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Dr Deirdre Byrnes BA, MPhil, PhD
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Biography:
| Education: PhD, UCD 2004 MPhil, UCC 1997 Higher Diploma in Education, UCC 1995 BA (German and French) UCC 1994 Research Interests: I am member of the NUIG-UL research network Gender ARC (Advanced Research Consortium on Gender, Culture and the Knowledge Society): www.genderarc.org |
Research Interests
| Deirdre is a member of the NUIG-UL research network Gender ARC (Advanced Research Consortium on Gender, Culture and the Knowledge Society): www.genderarc.org |
Books
Byrnes, D. (2011) Rereading Monika Maron: Text, Counter-Text and Context. Oxford, Bern: Peter Lang - International Academic Publishers.  [DOI] [Details] |
Conference Paper
| Byrnes, D. (2001) Der Koerper als Symptom, die Gefuehle als Metaphern: Monika Marons Roman Stille Zeile Sechs. Sentimente, Gefuehle, Empfindungen: Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Affektiven. Newman House, Dublin: Conference Paper [Details] |
| Byrnes, D. (2006) Berlin in the Writing of Monika Maron. Berlin's Culturescape in the Twentieth Century. University of Regina, Saskatchewan: Conference Paper [Details] |
Other Item
| Byrnes, D. (2003) Exposing the Gaps in Memory: Forgetting and Remembering in Monika Maron's Pawels Briefe. Cultural Memory: Essays on European Literature and History. Other Item [DOI] [Details] |
| Byrnes, D. (2004) Monika Marons Beitraege zur Wochenpost: Eine Analyse. Denkbilder: Festschrift für Eoin Bourke. Other Item [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2010. Title: Goethe-Institut Scholarship |
| Year: 2010. Title: Conference Travel Assistance, Millennium Fund, NUI Galway |
| Year: 2007. Title: Grant from Library Special Research Fund, NUI Galway |
| Year: 2005. Title: Goethe-Institut Scholarship |
| Year: 1992. Title: DAAD Scholarship (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) |
| Year: 1995. Title: Boyle Postgraduate Scholarship in German, UCC |
| Year: 1998. Title: Open Postgraduate Scholarship, University College Dublin |
| Year: 2006. Title: Conference Travel Assistance, Millennium Fund, NUI Galway |
| Year: 1998. Title: DAAD Postgraduate Research Scholarship |
| Year: 2000. Title: Postgraduate Research Scholarship, IRCHSS |
| Year: 2008. Title: Grant from the Grant-in-Aid of Publications Fund, NUI Galway |
Associations
| Association: Business German in Ireland Working Group, Function/Role: |
| Association: German Studies Assocation of Ireland, Function/Role: Secretary |
Conference Contributions
| Byrnes, D. (2000) Remembering and Forgetting in Monika Maron's Pawels Briefe. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Cultural Memory, Newman House, Dublin , 10-NOV-00 - 11-NOV-00. |
| Byrnes, D. (2001) Der Körper als Symptom, die Gefühle als Metaphern: Monika Marons Roman Stille Zeile Sechs. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Sentimente, Gefühle, Empfindungen: Zur Geschichte und Literatur des Affektiven von 1770 bis heute, Goethe Institute, Dublin , 01-JUL-01 - 03-JUL-01. |
| Byrnes, D. (2003) Rewriting History: Monika Maron’s Stille Zeile Sechs. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Hystorical Fictions: Women, History and Authorship, University of Wales, Swansea , 05-AUG-03 - 07-AUG-03. |
| Byrnes, D. (2004) Versteckte Botschaften: Biographers and Biographies in Monika Maron’s novel Endmoränen. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Women in German Studies Annual Conference, Selwyn College, Cambridge , 11-AUG-04 - 11-SEP-04. |
| Byrnes, D. (2005) Mending a Fractured Family Biography: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Monika Maron’s Pawels Briefe,. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Contemporary European Women Writers: Gender and Generation, University of Bath , 30-MAR-05 - 01-APR-05. |
| Byrnes, D. (2005) Mit dem Kopf durch die Wand gehen: Physical and Imaginary Spaces in Monika Maron’s novel Die Überläuferin. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Borders and Margins: (Re)defining Space and Place in European Literary and Cultural Discourses, NUI Galway , 15-JAN-05 - 15-JAN-05. |
| Byrnes, D. (2006) Berlin in the Writing of Monika Maron. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Berlin's Culturescape in the Twentieth Century, University of Regina, Saskatchewna , 22-SEP-06 - 24-SEP-06. |
| Byrnes, D. (2009) Confronting Vater Staat: Politics and Paternity in Monika Maron’s Stille Zeile Sechs,. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Doing Family: Precarious Parenthood and the Performativity of Family, NUI Galway , 05-JUN-09 - 06-JUN-09. |
| Byrnes, D. (2010) The Triumph of the Transferable: Teaching Applied German in the Twenty-First Century,. [Invited Oral Presentation], German Curricula: Transitions and Traditions, University of Waterloo, Ontario , 26-AUG-10 - 28-AUG-10. |
| Byrnes, D. (2011) Confronting Vater Staat: Constructing and Deconstructing the Nation-State in Monika Maron's Novel Stille Zeile Sechs. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Gender, Nation, Text: NUI Galway - UL Gender ARC Symposium, organised by the Gender, Discourses, Identities Thematic Group, NUI Galway , 10-MAY-11 - 10-MAY-01. |
| Byrnes, D. (2011) Rereading Monika Maron. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], GDR Literature: International Colloquium of the Centre for Irish-German Studies with a special focus on teaching GDR Literature, University of Limerick , 29-MAR-11 - 29-MAR-11. |
Committees
| Committee : Research Committee, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
| Committee : German Studies Association of Ireland |
Employment
| Employer: National University of Ireland, Galway Position: Unversity Teacher (Legal German) |
Education
| Year 1994 Institution: University College Cork Qualification: BACHELOR OF ARTS Subject: German and French |
| Year 2004 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: Phd Subject: German Literature |
Languages
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Outreach Activities
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Other Activities
| Vice-Dean for the First Arts Experience in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, 2007-2010 |
Teaching Interests
| Memory and memory discourses Literary texts and their political contexts Legal German |
Recent Postgraduates
| Jeannine Jud (MA German 2011) - thesis supervision Sheila Kelly (MA International Contemporary LIteratures and Media, 2011) - thesis supervision |