (1903-1966): A Real Story.Irish Research Council01-MAR-1631-AUG-16€9,721.00
DUETS 2015UCC Strategic Research Fund01-SEP-1401-SEP-15€6,000.00
IRC New Foundations: Comparing Coastal TopographiesIrish Research Council01-SEP-1431-OCT-15€5,987.00
IRC New Foundations: DUETS: Knowledge Exchange for Cork's Creative CommunityIrish Research Council13-MAR-1430-NOV-14€6,000.00
DUETS 2014UCC Strategic Research Fund01-SEP-1301-SEP-14€6,000.00
Funding for Fulbright collaborative MA scholarship (Creative Writing)UCC Strategic Research Fund01-AUG-1501-AUG-16€8,000.00
IRC New Foundations: Roads to the Nation: A workshop on the History, Theory and Culture of RoadsIrish Research Council01-NOV-1230-MAY-13€5,374.00
Ireland-Wales Research NetworkArt & Humanities Research Council01-NOV-0701-NOV-09€70,000.00

Publications

Books

 YearPublication
(2011)A Cultural History of the Irish Novel, 1790-1829.
Connolly, Claire (2011) A Cultural History of the Irish Novel, 1790-1829. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   [Details]

Book Chapters

 YearPublication
(2024)'Useful Fictions: Morality and Empire in the Writings of Maria Edgeworth'
Claire Connolly (2024) 'Useful Fictions: Morality and Empire in the Writings of Maria Edgeworth' In: Literature in Transition, 1800-1810. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
(2023)'Formations and Deformations of Empire: Maria Edgeworth and the West Indies'
Claire Connolly (2023) 'Formations and Deformations of Empire: Maria Edgeworth and the West Indies' In: O'Kane, Finola; O'Neill, Ciaran (eds). Ireland, Slavery and the Caribbean. Manchester: Manchester University Press (Studies in Imperialism). [Full Text] [Details]
(2022)'More than Kin and More than Kind: Lady Sydney Morgan and Lady Olivia Clarke'
Claire Connolly (2022) 'More than Kin and More than Kind: Lady Sydney Morgan and Lady Olivia Clarke' In: Siobhán Fitzpatrick and Mary O'Dowd (eds). Sisters: Nine Families of Sisters who Made a Difference. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Full Text] [Details]
(2022)'Ordinary Eyesight: Cultural Comparisons between Ireland and Wales'
Connolly, Claire (2022) 'Ordinary Eyesight: Cultural Comparisons between Ireland and Wales' In: Brolsma et al (eds). Networks, Nations and Narratives: Transnational Approaches to Cultural Nationalism in Modern Europe and Beyond. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2021)'Watery modernism? Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones and W. B. Yeats’s John Sherman'
Connolly, Claire (2021) 'Watery modernism? Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones and W. B. Yeats’s John Sherman' In: Ellmann, Maud; White, Sian; Mahaffey, Vicki (eds). The Edinburgh Companion to Irish Modernism - Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Too Rough for Verse? Sea Crossings in Irish Culture'
Claire Connolly (2020) 'Too Rough for Verse? Sea Crossings in Irish Culture' In: Parnell and his Times. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Making Maps: Irish Literature in Transition, 1780-1830'
Connolly, Claire (2020) 'Making Maps: Irish Literature in Transition, 1780-1830' In: Connolly, Claire (eds). Irish Literature in Transition, 1780–1830. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2018)'Lane-ism: Travelling Irish Roads with Anthony Trollope'
Claire Connolly (2018) 'Lane-ism: Travelling Irish Roads with Anthony Trollope' In: Frederik Van Dam, Ortwin De Graef, David Skilton (eds). The Edinburgh Companion to Anthony Trollope. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2017)'Natural History and the History of Nature: Environmental Narratives in Irish Romanticism'
Claire Connolly (2017) 'Natural History and the History of Nature: Environmental Narratives in Irish Romanticism' In: Narratives of Romanticism: Selected Papers from the Wuppertal Conference of the German Society for English Romanticism. Germany: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. [Full Text] [Details]
(2016)'Foreword: Wetlands without Walls'
Claire Connolly (2016) 'Foreword: Wetlands without Walls' In: Derek Gladwin, Contentious Terrains: Boglands, Ireland, Postcolonial Gothic. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details]
(2015)'The National Tale'
Connolly, Claire (2015) 'The National Tale' In: Garside, Peter; O'Brien, Karen (eds). The Oxford History of the Novel in English, Volume II: English and British Fiction 1750-1820. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   [Details]
(2014)'A Bookish History of Irish Romanticism'
Connolly, Claire (2014) 'A Bookish History of Irish Romanticism' In: Porscha Fermanis and John Regan (eds). Romantic Historiography in Britain and Ireland. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2011)'The National Tale'
Connolly, Claire (2011) 'The National Tale' In: Murphy, James H (eds). The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV: The Irish Book in English, 1800-1891. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2007)'Prince Hohenlohe's Miracles: Supernaturalism in the Irish Public Sphere'
Connolly, Claire (2007) 'Prince Hohenlohe's Miracles: Supernaturalism in the Irish Public Sphere' In: Scotland, Ireland and the Romantic Aesthetic. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2006)'Irish Romanticism, 1800-1829'
Connolly, Claire (2006) 'Irish Romanticism, 1800-1829' In: Cambridge History of Irish Literature, Vol II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2005)'Public and Private Meanings in Maria Edgeworth’s Patronage'
Connolly, Claire (2005) 'Public and Private Meanings in Maria Edgeworth’s Patronage' In: The Irish Novel in the Nineteenth Century: Facts and Fictions. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2003)'Completing the Union? The Irish Novel in Cultural History'
Connolly, Claire (2003) 'Completing the Union? The Irish Novel in Cultural History' In: The Irish Act of Union, 1800: Bicentennial Essays. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(2003)'The Turn to the Map'
Connnolly, Claire (2003) 'The Turn to the Map' In: Éire-Land. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Full Text] [Details]
(1999)'Belonging: the strange place of Elizabeth Bowen's Eva Trout'
Claire Connolly (1999) 'Belonging: the strange place of Elizabeth Bowen's Eva Trout' In: Borderlands: Negotiating Boundaries in Post-colonial Writing. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]

