Research Profile

Patrick O'Donovan

Biography

My interest in French is centred on modern and contemporary literature and thought. At present, the large-scale projects on which I'm working extend over two main areas. First, the implications for our understanding of modernity of the distinct ways in which it is conceptualized in the literature and the thought of Benjamin Constant. And second, fiction and poetry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: writers on whom I'm working just now include Vigny and Proust.

To find out more about this work, please visit my personal website.

I am Professor of French Emeritus, having served in the Professorship of French in UCC from 1994 to 2024. I have served on several occasions as Head of the Department of French, and have also been Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Vice-Head for Research in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences. From 2015 to 2017, I was Head of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences.

I am a graduate of UCC, where I obtained an M.A. I also studied in the Université de Paris-Sorbonne and in the University of Cambridge, where I was a member of Jesus College and where I obtained a Ph.D. I taught for a time in the University of Dundee and then in St John's College, Oxford. I was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, from 1989 to 1994.

I have had a number of other research and scholarly responsibilities. I am a former editor of the journal French Studies and am now a member of its Advisory Board, and am also a former President of the Association d'Études Françaises et Francophones d'Irlande. I have also been a member of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (now incorporated into the Irish Research Council). I was founding Chairperson of the Irish Humanities Alliance in 2013–14, and was convener of the group that produced By Imagination We Live: A Strategy for the Humanities, 2020–2030. From 2016 to 2019, I was a member of the board of the European Alliance for the Social Sciences and the Humanities.




Research Interests

Realism and modernity: literature and political thought in the nineteenth century (comparatively)

French political thought since 1789

French poetry (Vigny, Mallarmé, Bonnefoy)

French fiction (Constant, Flaubert, the Goncourt brothers, Proust, Beckett)

Contemporary French thought and theory (Barthes, Certeau, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Le Doeuff, among others)

Research mentorship

Mentor to Dr Richard Mason, Government of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellow working on institutional pedagogy (2018–19; now Lecturer in French, Queen Mary, University of London)

Mentor to Dr Lucy O’Meara, Government of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellow working on Roland Barthes’s teaching in the Collège de France (2009-10; now Senior Lecturer in French, University of Kent)

Mentor to Dr Sucheta Kapoor, Government of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellow working on monstrosity in Flaubert (2008-09; subsequently Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Liverpool)
 

Publications

Edited Books

 YearPublication
(2010)The Cause of Cosmopolitanism: Dispositions, Models, Transformations
O'Donovan, Patrick, Rascaroli, Laura (Ed.). (2010) The Cause of Cosmopolitanism: Dispositions, Models, Transformations The Cause of Cosmopolitanism: Dispositions, Models, Transformations. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details]
(1995)Syntax and the Literary System: New Approaches to the Interface between Literature and Linguistics
Wendy Ayres-Bennett; Patrick O'Donovan (Ed.). (1995) Syntax and the Literary System: New Approaches to the Interface between Literature and Linguistics Syntax and the Literary System: New Approaches to the Interface between Literature and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge French Colloquia. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(2019)'Against Nature? Vigny’s Stones'
Patrick O’Donovan (2019) 'Against Nature? Vigny’s Stones'. Dix-Neuf, 23 (3-4):196-207   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2014)'Constant and the literature of the moderns'
O'Donovan, Patrick (2014) 'Constant and the literature of the moderns'. Irish Journal of French Studies, 14 :161-178   [DOI] [Details]
(2006)'The death of a liberal: four lines on Constant by Vigny'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2006) 'The death of a liberal: four lines on Constant by Vigny'. French Studies Bulletin, 100 (*):66-69   [DOI] [Details]
(1991)'De l'écriture au texte dans les romans des Goncourt'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1991) 'De l'écriture au texte dans les romans des Goncourt'. FRANCOFONIA, 20 (*):85-103 [Details]
(1990)'Beckett's Happy Few'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1990) 'Beckett's Happy Few'. Zeitschrift Für Französische Sprache Und Literatur, 100 (1):168-179   [Details]
(1990)'Stendhal and the canon of styles'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1990) 'Stendhal and the canon of styles'. French Studies Bulletin, 36 (*):7-10   [DOI] [Details]
(1988)'The place of rhetoric'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1988) 'The place of rhetoric'. Paragraph, 11 (*):227-248 [DOI] [Details]
(1986)'Beckett's monologues: the context and conditions of representation'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1986) 'Beckett's monologues: the context and conditions of representation'. Modern Language Review, 81 (2):318-326   [Details]

