Dr Fionnuala Dillane BA MA PhD
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Biography:
| Fionnuala Dillane is a graduate of NUI Galway and Trinity College Dublin. She joined the School in September 2006 from the School of English, Trinity College where she was Broad Curriculum teaching fellow from 2002-05 and an IRCHSS post-doctoral fellow from 2005-06. |
Research Interests
| My main research interests include nineteenth-century literature and culture, the work of George Eliot and the mid-late nineteenth- century periodical press; history and theory of genre, in particular, the historical novel. Interests in critical and cultural theory, memory and narrative in contemporary British and Irish fiction. I have recently completed a monograph on George Eliot's work as an editor, journalist and serial fiction writer, with the provisional title Before George Eliot: Marian Evans and the periodical press. Most recently published work includes articles on George Eliot's journalism and Women journalists at the fin-de-siecle. I acted recently as external reader for the following journals: Journal of Victorian Culture; Victorian Review; Irish University Review |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : Dickens vs Dickens: Participation in the Charles Dickens Bi-Centenary conference, Buckingham Start Date / End Date : 29-MAR-12 / 31-MAR-12 |
Books
| Dillane, F. & Kelly, R. (Editors); (2003) New Voices in Irish Criticism 4. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Fionnuala Dillane; (2012) ''A fair field and no favour': Hulda Friederichs, the Interview, and the New Woman' In: F. Elizabeth Gray (eds). Women in Journalism at the Fin de Siècle: Making a Name for Herself edited by F. Elizabeth Gray. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details] |
| Dillane, F.; (2001) 'Realism and Regionalism: Mary Lavin and Barbara Baynton' In: Tadhg Foley and Fiona Bateman (eds). From Ned Kelly to Redmond Barry: Irish Contributions to Australian Culture and Society. Darlinghurst, New South Wales: Crossing Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Fionnuala Dillane and Ronan Kelly (Ed.). (2003) New Voices in Irish Criticism 4. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Fionnuala Dillane; (2009) 'Re-reading George Eliot's 'Natural History': Marian Evans, 'The People' and the Periodical'. Victorian Periodicals Review, 42 (3):244-266.  [Details] |
| Fionnuala Dillane, with Danielle Clarke, Katie Long, Naomi McAreavey and Niamh Pattwell; (2009) ''Literature in Context: Enquiry-Based Learning for First Year Students''. Working with English, 5 (1):33-49. [Details] |
| Dillane, F.; (1999) 'Contemporary Irish Women's Poetry 1967-1997: A review'. Verse, 16 (2):9-27. [Details] |
| Dillane, F.; (1999) 'Irish Women's Poetry: A Bibliography'. Verse, 16 (2):111-121. [Details] |
| Fionnuala Dillane; (2011) 'Review of JG Farrell in his own words: selected letters and diaries, edited by Lavinia Greacen'. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 47 (1):115-116. [Details] |
Other Journals
| Dillance, F.; (1997) ''Interview with Vona Groarke'' ROPES 24 (7) . [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Fionnuala Dillane; (2009) 'Curious About George' Review of Brenda Maddox George Eliot: Novelist, Lover, Wife (London: Harper, 2009). Dublin: Book Reviews [Details] |
Reviews
| Fionnuala Dillane; (2011) 'Gathering and Taking Apart the Enright Narratives', review of Anne Enright edited by Claire Bracken and Susan Cahill. Dublin, Irish Times: Reviews [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2011. Title: IRCHSS New Ideas Award |
| Year: 2010. Title: President's Teaching Award |
| Year: 2005. Title: IRCHSS post-doctoral reserach fellowship 2005-07 |
| Year: 2002. Title: Broad Curriculum Teaching Fellowship 2002-2005 |
| Year: 1998. Title: Government of Ireland postgraduate scholarship 1998-2001 |
| Year: 2007. Title: President's Teaching Grant |
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| Year: 2007. Title: Dissemination and Output Seed Funding |
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| Year: 1994. Title: Postgraduate Fellowship for Research Master's 1994-96 |
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Associations
