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After completing my PhD at the University of Sheffield in 1998 I was appointed as Lecturer in German at UCD. As well as teaching German language and introductory courses to German literature I offer courses in contemporary prose and drama and the history of the built environment in Germany and Austria. I co-initiated and co-organised the UCD European Drama Week in 2001 and 2002 and co-organised the lecture series and symposium ‘Architecture and its Metaphors’ (2004-2005). I am committed to integrating research interests with teaching, aiming to offer courses in contemporary culture and to diversify the curriculum for students of modern languages and cultures. |
| My research interests include twentieth century drama and theories of comedy, new German-language writing and theories of pop and material culture, the built environment and cultural identity. I am currently working on a project which deals with the role of material culture and identities in transition in German literature of the last two decades. |
| Gillian Pye; (2002) Approaches to Comedy in German Drama. : Mellen. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2010) 'Introduction: Trash as Cultural Category' In: Gillian Pye (eds). Trash Culture: Objects and Obsolescence in Cultural Perspective. Oxford, Bern: Peter Lang. [Details] |
| Gllian Pye ; (2006) 'Ethik and Ausnahme. Machtspiele in Marlene Streeruwitz' Theatertexten am Beispiel von Waikiki Beach'' In: David Barnett, Moray McGowan and Karen Jürs-Munby (eds) (eds). Das Analoge sträubt sich gegen das Digitale. Berlin: Theater der Zeit. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2002) 'Constructing Germany: Architecture and Cultural Identity' In: Alison Phipps (eds). Contemporary German Cultural Studies. Arnold: London. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2002) 'Haunting the Self: Herbert Achternbusch's Ella' In: Anne Fuchs a. Edric Caldicott (eds). Cultural Memory. Essays on European History and Literature. Oxford, Bern etc: Lang. [Details] |
| Pye, G.; (1998) 'Good Exchangers? Comedy and Communication in Botho Strauß Trilogie des Wiedersehens' In: R. J. Kavanagh (eds). Mutual Exchanges: Sheffield - Münster Colloquium I. Lang: Frankfurt. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye (Ed.). (2010) Trash Culture: Objects and Obsolescence in Cultural Perspective. Oxford, Bern: Peter Lang. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2011) 'Review. Deirdre Byrnes: Rereading Monika Maron. Text, Counter-Text and Context'. Germanistik in Irland, 6 :205-207. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2011) 'Ulf Erdmann Ziegler: Belonging in a Material World'. Germanistik in Irland, 6 :71-85. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye and Siobhan Donovan; (2010) 'Schreiben und Komponieren: Elfriede Jelinek's 'Rosamunde''. Austrian Studies, 17 :179-192. [Details] |
Gillian Pye; (2008) 'Trash Objects, History and Memory: Theorizing Rubbish with Wolfgang Hilbig'. German Life and Letters, 61 (2):261-278.  [Details] |
| Gllian Pye ; (2006) 'Anxiety and the Archive: Constructing Value and Identity in the Pop-Lit. Novels Soloalbum and Generation Golf'. German Life and Letters, 59 (2):309-322. [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2004) Rubbish Theory. Guest Lectures [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2003) Rubbish Collection: Herbert Achternbusch. Guest Lectures [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2002) Introduction to Bertolt Brecht. Guest Lectures [Details] |
| Gillian Pye; (2007) Book review: Georg-Michael Schulz: Einführung in die deutsche Komödie. Tübingen, Basel: Book Reviews [Details] |
| Association: Association of Third Level Teachers of German in Ireland, Function/Role: Co-Chair |
| Association: Women in German Studies, Function/Role: Ireland Representative |
| Gillian Pye and Valerie Heffernan; (2010) Co-Organisers: One day workshop on contemporary German women writers. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Emerging Women Writers, National University of Ireland Maynooth , 16-APR-10 - 04-APR-10. |
| Gillian Pye; (2010) Everyday things ¿ the substance of identity in Post-Wende Literature. [Invited Oral Presentation], Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland, University of Reading , 29-MAR-10 - 31-MAR-10. |