Book Chapters

 YearPublication
(2022)'Proust's House of Fiction'
Patrick O’Donovan (2022) 'Proust's House of Fiction' In: Adam Watt (eds). Labours of Attention: Work, Class and Society in French and Francophone Literature and Culture. Oxford: Legenda.   [DOI] [Details]
(2021)'Private pain and the public temper'
Patrick O'Donovan (2021) 'Private pain and the public temper' In: Adam Watt (eds). The Cambridge History of the Novel in French. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Certeau's landscape: what can images do?'
Patrick O'Donovan (2020) 'Certeau's landscape: what can images do?' In: Patrick Crowley and Shirley Jordan (eds). What Forms Can Do: The Work of Form in 20th- and 21st-Century French Literature and Thought. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2011)'The time of Vigny'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2011) 'The time of Vigny' In: 'When familiar meanings dissolve': Essays in French Studies in Memory of Malcolm Bowie. Oxford: Peter Lang.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2011)'Proust's 'grands chagrins utiles': beyond contingency?'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2011) 'Proust's 'grands chagrins utiles': beyond contingency?' In: Au seuil de la modernité: Proust, Literature and the Arts. Oxford: Peter Lang.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2010)'The logic of alterity: is it a logical alternative?'
O'Donovan, Patrick (2010) 'The logic of alterity: is it a logical alternative?' In: The Cause of Cosmopolitanism: Dispositions, Models, Transformations. Oxford: Peter Lang.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2010)'Introduction: The Cosmopolitan between Spaces and Practices'
O'Donovan, Patrick and Rascaroli, Laura; (2010) 'Introduction: The Cosmopolitan between Spaces and Practices' In: The Cause of Cosmopolitanism: Dispositions, Models, Transformations. Oxford: Peter Lang.   [Details]
(2009)'Memory as object: a relation of proximity?'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2009) 'Memory as object: a relation of proximity?' In: Anamnesia: Private and Public Memory in Modern French Culture. Oxford: Peter Lang.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2009)'A contradictory look at the look: resisting Le Temps retrouvé'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2009) 'A contradictory look at the look: resisting Le Temps retrouvé' In: 'Le Temps retrouvé' Eighty Years After / 80 ans après: Critical Essays / Essais critiques. Oxford: Peter Lang.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2009)'Poetry and the discourse of happiness in nineteenth-century France: the case of Vigny'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2009) 'Poetry and the discourse of happiness in nineteenth-century France: the case of Vigny' In: Joie de vivre in French Literature and Culture: Essays in Honour of Michael Freeman. Amsterdam: Rodopi.   [Full Text] [Details]
(2004)'The place of rhetoric in Roland Barthes'
Patrick O'Donovan (2004) 'The place of rhetoric in Roland Barthes' In: Roland Barthes. London: Sage. [Details]
(2003)'Common culture and creativity: forgetting and memory in the cultural theory of Michel de Certeau'
O'Donovan, Patrick (2003) 'Common culture and creativity: forgetting and memory in the cultural theory of Michel de Certeau' In: Cultural Memory: Essays on European Literature and History. Oxford: Peter Lang.   [Full Text] [Details]
(1996)'Style and Autonomy: Literature and the Question of a Public Sphere'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1996) 'Style and Autonomy: Literature and the Question of a Public Sphere' In: Le Champ Littéraire: 1860-1900. Amsterdam: Rodopi.   [Details]
(1995)'Introduction'
Ayres-Bennett, Wendy and Patrick O'Donovan; (1995) 'Introduction' In: Syntax and the Literary System: New Approaches to the Interface between Literature and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge French Colloquia. [Details]
(1995)'The Body and the Body Politic in the Novels of the Goncourts'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1995) 'The Body and the Body Politic in the Novels of the Goncourts' In: Spectacles of Realism: Body, Gender, Genre. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.   [Details]
(1994)'Avatars of the Artist: Narrative Approaches to the Work of the Painter'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1994) 'Avatars of the Artist: Narrative Approaches to the Work of the Painter' In: Artistic Relations: Literature and the Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century France. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.   [Details]