| Association: Irish University Review, Function/Role: Editorial Board |
| Association: North American Victorian Studies Association, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: British Asociation for Victorian Studies, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: British Society for Literature and Science, Function/Role: Member |
Conference Contributions
| Dillane, F; (2011) Title of Paper: Still 'waiting in the margins' : locating Irish women journalists in the nineteenth-century British press. [Invited Oral Presentation], New Scientists in Ireland: A tribute to the Loebers (UCD HII Print Culture Symposium V), HII, University College Dublin , 18-MAR-11 - 18-MAR-11. |
| Dillane, F.; (2011) Title of Paper: 'Hulda Friederichs and New Journalism's Newer Interview Style at the Pall Mall Gazette'. [International Refereed Conference], 'Work and Leisure': Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University , 22-JUL-11 - 23-JUL-11. |
| Dillane, F; (2011) Short showcase Presentation Title: Writing Support for Undergraduate Students. [Oral Presentation], Enhancing Learning in the First Year, Cliniton Institute, UCD , 05-OCT-11 - 05-OCT-11. |
| Dillane, F.; (2010) 'Embodied Authenticity': The Importance of seeming to be 'George Eliot'. [International Refereed Conference], Victorian Scale and Perspective: An International Conference, North American Victorian Studies Association, Montreal, Canada , 11-NOV-10 - 13-NOV-10. |
| Dillane, Fionnuala; (2008) Title of Paper: Targeting Text: commercial and ideological innovations through design in the Westminster Review (1836-54). [International Refereed Conference], Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, 40th Annual Conference 'Characters of the Press', Roehampton University, London , 04-JUL-08 - 05-JUL-08. |
| Dillane, Fionnuala; (2007) Title of Paper: Pale, pulpy and cretinous: the scientist and the periodical press in George Eliot's Impressions of Theophrastus Such. [International Refereed Conference], British Society for Literature and Science Second International Conference, Univeristy of Birmingham, Birmingham, England , 29-MAR-07 - 31-MAR-07. | |||||||||
| Dillane, Fionnuala; (2006) Title of paper: 'Marian Evans takes on her audience'. [International Refereed Conference], British Association for Victorian Studies, seventh annual international conference, `Victorian Conflicts', University of Liverpool , 07-SEP-06 - 09-SEP-06. | |||||||||
| Dillane, Fionnuala; (2006) Title of Paper: 'Beyond biography: the case of Marian Evans the editor'. [International Refereed Conference], `Beyond the Widening Sphere: New perspectives on Victorian women writers', Bedford Centre for History, Royal Holloway, University of London , 08-JUL-06 - 09-JUL-05. | |||||||||
| Dillane, Fionnuala; (2006) Title of paper: 'The creative journalist and the corporate press: George Eliot and Blackwood's Magazine'. [International Refereed Conference], Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies International conference 2006, , Durham University and St. Chad¿s college, Durham , 01-JUL-06 - 03-JUL-06. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Teaching and Learning Committe, College of Arts and Celtic Sciences |
| Committee : School of English, Drama and Film with Irish Studies Teaching and Learning Committee |
Education
| Year 1997 Institution: National Univeristy of Ireland, Galway Qualification: Master of Arts Subject: English |
| Year 2004 Institution: Unveristy of Dublin, Trinity College Qualification: Ph.D. Subject: English |
Other Activities
| Invited Speaker
Radio work
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Teaching Philosophy
| My main teaching interests include Literature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Literature and Science; Contemporary Historical Fiction and theories of memory; Modernity, Gender and Print Culture. Current Teaching (2011-12) I coordinate and teach on the following modules
I also teach on the following modules:
Current Research on Teaching (2011-13) I am working on two projects: 1) Academic Writing support for Students in the College of Arts and Celtic Studies (UCD); 2) The role of the lecture in undergraduate teaching
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