German

College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies,
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Course description

The discipline offers supervision in a wide area of German interests. Admission to a research degree is at the discretion of the potential supervisor and the head of discipline, and is based on an initial proposal from the applicant following discussion with the member of staff whose academic area of interest is most appropriate.

PhD (German), full-time
PhD (German), part-time
MLitt (German), full-time
MLitt (German), part-time

Candidates should have an honours degree in German; Second Class Honours, Grade 1 minimum (or equivalent international qualification)

Research areas
• German Literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century
• German film
• History of reading
• Old and new media (especially book, letter, library, internet)
• Literature and dream
• Law and literature
• Autobiography
• Memory discourses
• Gender and family
• Money and economy in literature and thought
• Children's fiction and fantasy, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities
• GDR literature and Wende Literatur
• Text and music in medieval song
• Translation studies
• Methods in language teaching
• Intercultural communication

Dr. Christa Brennan-Loffler
http://www.nuigalway.ie/german/christaloffler.html

Dr. Deirdre Byrnes
http://www.nuigalway.ie/german/deirdrebyrnes.html

Ms Doris Devilly
http://www.nuigalway.ie/german/dorisdevilly.html

Ms Róisín O'Neill
http://www.nuigalway.ie/german/rosaleenoneill.html

Dr. Tina-Karen Pusse
http://www.nuigalway.ie/faculties_departments/german/tinapusse.html

Ms Áine Ryan
http://www.nuigalway.ie/german/aineryan.html

Professor H.-W. Schmidt-Hannisa
http://www.nuigalway.ie/german/profschmidthannisa.html

Mr. Michael Shields
http://www.nuigalway.ie/german/michaelshields.html

Ms. Geraldine Smyth
T +353 91 492 226
E geraldine.smyth@nuigalway.ie
www.nuigalway.ie/courses/german-research