Other Journals

 YearPublication
(2005)'Autour de l'histoire des idées'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2005) 'Autour de l'histoire des idées' Cahiers de l'Association internationale des études françaises, 57 :341-345. [Details]
(1990)'French Studies: The Romantic Era'
O'Donovan, Patrick; (1990) 'French Studies: The Romantic Era' Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 51 :145-166.   [Details]
(1991)'French Studies: The Romantic Era'
O'Donovan, Patrick ; (1991) 'French Studies: The Romantic Era' Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 52 :171-186.   [Details]

Blog

 YearPublication
(2018)Futures past — and to come?.
Patrick O'Donovan (2018) Futures past — and to come?. Blog   [Details]
(2015)Barthes's centenary lesson.
Patrick O'Donovan (2015) Barthes's centenary lesson. http://www.irishhumanities.com/blog/barthes/: Blog   [Details]

Electronic Article

 YearPublication
(2015)Le double serment; ou, fidélité constante à tout le monde.
Patrick O'Donovan (2015) Le double serment; ou, fidélité constante à tout le monde. http://www.100days.eu/items/show/60: Electronic Article   [Details]

Book Reviews

 YearPublication
(2014)Review of Nathalie Aubert, ed., Proust and the Visual.
Patrick O'Donovan (2014) Review of Nathalie Aubert, ed., Proust and the Visual. Modern and Contemporary France: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]
(2013)Review of Paul Valéry, Cahiers, ed. Brian Stimpson.
Patrick O'Donovan (2013) Review of Paul Valéry, Cahiers, ed. Brian Stimpson. French Studies: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details]

Encyclopedia Entries

 YearPublication
(2009)Kathleen O'Flaherty.
O'Donovan, Patrick; (2009) Kathleen O'Flaherty. Dictionary of Irish Biography:Cambridge University Press. Encyclopedia Entries.   [Details]
(1998)Samuel Beckett.
O'Donovan, Patrick ; (1998) Samuel Beckett. Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture:Routledge. Encyclopedia Entries.   [Details]

Professional Activities

Honours and Awards

 YearTitleAwarding Body
2004Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques French Government
2001Government of Ireland Research Fellowship Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
1981Robert Gardiner Memorial Scholarship University of Cambridge
1980Travelling Studentship in French National University of Ireland
1978Bourse du Gouvernement Français French Government
1978Postgraduate Scholarship University College Cork
1976Undergraduate Scholarship University College Cork

Employment

 EmployerPositionFrom / To
University College Cork Professor of French01-OCT-94 / 31-JAN-24
King's College, Cambridge Official Fellow in French01-OCT-89 / 30-SEP-94
St John's College, Oxford Lecturer in French01-OCT-87 / 30-SEP-89
University of Dundee Lecturer in French01-OCT-86 / 30-SEP-87
Homerton College, Cambridge Lecturer (Part-time)01-OCT-84 / 30-SEP-85

Education

 YearInstitutionQualificationSubject
1989University of Cambridge Ph.D.French
1980National University of Ireland M.A.French
1978National University of Ireland B.A.English and French