Edited Books

 YearPublication
(2023)Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas
Claire Connolly (Ed.). (2023) Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas Oxford: Oxford Worlds Classics. [Details]
(2022)Ireland-Japan: Connections and Crossings
John FitzGerald, Richard Kelly, Claire Connolly and Hiroyasu Fujisawa (Ed.). (2022) Ireland-Japan: Connections and Crossings Cork: Atrium. [Details]
(2020)Irish Literature in Transition, 1780-1830
Claire Connolly (Ed.). (2020) Irish Literature in Transition, 1780-1830 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
(2010)Menna Gallie, You're Welcome to Ulster
Connolly, Claire; John, Angela V (Ed.). (2010) Menna Gallie, You're Welcome to Ulster Menna Gallie, You're Welcome to Ulster. Aberystwyth: Honno. [Details]
(2005)Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture
Connolly Claire; Cleary, Joe (Ed.). (2005) Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
(2002)Theorizing Ireland
Connolly, Claire (Ed.). (2002) Theorizing Ireland Theorizing Ireland. Basingstoke: Palgrave. [Details]
(2000)Sydney Owenson, The Wild Irish Girl
Connolly, Claire; Copley, Stephen (Ed.). (2000) Sydney Owenson, The Wild Irish Girl Sydney Owenson, The Wild Irish Girl. London: Pickering and Chatto. [Details]
(2000)Maria Edgeworth, Ormond
Connolly, Claire (Ed.). (2000) Maria Edgeworth, Ormond Maria Edgeworth, Ormond. Harmondsworth: Penguin. [Details]
(1999)Maria Edgeworth, Ormond, Vol. 8, The Novels and Selected Works of Maria Edgeworth
Connolly, Claire; Butler, Marilyn (Ed.). (1999) Maria Edgeworth, Ormond, Vol. 8, The Novels and Selected Works of Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth, Ormond, Vol. 8, The Novels and Selected Works of Maria Edgeworth. London: Pickering and Chatto. [Details]
(1999)Maria Edgeworth, Vivian and Manoeuvring, Vol. 4, The Novels and Selected Works of Maria Edgeworth
Connolly, Claire (Ed.). (1999) Maria Edgeworth, Vivian and Manoeuvring, Vol. 4, The Novels and Selected Works of Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth, Vivian and Manoeuvring, Vol. 4, The Novels and Selected Works of Maria Edgeworth. London: Pickering and Chatto. [Details]
(1995)Maria Edgeworth, Letters for Literary Ladies
Connolly, Claire (Ed.). (1995) Maria Edgeworth, Letters for Literary Ladies Maria Edgeworth, Letters for Literary Ladies. London: Everyman. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(2024)'Watery Romanticism: Walking and Sailing West with Keats'
Claire Connolly (2024) 'Watery Romanticism: Walking and Sailing West with Keats'. Romanticism On The Net, (79)   [Details]
(2023)''Too Much Loose Sand': Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland'
Claire Connolly, Aiblhe McDaid, James Smith (2023) ''Too Much Loose Sand': Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland'. Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History, (23)   [Details]
(2023)'Net-Work: Irish Sea Crossings with and beyond Infrastructure'
James Louis Smith, Claire Connolly, Daniella Traynor (2023) 'Net-Work: Irish Sea Crossings with and beyond Infrastructure'. 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, (35)   [Details]
(2022)'Public Humanities EcoGothic at the Coast in Ireland and Wales'
Claire Connolly, Rita Singer and James L. Smith (2022) 'Public Humanities EcoGothic at the Coast in Ireland and Wales'. Gothic Nature, (3) [Details]
(2021)'Environmental Dimensions of the RMS Leinster Sinking'
Claire Connolly, James Louis Smith and Rita Singer (2021) 'Environmental Dimensions of the RMS Leinster Sinking'. Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History, (32)   [Details]
