University College Cork

1. Home
2. Italian
3. People
4. Louise Sheehan

‍

BIOGRAPHY

‍

Publications

‍

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2003)	Royal Irish Academy Modern Languages Symposium on 'Travel Literature' Louise Sheehan (2003) Tabucchi's Portugal Royal Irish Academy Modern Languages Symposium on 'Travel Literature' [Details]

‍

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2005)	British Comparative Literature Association Workshop Conference: Literature Travels: Literature and Cross-Cultural Exchange, Louise Sheehan (2005) Departures, encounters and arrivals in Tabucchi's texts. [Oral Presentation], British Comparative Literature Association Workshop Conference: Literature Travels: Literature and Cross-Cultural Exchange, University of Wolverhampton (Telford Campus) , 12-SEP-05 - 14-SEP-05
	(2004)	Department of Italian Research Seminar Series, Louise Sheehan (2004) Journeys through Italian Literature: from Marco Polo to the 21st Century. [Invited Oral Presentation], Department of Italian Research Seminar Series, UCC , 16-MAR-04 - 16-MAR-04
	(2003)	Department of Italian Research Seminar NUIG, Louise Sheehan (2003) Antonio Tabucchi's Portuguese Journeys: Portugal and Pessoa in Tabucchi's writing. [Invited Oral Presentation], Department of Italian Research Seminar NUIG, NUI Galway , 24-SEP-03 - 24-SEP-03
	(2002)	Royal Irish Academy Modern Languages Symposium on 'Travel Literature', Louise Sheehan (2002) Tabucchi's Portugal. [Oral Presentation], Royal Irish Academy Modern Languages Symposium on 'Travel Literature', National University of Ireland, Galway , 08-NOV-02 - 09-NOV-02
	(2002)	Department of Italian Research Seminar Series, Louise Sheehan (2002) Antonio Tabucchi: Journeys and Locations. [Invited Oral Presentation], Department of Italian Research Seminar Series, UCC , 28-NOV-02 - 28-NOV-02

‍

Professional Activities

‍

Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	1989	Undergraduate College Scholarship	UCC
	1991	Undergraduate College Scholarship	UCC
	1992	Postgraduate College Scholarship	UCC
	1991	Italian Government Scholarship	Italian Government
	1992	French Government Medal for Proficiency in French	French Government
	1996	Italian Government Scholarship	Italian Government

‍

Associations

	Assocation	Function	From / To
	Society for Italian Studies	Member	/

‍

Education

	Year	Instituion	Qualification	Subject
	1992	UCC	BA	Italian and French
	1993	UCC	MASTERS	Translation Studies
	2005	NUIG	PHD	Italian literature

‍

Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	English
	Italian
	French

‍

Teaching Activities

‍

Teaching Interests

I teach Italian language at all levels and I particularly enjoy the challenge of teaching ab initio students. I am the coordinator for first-year language modules in the Department of Italian.
I am also involved in the teaching of extra-curricular evening courses offered by the Department of Italian.‍

Modules Taught

	Term (ID))	Title	Link	Subject
	2014	Italian Language for Medical Studies (Beginner Level)	IT1171	Italian Language for Medical Studies (Beginner Level)
	2014	Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian	IT1109	Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian
	2014	Non-Beginners' Written and Spoken Italian	IT1102	Non-Beginners' Written and Spoken Italian
	2014	Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian	IT1101	Introduction to Written and Spoken Italian
	2014	Italian Language (Beginner Level)	IT1110	Italian Language (Beginner Level)
	2014	Italian Language (Beginner Level)	IT1120	Italian Language (Beginner Level)
	2014	Italian Language (Beginner Level)	IT1150	Italian Language (Beginner Level)