Conference Contributions

 YearPublication
(2018)Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium,
Patrick O'Donovan (2018) Biengamin Content : how a liberal made his name. [Oral Presentation], Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, University of California Riverside . [Details]
(2018)ADEFFI Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2018) Futures past — and to come?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ADEFFI Annual Conference, University College Dublin . [Details]
(2018)Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2018) Constant's notes from the underground. [Oral Presentation], Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference, Newcastle University . [Details]
(2017)Society for French Studies Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2017) ‘Le grand murmure’ : on the anthropocene with Descola and Certeau. [Oral Presentation], Society for French Studies Annual Conference, Durham University . [Details]
(2016)ADEFFI Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2016) Learning from contrarians: on Barthes and Certeau. [Oral Presentation], ADEFFI Annual Conference, University College Cork . [Details]
(2016)Society for French Studies Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2016) The senses in 1816 : the case of Benjamin Constant. [Oral Presentation], Society for French Studies Annual Conference, University of Glasgow . [Details]
(2016)What Forms Can Do : Attending to the Real in 20th and 21st Century French Literature,
Patrick O'Donovan (2016) Certeau's landscapes: what can images do?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], What Forms Can Do : Attending to the Real in 20th and 21st Century French Literature, All Souls College, Oxford . [Details]
(2015)1816: Transcultural Crossings in Post-Revolutionary Europe,
Patrick O'Donovan (2015) What makes Adolphe modern?. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], 1816: Transcultural Crossings in Post-Revolutionary Europe, University of Warwick . [Details]
(2014)Stage Presence: Marguerite Duras and the Theatre,
Patrick O'Donovan (2014) ‘Conceiving the beast: Duras, James, adaptation’. [Oral Presentation], Stage Presence: Marguerite Duras and the Theatre, University College Cork . [Details]
(2014)Society for the Study of French History Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2014) 'Eros: the freedom and the finitude of the moderns'. [Oral Presentation], Society for the Study of French History Annual Conference, University of Durham . [Details]
(2014)Popular Reactions to Napoleon’s 100 days in Print, Satire, Song and Theatre,
Patrick O'Donovan (2014) 'Le double serment; ou, fidélité constante à tout le monde. [Oral Presentation], Popular Reactions to Napoleon’s 100 days in Print, Satire, Song and Theatre, Warwick University . [Details]
(2014)American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting,
Patrick O'Donovan (2014) 'Symbolic cap: Mallarmé's other capital'. [Oral Presentation], American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, New York University . [Details]
(2014)Irish Philosophical Society Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2014) 'Constant and the ends of freedom'. [Oral Presentation], Irish Philosophical Society Annual Conference, University College Cork . [Details]
(2013)Invited seminar, University of Newcastle,
Patrick O'Donovan (2013) ‘Foucault and the historical ontology of limits’. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Invited seminar, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle . [Details]
(2013)Society for the Study of French History Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2013) 'After Adolphe'. [Oral Presentation], Society for the Study of French History Annual Conference, University of Nottingham . [Details]
(2013)Poetry-Philosophy-Politics AHRC Research Network Project,
Patrick O'Donovan (2013) 'Enjeux temporels'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Poetry-Philosophy-Politics AHRC Research Network Project, Maison française, Oxford . [Details]
(2012)Face aux conflits des valeurs, quelle démocratie?,
Patrick O'Donovan (2012) 'Retour sur le privé: aux origines d'un pluralisme'. [Oral Presentation], Face aux conflits des valeurs, quelle démocratie?, CEVIPOF, Sciences Po, Paris . [Details]
(2012)Rousseau after 300 Years,
Patrick O'Donovan (2012) 'Contra Rousseau (with Constant)'. [Oral Presentation], Rousseau after 300 Years, Trinity College Dublin . [Details]
(2012)Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2012) 'Eros: a psychology of the senses?'. [Oral Presentation], Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference, University of Limerick . [Details]
(2011)ADEFFI Annual conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2011) 'La transgression et ses au-delà: Foucault de ’63 à ‘84'. [Oral Presentation], ADEFFI Annual conference, Université Aix-Marseille . [Details]
(2011)Society for French Studies Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2011) 'Poems and their destinies: the ambiguities of anticipation'. [Oral Presentation], Society for French Studies Annual Conference, Queen Mary, University of London . [Details]
(2010)Moore Institute,
Patrick O'Donovan (2010) 'The time of Vigny and the time of poetry'. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway . [Details]
(2009)Society for French Studies Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2009) 'Enlightened moderns: thinking and doing'. [Plenary Lecture], Society for French Studies Annual Conference, St Anne's College, Oxford . [Details]