(2020)'Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures'
Claire Connolly, Rachel Murphy, Breda Moriarty, Orla-Peach Power, Michael Waldron, Rob McAllen (2020) 'Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures'. Eire Ireland, 55 (3 & 4):180-187 [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'The Secret of Castle Rackrent'
Connolly, Claire (2020) 'The Secret of Castle Rackrent'. European Romantic Review, 31 (6):663-679 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2017)'Counting on the Past: Yeats and Irish Romanticism'
Connolly, Claire (2017) 'Counting on the Past: Yeats and Irish Romanticism'. European Romantic Review, 28 (4):473-487 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2008)'Ugly Criticism: Union and Division in Irish Literature'
Connolly, Claire (2008) 'Ugly Criticism: Union and Division in Irish Literature'. Field Day Review, 4 :114-131   [Full Text] [Details]
(2006)'‘Theatre and Nation in Irish Romanticism: the tragic dramas of Charles Robert Maturin and Richard Lalor Sheil’'
Connolly, Claire (2006) '‘Theatre and Nation in Irish Romanticism: the tragic dramas of Charles Robert Maturin and Richard Lalor Sheil’'. Eire-Ireland, 41 (3):185-214 [Full Text] [Details]
(2001)'Theorising Ireland'
Connolly, Claire (2001) 'Theorising Ireland'. Irish Studies Review, 9 (3):301-315   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2000)'‘“I accuse Miss Owenson”: The Wild Irish Girl as Media Event’'
Connolly, Claire (2000) '‘“I accuse Miss Owenson”: The Wild Irish Girl as Media Event’'. Colby Quarterly, 36 (2):98-115 [Full Text] [Details]

Internet Communication

 YearPublication
(2012)Via Holyhead: Material and Metaphorical Meanings between Ireland and Wales.
Connolly, Claire (2012) Via Holyhead: Material and Metaphorical Meanings between Ireland and Wales. Internet Communication   [Full Text] [Details]
(2010)Four Nations Feminism: Una Troy and Menna Gallie.
Claire Connolly (2010) Four Nations Feminism: Una Troy and Menna Gallie. Internet Communication   [Full Text] [Details]

Newspaper Articles

 YearPublication
(2023)An Irish story in an English setting? Sheridan Le Fanu's Uncle Silas.
Claire Connolly (2023) An Irish story in an English setting? Sheridan Le Fanu's Uncle Silas. Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2020)Author's Troubling Take on the Slave Trade.
Claire Connolly (2020) Author's Troubling Take on the Slave Trade. Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2020)The power of literature in a time of plague.
Claire Connolly (2020) The power of literature in a time of plague. Newspaper Articles   [Details]
(2020)Charting the evolving story of Ireland's literary history.
Claire Connolly and Marjorie Howes (2020) Charting the evolving story of Ireland's literary history. Newspaper Articles   [Details]
(2019)Elizabeth Bowen: Chronicler of Wartime and the Big House.
Claire Connolly (2019) Elizabeth Bowen: Chronicler of Wartime and the Big House. Newspaper Articles   [Details]
(2019)Turbulent Water: A Cultural History of the Irish Sea.
Claire Connolly (2019) Turbulent Water: A Cultural History of the Irish Sea. Newspaper Articles   [Details]
(2019)Maria Edgeworth was a great literary celeb. Why has she been forgotten?.
Claire Connolly (2019) Maria Edgeworth was a great literary celeb. Why has she been forgotten?. Newspaper Articles   [Details]
(2018)Frankenstein's Ireland.
Claire Connolly (2018) Frankenstein's Ireland. Newspaper Articles   [Details]

