Research

General

Members of the Department are active in a number of areas of research, including including 17th-Century Studies, Travel Literature, Medieval Literature, Autobiography, Francophone Literatures (Québec, Antilles), History and Politics of French Decolonisation, History and Sociology of French Sport and Leisure, 19th-Century French Studies, Gender Studies, Translation, French Language Teaching and New Technologies, Literature and Spirituality. 

Current Research Activity

Prof. J. Conroy: 17th Century French Literature, Linguistics, Translation Theory, Travel Literature, Realism and Fantasy.

Mr. R. Cooke: PhD research in French Canadian Literature and Society; Commercial French.

Dr. P.D. (Phil) Dine: History and Politics of French Decolonisation, History and Sociology of French Sport and Leisure, History and Sociology of French Rugby.  

Dr. C. Emerson: Medieval literature (in particular 15th Century Literature and History), the Mémoires of Olivier de la Marche, Historiography, the Manneken Pis as Belgian regional icon, Illegitimacy 1300-1600.

Dr. S. Lannegrand: Autobiography, 20th Century French Literature, Yves Navarre, Autofiction, Diary, Writing and Identity.

Ms. O. Rodgers: Gender and Language, Scientific French, French Language Teaching and New Technologies.

Dr. M.-Á. Ní Mhainnín: Literature and Religion, Jean Sulivan, New Methodologies in Language Learning and Teaching, CALL, SALL, the Internet as a learning tool, French-Canadian Women’s Writing: Brossard, Martin, Marchessault, Laberge, etc.

Mr. É. Ó Cofaigh: PhD research on representations of the automobile in 20^th-century France.

Prof. P. Ó Gormaile: The work of Jean Sulivan (1913-1980); Literature and Spirituality.

Dr. M. Scott: 19th-Century Poetry, Prose Poetry, Novel, Charles Baudelaire, Stendhal, Gender Studies, Critical Theory.

The department’s activity has attracted a number of prestigious prizes and distinctions: the Grand Prix de la Francophonie (2005), chevalier of the Ordre National du Mérite, chevalier des Palmes Académiques, the Gapper Book Prize (2006), the Prix du Québec (1992 and 2006), the NUI, Galway President’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2007-2008) and election to membership of the Royal Irish Academy. Below is a list of the various funding awards obtained by present and past staff and students of the department.

Research Funding

PRTLI Cycle 2
Prof. Jane Conroy (2002-2005)
PRTLI Cycle 4
Prof. Jane Conroy as Principal Investigator for the Royal Irish Academy (2007-2010)
Prof. Jane Conroy and Dr. Philip Dine as Project Leaders with Dr. Daniel Carey (English Department) for NUI, Galway (2007-2011) 

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Thematic Research Project (principal researcher): Dr. Philip Dine (2006-09)

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellow:  Prof. Jane Conroy (2001-02)

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Research Fellow: Dr. Maria Scott (2004-05)

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Senior Scholars: Mary Haslam (2001-03), Mairéad Seery (2004-05)

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar: Mairéad Ní Bhriain (2003-06)

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar: Declan Webb (2005- )

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar: Catherine Keating (2006- )

IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar: Cathal Kilcline (2007-09)

PRTLI Scholar: Sabrina Martinez-Riou (2001 - )

IRCHSS Research Development initiative: Dr Laura McLaughlin and Dr Máire Aine Ní Mhainnín: for project entitled: "Pedagogical applications of analysis and production of subtitles for advanced foreign language Learners".(2008-2011)

NUI, Galway - Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Fellows:  Mairéad Ní Bhriain (2002-03), Marion Krauthaker (2003-04), Declan Webb (2004-05), Cathal Kilcine (2005-06), Marie Blom (2006-07), Maura Stewart (2007-08)

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