Professor Nuala Finnegan BA (Galway), MA (Dublin), PhD (Glasgow)
Conference Contributions |
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| Nuala Finnegan, Ana Cruz Garcia, Niamh McNamara, Catherine Leen, Wilfried Raussert; (2011) This conference explored the notions of transition and continuity as they are articulated in recent Chicano/a culture including drama, film, television, literature, theory, art, music, performance and theatre and other genres and narrative modes including corridos, mitos, folklore. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Transitions and Continuities in Contemporary Chicano/a Culture, Centre for Mexican Studies, University College Cork , 24-JUN-11 - 26-JUN-11. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2006) Lecture on exhibition of works by photographer, Tina Modotti. [Invited Oral Presentation], *Tina Modotti: Meditations on Modernity, Office of Public Works, Dublin, Ireland , 22-JUN-06 - 22-JUN-06. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2005) *. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], (ILAS) Irish Latin American Studies Annual Conference, University College Cork , 18-JUN-05 - 19-JUN-05. |
| Finnegan, Nuala; Bufacchi, Vittorio; (2004) The Value of Testimony: Philosophical and Literary Approaches. [Oral Presentation], Globalization and Marginality, University College Cork , 26-MAY-04 - 27-MAY-04. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2004) Postcolonial Problems: Literature, Feminism and Power in Mexico since 1980. [Invited Oral Presentation], Postcolonialism and Literature, University of Liverpool , 10-NOV-04 - 12-NOV-04. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2004) Finding oneself: Love and Tourism in El amor que me juraste by Silvia Molina. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Reflections on Recent Mexican Fiction, University College Cork , 22-JAN-04 - 22-JAN-04. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2009) Uncertain Stories: Ethnography, Autobiography and History in New Mexico', `The Transnational Imaginary in Mexican and New Mexican Culture, convened by Dr. Claire Lindsay, University of London. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference: Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , 07-JUN-09 - 12-JUN-09. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2006) Meditations on Modernity: Tina Modotti. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Meditations on Modernity: Tina Modotti, . |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2004) *. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Postgraduate Research Symposium in Hispanic Studies, University College Cork , 18-NOV-04 - 19-NOV-04. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2003) 'Framing the Local, Negotiating the Global: Narrative Encounters in Recent Mexican Cinema'. [Oral Presentation], Hispanic Cinemas: The Local and the Global, Institute of Romance Studies, University of London , 28-NOV-03 - 29-NOV-03. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2003) 'Love and tourism in Contemporary Mexican Fiction'. [Plenary Lecture], Irish Latin American Studies Association, Annual Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway , 27-MAR-03 - 27-MAR-03. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2003) 'In a country like this: Place, Nation and History in Sara Sefchovich's Demasiado amor'. [Oral Presentation], Latin American Studies: Legacies and Possibilities, National University of Ireland, Galway , 18-OCT-03 - 19-OCT-03. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2002) Dialogues with the Past: Brianda Domecq and La insolita historia de la Santa de Cabora. [Oral Presentation], Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland, Annual Conference, UCC , 10-APR-02 - 14-APR-02. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2001) Finding 'oneself': Love and Tourism in El amor que me juraste by Silvia Molina. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Sex, Violence, Nation: Reflections on Modern Mexican Fiction, University College Cork , 08-MAY-01 - 08-MAY-01. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (2000) 'Light Women/Light Literature': Women and Popular Fiction in Mexico since 1980. [Oral Presentation], WISPS (Women in Spanish and Portuguese Studies) Annual Conference, University of London , 13-MAY-00 - 15-MAY-00. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1999) Problems with Feminism in the Work of Rosario Castellanos. [Oral Presentation], Women's Studies Conference, University of Limerick, University of Limerick , 15-JUN-99 - 16-JUN-99. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1999) Isabel Allende and the Importance of Being Feminist in La casa de los espiritus. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Latin America, University of Limerick , 29-JUN-99 - 02-JUL-99. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1998) Dirty Women: Metaphors of Femininity in Some Short Stories by Rosario Castellanos. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Dirty Women: Metaphors of Femininity in Some Short Stories by Rosario Castellanos, . |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1998) Monstrous Mothers: Representations of Pregnancy and Maternity in some Mexican Women Writers. [Oral Presentation], SLAS (Society for Latin American Studies), Annual Conference, University of Liverpool , 17-APR-98 - 19-APR-98. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1998) Researching Women's Writing: Why Bother?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Researching Women's Writing: Why Bother?, . |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1997) Feminine Dis-ease in Ciudad Real by Rosario Castellanos. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Feminine Dis-ease in Ciudad Real by Rosario Castellanos, . |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1996) Greasers, Lovers, Senoritas and Whores: Reflections on the Success of Como agua para chocolate. [Oral Presentation], Culture/History/Society, University of Aberdeen, Scotland , 26-AUG-96 - 28-AUG-96. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1996) Gender and Writing in Latin America. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Gender and Writing in Latin America, . |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1995) The Road to the Centre: Female Space in the Work of Rosario Castellanos. [Oral Presentation], SLAS (Society for Latin American Studies) Annual Conference, University of Wales, Swansea , 24-MAR-95 - 26-MAR-95. |
| Nuala Finnegan; (1994) La palabra enemiga/The Enemy Word: Discourses of Power in Balun-Canan by Rosario Castellanos. [Oral Presentation], AHGBI (Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland) Annual Postgraduate Conference, University of Birmingham , 06-JAN-94 - 08-JAN-94. |
Reviews |
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| Bulletin Of Latin American Research : Referee. |
| Bulletin Of Hispanic Studies: Referee. |
| Journal Of Inter-American Studies: Referee. |
| Journal Of Iberian And Latin American Studies: Referee. |
| Journal Of Feminist Research: Referee. |
| Hispanic Research Journal : Referee. |
Other Activities |
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Visits Abroad
University of Berkeley, California University of Texas, Austin Visiting Scholar, Department of Spanish and Portuguese 1994 |
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List of Expert Assignments: External Examiner, Postgraduate Programme in Latin American Studies University of Aberdeen 2008 - present |