Professional Activities

Professional Associations

 AssociationFunctionFrom / To
British Association for Romantic Studies Executive Member01-JAN-18 / 31-JUL-19
International Association for the Study of Irish Literature Vice-Chair (Ireland)23-AUG-13 / 31-JUL-19
British Association for Irish Studies Chair30-DEC-10 / 28-AUG-12
Council for College and University English Executive member28-AUG-11 / 28-AUG-12
British Association for Romantic Studies Ordinary Member31-AUG-93 / 27-JUL-07

Honours and Awards

 YearTitleAwarding Body
2023Corresponding Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Society of Edinburgh
2021Fredrick Burwick Article Prize, European Romantic Review North American Society for the Study of Romanticism
2020Researcher of the Year, University College Cork University College Cork
2018Parnell Fellow in Irish Studies, Magdalene College Cambridge University of Cambridge
2018Elected as Member of the Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy
2018Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales Learned Society of Wales
2012Donald J Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book American Conference for Irish Studies

Conference Contributions

 YearPublication
(2024)Eighteenth-century and Romantic Seminar, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge,
Claire Connolly (2024) Frieze Coats and the Fabric of Irish Romanticism. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Eighteenth-century and Romantic Seminar, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, Cambridge , 24-OCT-24. [Details]
(2024)Irish Literature and the Marketplace, KU Leuven,
Claire Connolly (2024) Slow Combustion: Irish Women's Writing from Maria Edgeworth to Sally Rooney. [Keynote Speaker], Irish Literature and the Marketplace, KU Leuven, KU Leuven . [Details]
(2024)Novel Theory Seminar,Mahindra Center, Harvard University,
Claire Connolly (2024) Irish Fiction, Then and Now. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Novel Theory Seminar,Mahindra Center, Harvard University, Mahindra Center, Harvard University , 03-APR-24 - 03-APR-24. [Details]
(2023)University of Chicago, Dept of English/Nicholson Center Seminar,
Claire Connolly (2023) Edgeworth and Empire: the Moral Tales. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], University of Chicago, Dept of English/Nicholson Center Seminar, University of Chicago , 27-NOV-23 - 27-NOV-23. [Details]
(2023)UC Berkeley,
Claire Connolly (2023) Inaugural Robert Tracy Lecture in Irish Studies. [Keynote Speaker], UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley , 07-FEB-23 - 08-FEB-23. [Details]
(2022)European Society for the Study of English,
Claire Connolly (2022) Improving Ireland: from Maria Edgeworth to Sally Rooney. [Keynote Speaker], European Society for the Study of English, Mainz . [Details]
(2022)Scotland's Coastal Romanticisms,
Claire Connolly (2022) Sailing and Walking West with Keats: Belfast in 1818. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Scotland's Coastal Romanticisms, University of Edinburgh , 05-FEB-22 - 05-FEB-22. [Details]
(2020)London-Paris Romanticism Seminar, University of London,
Claire Connolly (2020) The Impending Era: Irish Romanticism before and after the Famine. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], London-Paris Romanticism Seminar, University of London, Senate House, University of London , 24-JAN-20 - 24-JAN-20. [Details]
(2019)Romantic Research Seminar,
Claire Connolly (2019) Making Maps: Irish Literature in Transition, 1780-1830. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Romantic Research Seminar, University of Oxford , 28-MAY-19 - 28-MAY-19. [Details]
(2019)Parnell Lecture,
Claire Connolly (2019) Too Rough for Verse? Sea Crossings in Irish Culture. [Plenary Lecture], Parnell Lecture, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge . [Details]
(2018)International Association for the Study of Irish Literature 2018,
