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Paul Lynch is presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Limerick
Congratulations to Paul Lynch who has just been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Limerick.
Date: Friday, 11 April 2025
Inaugural Max Nanny Lecture Dr. Catherine Gander
We are delighted to announce the Max Nänny Lecture which aims to celebrate the prize, its recipients, and current research in word-image studies. This year, the lecture also anticipates the 2026 International IAWIS conference in Amsterdam, "Word, Image and Social Dynamics." The inaugural lecture will be given by Dr. Catherine Gander from Maynooth University. Join us in Amsterdam or on Zoom for "Extending the Document: Contemporary Transmedial Poetics".
Date: Monday, 10 March 2025
Gavin McCrea named MU’s Arts Council Writer in Residence
MU welcomes the appointment of Gavin McCrea as Writer in Residence at the University for 2025, one of nine new Arts Council artists in residence announced across six Irish universities.
Date: Monday, 27 January 2025
Dr Catherine Gander announced as Research Ally
Dr Catherine Gander has been announced as a Research Ally by Research Ireland.
Date: Friday, 17 January 2025
MU graduates nominated for An Post Irish Book Awards
Two MU graduates have been nominated for two An Post Irish Book Awards 2024- Oisin McKenna and Páraic Kerrigan
Date: Friday, 01 November 2024
Consultation Day 2024
Consultation Day information for English students is available on the ALL ENGLISH Moodle page.
Date: Friday, 28 June 2024
Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch appointed Distinguished Writing Fellow
Maynooth University is delighted to announce that 2023 Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch has been appointed Maynooth University Distinguished Writing Fellow.
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2024
MU staff and former student shortlisted for four Irish Book Awards
Three members of staff at Maynooth University, as well as a former student, have been nominated in five categories for the An Post Irish Book Awards.
Date: Monday, 20 November 2023
Department of English lecturer Dr Catherine Gander awarded the Max Nänny Prize for best essay in word and image studies
Dr Catherine Gander has won the Max Nänny Prize for best essay in word and image studies. The prize is awarded by the International Association for Word and Image Studies (IAWIS) every three years, and announced at their AGM.
Date: Friday, 06 October 2023
Maynooth University congratulates Paul Lynch on Booker Prize shortlisting
Maynooth University congratulates Paul Lynch, who is currently the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at MU, on his shortlisting for the Booker Prize for his fifth novel, Prophet Song. Prophet Song is a brilliant imagining of extremism in an alternate or near-future Ireland. Paul began work on Prophet Song while he was the 2019 Kildare County Council Writer-in-Residence at Maynooth.
Date: Friday, 22 September 2023