UCD School of English, Drama & Film

Scoil an Bhéarla, na Drámaíochta agus na Scannánaíochta UCD

Dr Ron Callan BA, PhD

Contact Details

Title	Lecturer
Address	School of English, Drama & Film Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4
Telephone:	Ext. 8158
Email:	ei.dcu@nallac.nor

Biography:

Ron Callan joined the Department of English in UCD in 1995. Before that, he taught at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA. (1990-92), Trinity College Dublin (1992-94) and University College Cork (1994-95). He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and was Visiting Scholar at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) in 1986 (one semester). He was Chair of the Irish Association for American Studies (1997-2003) and is one of the editors for the Irish Journal of American Studies (1995 to 2007).

Research Interests

American Literature: Early American Writing; American Renaissance; Modern Poetry; Postmodern Fiction; Canadian Fiction

Books

Callan, Ron; (1992) William Carlos Williams and Transcendentalism: Fitting the Crab in a Box. : Macmillan; St Martin's Press. [Details]

Book Chapters

Callan, Ron; (2006) 'Narrative Illusion: Huckleberry Finn' In: Clare, J. and O'Mara, V (eds). Literature, Readers and Dialogue: Essays by and in reply to Douglas Jefferson. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details]

Callan, Ron; (2004) 'William Carlos Williams's An Early Martyr: The Descent Beckons' In: Stephen Matterson and Michael Hinds (eds). Rebound: The American Poetry Book. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]

Other Journals

Ron Callan; (2004) '<Carl Rakosi> 2' Metre Spring :134-139. [Details]

Other Activities

Edited Journals:
Irish Journal of American Studies 5 (1996). Irish Association for American Studies. Ed. Ron Callan and Bill Riches.

Edited Journals:
Irish Journal of American Studies 6 (1997). Irish Association for American Studies. Ed. Ron Callan and Bill Riches.

Edited Journals:
Irish Journal of American Studies 7 (1998). Irish Association for American Studies. Ed. Ron Callan and Kathleen McCracken.

Edited Journals:
Irish Journal of American Studies 8 (1999). Irish Association for American Studies. Ed. Ron Callan and Kathleen McCracken.

Edited Journals:
Irish Journal of American Studies 9 (2000). Irish Association for American Studies. Ed. Ron Callan, Kathleen McCracken, Michael Hinds and Stephen Milligen.

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