Claire Connolly (2018) Reimagining Irish Romanticism. [Plenary Lecture], International Association for the Study of Irish Literature 2018, University of Nijmegen . [Details]
(2018)University of Notre Dame Irish Seminar,
Claire Connolly (2018) Castle Rackrent in Print Culture. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], University of Notre Dame Irish Seminar, O'Connell House, Dublin . [Details]
(2018)Maria Edgeworth 250,
Claire Connolly (2018) Measured Prose and Scaled Stories: Castle Rackrent. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Maria Edgeworth 250, University of York . [Details]
(2018)The 1820s: a Literary Symposium,
Claire Connolly (2018) The 1820s and the Divided Department of Novels. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], The 1820s: a Literary Symposium, University of Edinburgh , 09-FEB-18 - 10-FEB-18. [Details]
(2017)Association for the Study of Scottish Literature International Lecture,
Claire Connolly (2017) Deep Maps and Scaled Stories: Irish and Scottish Romanticism in the Era of Climate Change. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Association for the Study of Scottish Literature International Lecture, Scottish Parliament , 07-DEC-17 - 07-DEC-17. [Details]
(2017)Marie Frazee-Baldassarre Lecture Series,
Claire Connolly (2017) Infrastructural Investments: British and Irish Poetry on the Road, In the Train and On the Boat. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Marie Frazee-Baldassarre Lecture Series, Montclair State University , 24-OCT-17 - 24-OCT-17. [Details]
(2017)Irish Time?,
Claire Connolly (2017) Laneism: Anthony Trollope's Irish Roads in Time and Space. [Plenary Lecture], Irish Time?, Trinity College Dublin , 12-OCT-17 - 14-OCT-17. [Details]
(2017)Yeats Summer School,
Claire Connolly (2017) Yeats and the Novel. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Yeats Summer School, Hawk's Well Theatre , 24-JUL-17 - 26-JUL-17. [Details]
(2017)Notre Dame Irish Studies Seminars,
Claire Connolly (2017) Natural History and the History of Nature: Irish Romanticism in the Anthropocene. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Notre Dame Irish Studies Seminars, University of Notre Dame Keough Naughton Institute for Irish Studies / John. J. Reilly Centre for Science, Technology and Values / Minor in Sustainability / Seminar in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Studies , 24-MAR-17 - 24-MAR-17. [Details]
(2017)The Irish on the London Stage,
Claire Connolly (2017) Gerald Griffin: Drama and Depression between London and Limerick. [Oral Presentation], The Irish on the London Stage, Trinity College Dublin , 17-FEB-17 - 18-FEB-17. [Details]
(2016)Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland,
Claire Connolly (2016) By the Atlantic's Verge with James Clarence Mangan. [Oral Presentation], Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland, Southampton University , 15-JUN-16 - 17-JUN-16. [Details]
(2015)Princeton Fund for Irish Studies,
Claire Connolly (2015) The Holyhead Road. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Princeton Fund for Irish Studies, Princeton University , 13-NOV-15 - 13-NOV-15. [Details]
(2015)Boston College Centre for Irish Studies,
Claire Connolly (2015) Yeats and Irish romanticism. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Boston College Centre for Irish Studies, Boston College , 11-NOV-15 - 11-NOV-15. [Details]
(2015)German Society for English Romanticism,
Claire Connolly (2015) Far from the Land: Narrative Textures in Irish Romanticism. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], German Society for English Romanticism, University of Wuppertal , 08-OCT-15 - 11-OCT-15. [Details]
(2015)International Association for Ethical Literary Criticism,
Claire Connolly (2015) 'Images that disgust the eye': the ethics of representation in Irish romanticism. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], International Association for Ethical Literary Criticism, Seoul, South Korea , 01-OCT-15 - 04-OCT-15. [Details]
(2015)Anthony Trollope Bicentennial Conference,