(2009)Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2009) 'With Mallarmé, on water'. [Oral Presentation], Society of Dix-Neuviémistes Annual Conference, University of Bristol . [Details]
(2009)Modern French Research Seminar,
Patrick O'Donovan (2009) 'The time of Vigny'. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Modern French Research Seminar, University of Oxford . [Details]
(2008)Limits/Limites: Twentieth and Twentieth-First Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium,
Patrick O'Donovan (2008) 'Epistemologies of the limit: styles of reasoning in French thought today'. [Oral Presentation], Limits/Limites: Twentieth and Twentieth-First Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, Georgetown University . [Details]
(2007)Le Temps retrouvé after eighty years,
Patrick O'Donovan (2007) 'A contradictory look at the look: resisting Le Temps retrouvé'. [Oral Presentation], Le Temps retrouvé after eighty years, Royal Holloway, University of London . [Details]
(2007)(In)Difference: Biennial Conference of the Modern Languages Committee of the Royal Irish Academy,
Patrick O'Donovan (2007) The logic of alterity: is it a logical alternative?’. [Plenary Lecture], (In)Difference: Biennial Conference of the Modern Languages Committee of the Royal Irish Academy, University of Limerick . [Details]
(2007)Humanities Institute,
Patrick O'Donovan (2007) 'Memory and identity via the imaginary'. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Humanities Institute, University College Dublin . [Details]
(2006)ADEFFI,
Patrick O'Donovan (2006) Annual conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], ADEFFI, Centre culturel irlandais, Paris . [Details]
(2005)The Cause of Cosmopolitanism in Europe and Beyond,
Prof. Patrick O'Donovan, Dr Laura Rascaroli; (2005) Biennial conference of the National Committee for Modern Languages, Literary and Cultural Studies, Royal Irish Academy. [Conference Organising Committee Member], The Cause of Cosmopolitanism in Europe and Beyond, UCC , 11-NOV-05 - 11-DEC-05. [Details]
(2005)Joint IRCHSS and CNRS Workshop,
Patrick O'Donovan and Jacques Durand (2005) Linguistic Diversity. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Joint IRCHSS and CNRS Workshop, University College Cork . [Details]
(2005)ADEFFI,
Patrick O'Donovan (2005) Annual conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], ADEFFI, National University of Ireland, Galway . [Details]
(2004)Association internationale des études françaises,
Patrick O'Donovan (2004) 'Autour de l'histoire des idées'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Association internationale des études françaises, École normale supérieure, Paris . [Details]
(2003)ADEFFI Annual conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (2003) 'Realism and “the present age”: philosophy in fiction, fiction in philosophy'. [Oral Presentation], ADEFFI Annual conference, Queen's University Belfast . [Details]
(2003)Engaging Imagination: Towards an Anthropology of the Imagination,
Patrick O'Donovan (2003) 'Oceanic night: image and investigation in Certeau’s science of everyday life'. [Oral Presentation], Engaging Imagination: Towards an Anthropology of the Imagination, Humanities Institute, University College Dublin . [Details]
(2000)Cultural Memory, Royal Irish Academy,
Patrick O'Donovan (2000) 'Common culture and creativity: forgetting memory'. [Oral Presentation], Cultural Memory, Royal Irish Academy, University College Dublin . [Details]
(1998)Mapping the Course of Literary History,
Patrick O'Donovan (1998) 'Anger and after: three perspectives on a cultural phenomenon in nineteenth-century France'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Mapping the Course of Literary History, University College Cork . [Details]
(1998)Mapping the Course of Literary History,
Patrick O'Donovan and Mary Howard (1998) A conference in the humanities. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Mapping the Course of Literary History, University College Cork . [Details]
(1997)Arts research seminar,
Patrick O'Donovan (1997) 'Ideologies of the author in the literary system of nineteenth-century France'. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Arts research seminar, National University of Ireland, Galway . [Details]
(1996)Society for French Studies Workshop on Tense,
Patrick O'Donovan (1996) 'The testimony of the text: past tenses'. [Invited Oral Presentation], Society for French Studies Workshop on Tense, University of Bath . [Details]
(1995)Écriture/parole/discours: littérature et rhétorique au XIXe siècle,
Patrick O'Donovan (1995) 'Autres temps, autres tribunes'. [Oral Presentation], Écriture/parole/discours: littérature et rhétorique au XIXe siècle, Université de Tours . [Details]
(1994)Syntax and the Literary System,
Patrick O'Donovan and Wendy Ayres-Bennett (1994) King's College Research Centre. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Syntax and the Literary System, King's College, Cambridge . [Details]
(1993)Du patrimoine aux études culturelles,
Patrick O'Donovan (1993) Society for French Studies Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Du patrimoine aux études culturelles, King's College, Cambridge . [Details]
(1989)Les Goncourt,
Patrick O'Donovan (1989) 'De l'écriture au texte dans les romans des Goncourt'. [Oral Presentation], Les Goncourt, Université de Paris-Sorbonne . [Details]
(1989)BCLA Triennial Conference,
Patrick O'Donovan (1989) 'Beckett's Happy Few'. [Oral Presentation], BCLA Triennial Conference, University of Leicester . [Details]
(1985)The Text of Barthes,
Patrick O'Donovan (1985) 'The place of rhetoric'. [Oral Presentation], The Text of Barthes, University of Warwick . [Details]

