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Dr Sinead Sturgeon

School of Arts, English and Languages
Sinead Sturgeon

Dr Sinead Sturgeon

School of Arts, English and Languages

Dr Sturgeon's research focuses on nineteenth-century Irish writing and culture, with particular interests in the Gothic and Irish Romanticism. Recent work has explored the environmental humanities (with reference to twentieth-century Irish Gothic writing); Irish traditional music and collectors; and connections between nineteeth-century Ireland and Eastern Europe.

Contact info

  • s.sturgeon@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3265

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • Nineteenth-century Irish writing (especially fiction and poetry)
  • Gothic literature
  • Law and literature

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Faculty co-lead for Widening Participation
  • Regular reviewer of Irish fiction and criticism for the Times Literary Supplement
  • Public speaker on Irish writers for Libraries NI

Research students

PhD area The Third Space: Class Migration in the work of Annie Ernaux

Alumni: Where are they now

Name Dr Matthew Reznicek
PhD area Money and the European Metropolis
Current role Associate Professor, Creighton University, US
   
Name Dr Sheila McWade
PhD area In Search of Sorority: Finding Janet McNeill 
Current role
Bookfinders Chair in Creative Writing, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Belfast
 

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