Claire Connolly (2015) Lane-ism: Travelling Irish Roads with Anthony Trollope. [Oral Presentation], Anthony Trollope Bicentennial Conference, KU Leuven , 16-SEP-15 - 19-SEP-15. [Details]
(2015)IASIL: Reconcilliations,
Claire Connolly (2015) A Living Thing: the Mailboat in the Writings of Somerville and Ross. [Oral Presentation], IASIL: Reconcilliations, University of York , 26-JUL-15 - 28-AUG-15. [Details]
(2015)British Association for Romantic Studies: Romantic Imprints,
Claire Connolly (2015) Sea Crossings, Scale and Colonial Infrastructure from Jonathan Swift to Maria Edgeworth. [Plenary Lecture], British Association for Romantic Studies: Romantic Imprints, Cardiff University , 16-JUL-15 - 19-JUL-15. [Details]
(2015)Yeats 150,
Claire Connolly (2015) Counting on the Past: Yeats and Irish Romanticism. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Yeats 150, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea , 13-JUN-15 - 13-JUN-15. [Details]
(2014)Education and Value: Cornhill Symposium,
Claire Connolly (2014) Maria Edgeworth: Education and the Union. [Invited Oral Presentation], Education and Value: Cornhill Symposium, St Michael's Cornhill, City of London , 14-NOV-14 - 14-NOV-14. [Details]
(2014)Jonathan Swift Symposium,
Claire Connolly (2014) Scale-Making in Jonathan Swift's Holyhead Journal. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Jonathan Swift Symposium, Deanery, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin , 18-OCT-14 - 18-OCT-14. [Details]
(2014)UC Berkeley symposium,
Claire Connolly (2014) 1814: Literature in and on History. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], UC Berkeley symposium, University of California, Berkeley , 19-SEP-14 - 21-SEP-14. [Details]
(2014)Romantic Connections,
Claire Connolly (2014) Scaling Irish Romanticism. [Oral Presentation], Romantic Connections, University of Tokyo , 11-JUN-14 - 15-JUN-14. [Details]
(2014)University of Notre Dame Irish Studies Seminar,
Connolly, Claire (2014) Bookish history: Irish romanticism and the culture of the copy. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], University of Notre Dame Irish Studies Seminar, University of Notre Dame , 10-APR-14 - 10-APR-14. [Details]
(2014)Romantic Realignments Seminar,
Connolly, Claire (2014) Irish romanticism and the culture of the copy. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Romantic Realignments Seminar, University of Oxford , 08-MAY-14 - 08-MAY-14. [Details]
(2013)Four Nations Fiction: Women and the Novel, 1780-1830,
Connolly, Claire (2013) Women Writers and 'this thing called a Union'. [Plenary Lecture], Four Nations Fiction: Women and the Novel, 1780-1830, Aberystwyth University , 01-SEP-13 - 01-SEP-13. [Details]
(2012)Locating Revolution, 1780-1830, Aberystwyth University,
Connolly, Claire (2012) War and the National Tale. [Plenary Lecture], Locating Revolution, 1780-1830, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth University , 01-JUL-12 - 01-SEP-12. [Details]
(2012)Society for the Study of Authorship, Reading and Publishing,
Connolly, Claire (2012) Irish Romanticism and the Culture of the Copy. [Plenary Lecture], Society for the Study of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Dublin , 01-JUN-12 - 01-JUN-12. [Details]
(2012)The Literatures of the Irish Sea,
Connolly, Claire (2012) 'Via Holyhead': Modernism and Celticism between Ireland and Wales. [Plenary Lecture], The Literatures of the Irish Sea, Dublin , 01-APR-12 - 01-APR-12. [Details]
(2012)The London-Irish in the Long Eighteenth Century,
Connolly, Claire (2012) The Irish Warp. [Plenary Lecture], The London-Irish in the Long Eighteenth Century, Warwick , 01-APR-12 - 01-APR-12. [Details]
(2011)Mahindra Humanities Centre: Modernism Seminar,
Connolly, Claire (2011) 'What a revolution was here!': Llandudno and Ordinary Culture. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Mahindra Humanities Centre: Modernism Seminar, Harvard University , 01-SEP-11 - 01-SEP-11. [Details]