Journal Activities

 JournalRoleTo / From
French Studies Editor01-JAN-98 - 31-DEC-07
French Studies Member of Advisory Board01-JAN-08 -
Irish Journal Of French Studies Member of Advisory Board01-JAN-02 -
Dix-Neuf Referee01-MAR-10 -

Committees

 CommitteeFunctionFrom / To
European Alliance for the Social Sciences and the Humanities Board Member2016 / 2019
Irish Humanities Alliance Chairperson2013 / 2014
R. H. Gapper Book Prize Jury Member2013 / 2019
Library Policy Committee, UCC Chairperson2007 / 2010
European Commission COST Domain Committee for Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health Expert2006 / 2010
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Member2004 / 2008
National Committee for Modern Language, Literary and Cultural Studies, Royal Irish Academy Member2004 / 2009
Governing Body, UCC Member2004 / 2012
Interfaculty Graduate Studies Board, UCC Chairperson1998 / 2001
Joint Governing Body and Academic Council Committee for Academic Planning and Development Member1996 / 1999
Electors to the Robert Gardiner Memorial Scholarships, University of Cambridge Member1991 / 1994
College Council, King's College, Cambridge Member1989 / 1992

Professional Associations

 AssociationFunctionFrom / To
Association des études françaises et francophones d'Irlande President01-JAN-05 / 31-DEC-06
Society for French Studies Member of Executive Committee01-APR-97 / 31-JUL-07
Society for French Studies Member of Executive Committee01-APR-91 / 31-MAR-94

Other Activities

 Description

Assessor, Agence nationale de la recherche (2013)

Vice-Head for Research, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (2012-15)

Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (2011-13)

Reviewer, Oxford University Press

Ph.D. external examiner: University of Cambridge (1996, 1997); Royal Holloway, University of London (2001); Oxford Brookes University (2008); Trinity College Dublin (2009); University of Oxford (2013)

Head of the Department of French: 1994-2002; 2003-06; 2011

External examiner: Roehampton Institute (MA; 1993-96); University of Manchester (1996-98); Queen Mary, University of London (1999-2001); Queen’s University, Belfast (2000-2002); University of Southampton (2006-09); Trinity College, Dublin (2022−25)

Languages

 LanguageReadingWritingSpeaking
English FluentFluentFluent
French FluentFluentFluent
German FunctionalNoneBasic
Italian FunctionalBasicFunctional

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