School of Irish Studies:
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Full time faculty
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Assistant Professor, School of Irish Studies
Modern Irish literature, translation, ethics, humour, violence, critical theory -
Assistant Professor, School of Irish Studies
Irish literature, law and literature, modernism, contemporary literature, citizenship, the novel, narrative theory, Kate O’Brien, Anne Enright, Edna O’Brien, Elizabeth Bowen, Dorothy Macardle, mid-century, transnational writing, 1930s, Cold War -
Professor, School of Irish Studies
Co-Founder, School of Irish Studies, Concordia University
Honorary Consul General for Quebec, Government of Ireland, 2002-2022
Principal, School of Irish Studies, 2009 - 2021
Co-Founder, Canadian Irish Studies Foundation
Trustee, Canadian Irish Studies Foundation, 2022-
Concordia University Chair in Canadian Irish Studies, 2002-2017
Recipient, Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad, 2019
Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, National University of Ireland, 2014
Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, University of Innsbruck, 2012
Academic Leadership Award, Concordia University, 2012
Recipient, Montreal Community Award, St. Patrick's Society of Montreal, 2009
Named to the Global Irish 100 list by Irish America Magazine, 2009
Grand Marshall, St Patrick’s Day Parade, Montreal, 2002
Editor, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 2000-2003
Irishman of the Year, United Irish Societies of Montreal, 1997
Chair, International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures, 1994-2000
President, St. Patrick’s Society, 1993-1996
President, Canadian Association for Irish Studies, 1987-1990
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Johnson Chair of Québec and Canadian Irish Studies
Diaspora Studies, School of Irish Studies
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Principal & Professor of Anthropology, Ethnomusicology and Cultural History, School of Irish Studies
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Performance Studies, School of Irish Studies
Ireland, Performance, Theatre, Film, Activism, Performativity, Inerculturalism, Gender, Race, Class
The Peter O'Brien Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies
This position, jointly funded by Concordia University and the Canadian Irish Studies Foundation, brings a distinguished scholar to teach within the programs of the School of Irish Studies every fall semester. The duties of the Peter O’Brien Visiting Scholar are to teach two undergraduate courses within an appropriate department and to give a public lecture under the auspices of the School's Irish Lecture Series.
Part-Time Faculty
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Part-time Faculty, School of Irish Studies
Part-time Faculty, Theatre
Part-time Faculty, English
Theatre director & acting teacher; dramaturgy and playwrighting; postcolonial/intercultural drama and performance; late C20th British & Irish playwrights; performance skills for public & professional figures. -
Part-time Faculty, Theological Studies
Part-time Faculty, Religions and Cultures
Part-time Faculty, School of Irish Studies
Pilgrimage theory & practice; Celtic Christianity; historical & contemporary spiritual practices; contemplative traditions; theology & the arts; theology & culture; research methodology & pedagogy; Indigenous research methodology & pedagogy
Fellows
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Professor, Art Education
Fellow, School of Irish Studies
Qualitative and studio-based research methods in art education, art-based ethics, thesis writing, teacher identity, teacher training, youth culture, visual culture, popular culture, photography, arts-based learning, body image, qualitative methods, pedagogy, higher education, teachers in popular culture, outsider/folk art, censorship -
Full Professor, English
Fellow, School of Irish Studies
modernism / postmodernism / philosophy & literature / modern & contemporary literature / Samuel Beckett / Guy Davenport / urban and mobility studies -
Professor, Economics
Fellow, School of Irish Studies
Research Fellow C D Howe Institute
Tobacco use and policy; cannabis legalization; vaping and smoking -
Professor, History
Fellow, School of Irish Studies
Early modern British/Irish/Atlantic history, intellectual history, history of science, history of economic thought -
Distinguished Professor Emerita, Design and Computation Arts
Member, Textiles and Materiality Cluster, Milieux Institute
Chair, Dept. of Design and Computation Arts (2010-12)
Academic Co-Founder and Fellow, School of Irish Studies
2019 Recipient, Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad
Concordia Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2015
Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty of Fine Arts, 2014
design justice, built environment, critical materiality, food studies, design theory, domestic space, Irish studies, Expo 67, fibres and wearables, ecosophy, culture and commemoration, mindful eating
Staff
Matina Skalkogiannis, Assistant to the Principal
Marion Mulvenna, Manager, Promotion and Community Outreach