(2011)English Faculty, Carleton University, Ottawa,
Connolly, Claire (2011) New Approaches to the National Tale. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], English Faculty, Carleton University, Ottawa, Carleton University, Ottawa , 01-NOV-11 - 01-NOV-11. [Details]
(2011)English Faculty, University of Wüppertal,
Connolly, Claire (2011) Making and Breaking the United Kingdom: Theorising Cultural Exchange on the Holyhead. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], English Faculty, University of Wüppertal, University of Wüppertal , 01-JUL-11 - 01-JUL-11. [Details]
(2011)Restoration to Reform Seminar, Oxford University,
Connolly, Claire (2011) Dead and Alive: Gothic Modes in Irish Romanticism. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Restoration to Reform Seminar, Oxford University, Oxford University , 01-MAR-11 - 01-MAR-11. [Details]
(2011)Ireland House, New York University,
Connolly, Claire (2011) O'Brien's Bridge: the politics of Irish Fiction. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Ireland House, New York University, New York University and Montclair State University , 01-APR-11 - 01-APR-11. [Details]
(2010)Royal Belgian Academy,
Connolly, Claire (2010) Rethinking Union. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Royal Belgian Academy, Royal Belgian Academy , 01-NOV-10 - 01-NOV-10. [Details]
(2010)17th Australasian Irish Studies Conference,
Connolly, Claire (2010) Wales and Ireland: Routes of Cultural Exchange. [Plenary Lecture], 17th Australasian Irish Studies Conference, Queens University Belfast , 01-JUL-10 - 01-JUL-10. [Details]
(2009)Second Anne Saddlemeyer Canadian Irish Studies Lecture,
Connolly, Claire (2009) 'Micks on the Make' or Cultural Entrepreneurs? The Irish in Nineteenth-Century London. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Second Anne Saddlemeyer Canadian Irish Studies Lecture, Concordia University, Montréal, , 01-SEP-09 - 01-SEP-09. [Details]
(2012)The Irish in London, Warwick University,
Connolly, Claire (2012) The Irish Warp. [Plenary Lecture], The Irish in London, Warwick University, King’s College London , 01-APR-12 - 03-APR-12. [Details]
(2009)Guest Seminar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Connolly, Claire (2009) 'The Irishman's house is his coffin': Bare life and the space of the wake. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Guest Seminar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University , 01-SEP-09 - 01-SEP-09. [Details]
(2009)Ireland in the Nineteenth Century English and Irish Novel, Universita Roma Tre,
Connolly, Claire (2009) 'Laid-out': Dead-Alive States in the Nineteenth-Century Irish Novel. [Plenary Lecture], Ireland in the Nineteenth Century English and Irish Novel, Universita Roma Tre, Rome , 01-MAR-09 - 01-MAR-09. [Details]
(2008)International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (Home and Elsewhere: the Spaces of Irish Writing),
Connolly, Claire (2008) The Space of the Wake in Irish Writing. [Plenary Lecture], International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (Home and Elsewhere: the Spaces of Irish Writing), Universidado do Porto, Portugal , 28-JUL-08 - 01-AUG-08. [Details]
(2007)Edmund Burke and Irish Literary Criticism, 1757-2007, Royal Irish Academy,
Connolly, Claire (2007) Ugly Criticism: Affective Spaces in Irish Critical Discourse. [Plenary Lecture], Edmund Burke and Irish Literary Criticism, 1757-2007, Royal Irish Academy, Royal Irish Academy , 25-APR-07 - 25-APR-07. [Details]
(2007)Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies,
Connolly, Claire (2007) Women writers and 'this thing called a Union'. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University , 01-MAY-07 - 01-MAY-07. [Details]
(2007)New Voices in Irish Criticism Postgraduate Conference,
Connolly, Claire (2007) Ugly Criticism: Affective Spaces in Irish Critical Discourse’. [Plenary Lecture], New Voices in Irish Criticism Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork , 01-APR-07 - 01-APR-07. [Details]

