Hispanic Studies

Teaching Interests

I am currently involved in the following modules:

HS2046 Chicano Literature

HS2057 Cinema and Identity in Spain and Latin America

HS2010 Texts and Contexts in the Hispanic World

HS3054 Women and Popular Fiction in Mexico since 1980

HS6010 Latin American Cinema

HS6009 Politics and Culture in Latin America

HS3004 Culture and Society in the Hispanic World

HS3008 Cultural Interfaces with the Hispanic World

HS3011 International Work Placement

I also contribute to the MA in Film Studies, the MA in Women's Studies and teach sessions on research methodologies.

Recent Postgraduates

2009 Nicole Sigl, Ph.D 

Thesis Title: Identity and Society in recent Mexican and Quebecois cinema 

2009 Orla Borreye, Ph.D

Invisible Prisons: Gender, Performance and Identity in Recent Mexican Cinema 

2007 Aileen Lee, M.Phil                     

Ana Castillo: Political Visions from the Periphery

2007 Lorraine Kelly, Ph.D 

Fenced In: The Limits of the Female Self in the Work of Brianda Domecq 

2007 Ana Cruz García, Ph.D 

Madness and Femininity: Representations of the Madwoman in the Work of Elena Garro, Susan Págano, Ana Castillo and María Amparo Escandón 

2000 Teresa Hurley, Ph.D 

Motherhood and Multivocality in Four Novels by Mexican Women Writers

Recent MA students include:

Orla McDonald (2000); Maria P.Fahy (2000); Pat Sexton (2001); Karen O'Brien (2001); Sinead O'Dea (2001); Eoin Barrett (2001); Lorraine Kelly (2001); Ana Cruz García (2001); Paul Collins (2003); Bernadette Halsey (2005); Barbara O'Leary (2005); John Halnan (2005); Sharon Green (2005); Anita O'Sullivan (2005); Clare Murphy (2005); Kate Parke (2005); Elaine Raher (2007); Angela Burke (2007); Julianne Booth (2008); Michelle O'Sullivan (2008); Maria Dillon (2008 Film Studies); Louise O'Callaghan (2008 Film Studies), Bryan Lynch (2009 Film Studies) Tristan MacCana (2012); Paula Hanley (2012); Ken Browne (2012), Stephen Traynor (2012).

Current Postgraduate Students

Modules Taught