Committees

 CommitteeFunctionFrom / To
Arts and Culture Strategy Group (University College Cork) Member2021 / 2022
Pillar 2 Research Prioritisation Action Group (University College Cork) Member2021 / 2022
Executive Management Committee (College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork) Member2020 / 2023
College Executive Management Commitee (College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC) Member2012 / 2017
Lecturer Promotions and Establishment Board (University College Cork) Member2013 / 2015
Quality Promotion Committee (University College Cork) Member2013 / 2015
Information Services and Education Resources (Sub-Committee of Academic Council) Member2012 /
International Committee (College of Arts Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC) Member2013 /
First Year Experience (College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC) Chair2013 /
Irish Research Council International Assessment Board (Research Development Initiative Award) Member2009 / 2010
Irish Research Council International Assessment Board (Postgraduate Awards) Member2008 / 2010
Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) Peer Review College Member2006 / 2010

Employment

 EmployerPositionFrom / To
Boston College Associate Professor (Irish Studies and English)01-SEP-02 / 31-AUG-03
Concordia University O'Brien Fellow in Irish Studies01-SEP-11 / 31-DEC-11
Cardiff University Lecturer; Senior Lecturer; Reader; Professor01-SEP-93 / 31-JUL-12

Education

 YearInstitutionQualificationSubject
1995Cardiff University PHDEnglish
1990University College Cork MAEnglish
1988University College Cork BAEnglish and History

Other Activities

 Description

Secretary for Polite Literature and Antiquities, Royal Irish Academy, 2024 —

Member, Governance Committee, UK Young Academy, 2024 —

Member, International Committee, Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), 2024 —

Member, Advisory Board, Oxford Literary History of Ireland 

Board Member, Irish Research Council, 2021— 2024

Member, Sub-Panel 27 English Language and Literature, REF 2021, 2020 — 2022

External Member, School of English Court of Examiners, Trinity College Dublin, 2020 — 2023

Member, Advisory Board, Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections, Cambridge University Press, 2019—

External Reviewer, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong, 2021 —

External Assessor, Regius Chair of English Literature Appointment Panel, University of Aberdeen, July 2019

Chair of the Judging Panel for the British Association for Romantic Studies First Book Prize, 2017-2019

Member of the Judging Panel, Michel Déon Prize for Non-Fiction, Royal Irish Academy/Académie Français, 2018 —

Member (PL&A), Standing Committee for Council Recommended Members, Royal Irish Academy 2018-2021 

External Assessor, Appointment of Professor of English, Maynooth University, December 2018

Member, Visiting Committee for the Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 2018

External Member, Readerships and Professors Promotions Panel, Bath Spa University, 2018 — 

Member, Programme Review Panel, Irish Studies Programme, Boston College, May 2017

Chair, External Quality Review Panel, Department of English Language and Literature, Sultan Quaboos University, Oman. November 2016

External Examiner, PhD, University of Leuven, September 2016

External Examiner, PhD, King's College London, August 2016

External Assessor for the post of Lecturer in Irish Studies, Trinity College Dublin, July 2015

Member, Student and Scholar Selection Panel, Fulbright Commission Ireland, January 2015.

External Examiner, MSt in English Literature, University of Oxford, 2013 - 2015

External Reviewer, Quality Review, Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, June 2014

External Examiner, PhD, University of Alberta, September 2014

External Assessor for the post of Professor of New Literatures in English, Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, September 2014.

External Examiner, PhD, Queens University Belfast, October 2012

Member, International Assessment Board, Postdoctoral Competition, Irish Research Council, 2011

External Examiner, PhD, York University, September 2010

External Examiner, MSc English, University of Edinburgh, 2006-2010

External Examiner, PhD, University of Kent, January 2011

External Examiner, PhD, NUI Cork, June 2010

External Examiner, PhD, NUI Cork, April 2008

Member, Advisory Board, Atlantic Archipelagos Research Consortium. http://aarco.org/

External Examiner, PhD, Leeds University, May 2008

External Examiner, PhD, NUI Maynooth, February 2007

External Examiner, PhD, Trinity College Dublin, 2006

External Examiner, PhD, University of Edinburgh, December 2004

External Examiner, PhD, Trinity College Dublin, December 2001

External Reviewer, Periodic Review, Institute for Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, November 2012

External Examiner, PhD, Sussex University, March 2006

External Examiner, PhD, University College Dublin, November 2006

External Examiner, PhD, University of London, December 2004

External Examiner, PhD, NUI Maynooth, January 2002

External Examiner, PhD, Trinity College Dublin, 2002

Outreach Activities

 Description

Le Fanu Festival, Murroe, Co. Limerick, October 2021

Trollope Society Ireland, Dublin, October 2021

Day School on Maria Edgeworth and the Big House, Dromana, Co. Waterford, July 2018

The Poetry of the West Cork Coast, West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, July 2018

In Conversation with Diarmuid Scully: Mapping the Biological, Cultural and Historical, Crawford Art Gallery, December 2017

Teaching Activities

Teaching Interests

I teach at all levels: BA, MA and PhD. My lecturing covers eighteenth- and nineteeth-century literature, Irish writing and cultural theory. These are also my research areas.

Contact details

  • Claire Connolly
    Professor of Modern English
  • claireconnolly@ucc.ie
  • O'Rahilly Building
    University College Cork
    Cork, Ireland
    T12 K8AF

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