| Gillian Pye; (2010) Material World: Objects and Identity in Twenty-first Century German Novels. [Invited Oral Presentation], Twenty-First Century European Literature: Mapping New Trends, University of St. Andrews, Scotland , 15-SEP-10 - 17-SEP-10. |
| Gillian Pye; (2009) Contamination and Territories of Disappearance. [Invited Oral Presentation], Re-Imagining the Nation: Transformations of German Cultural Identity since 1989, Dublin , 22-OCT-09 - 24-OCT-09. |
| Gillian Pye; (2009) Trash, memory and the obsolete: remembering and material culture in recent German novels. [Invited Oral Presentation], Twenty Years On: Remembering the GDR and Germany¿s Unification Process, University of Bath, UK , 14-SEP-09 - 16-SEP-09. |
| Gillian Pye; (2008) Matter out of place: rubbish as theme and metaphor in literary narratives of the GDR. [Invited Oral Presentation], Imagining Space, UCD , 03-OCT-08 - 04-OCT-08. | |||||||||
| Gillian Pye; (2008) Matter out of place: rubbish as theme and metaphor in literary narratives of the GDR. [Invited Oral Presentation], Culture and Crisis workshop, University of Konstanz, Germany , 10-OCT-08 - 11-OCT-08. | |||||||||
| Gillian Pye; (2008) International Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The Aesthetics of Trash, UCD , 04-SEP-08 - 06-SEP-08. | |||||||||
| Pye, Gillian; (2007) Emotive Enclosures Session Chair. [Chaired Session], Defining Space, Newman House, UCD , 11-OCT-07 - 13-OCT-07. | |||||||||
| Pye, Gillian; (2007) Mythologies at 50: Barthes and Popular Culture Session Chair. [Chaired Session], Mythologies at 50: Barthes and Popular Culture, Humanities Institute of Ireland, UCD , 20-APR-07 - 20-APR-07. | |||||||||
| Pye, Gillian ; (2007) 'Allerlei Geschichtsgeruempel': Rubbish and Remembering in Post-Wende Germany. [Invited Lecture], Association of Third Level German Teachers in Ireland, IT Tallaght , 13-OCT-07 - 13-OCT-07. | |||||||||
| Pye, Gillian ; (2005) Pop-Literature and the Archive: Andreas Neumeister and the Reconstruction of History. [Oral Presentation], M/MLA Annual Convention: Between Memory and History Panel, Milwaukee, US , 11-NOV-05 - 13-NOV-05. | |||||||||
| Gillian Pye; (2004) Rubbish Collection: Preserving the Past in the Text. [N/A], 'Memory Contests: Cultural Memory, Hybridity and Identity in German Discourses since 1990, International Conference, UCD, University Colleg Dublin , 01-JUN-04. | |||||||||
| Gillian Pye; (2003) Herbert Achternbusch and the Junk Aesthetic: Der Stiefel und sein Socken. [Invited Oral Presentation], Conference of University Teachers of Great Britain and Ireland, NUI Maynooth , 01-SEP-03. | |||||||||
| Gillian Pye; (2002) Ein asoziales Theater?: Herbert Achternbusch and the Comedy of Anarchy. [Oral Presentation], Ich will anders sein, International conference, , Nottingham Trent University, UK , 01-JUL-02. | |||||||||
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| Employer: University College Dublin Position: College Lecturer |
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: Assistant Lecturer |
| Employer: University of Sheffield, England Position: Postgraduate Teaching Assistant |
| Year 1998 Institution: Sheffield Hallam University/ Sheffield College Qualification: Certificate Subject: Adult Education (City and Guilds, Stage 1 Certificate in Education) |
| Together with Siofra Pierse Department of French, UCD: founded and co-ordinated the first , which has now been running for three successive years |
| Selected to perform at the 2002 UK National Student German Drama Festival, Kings College, London |
| Selected to perform at the 2001 UK National Student German Drama festival hosted by Bristol University |
| Twentieth-century German prose and drama, theories of comedy, history of the built environment, German language. |
| 2003: Eva West, Supervison of MA Dissertation: 'Unter Tränen Lachen – der Holocauust als Komödie untersucht an George Taboris Theaterstücken'. 2005-2006: Annika Stephan, Supervision of MA Dissertation ‘Das Andere Schreiben: Reinhard Jirgls Die Unvollendeten’ (Supervision completed by Dr Jeanne Riou during my maternity leave 2006-2007). May 2006: External examiner for MPhil Dissertation, University of Sheffield: Dorota Koch-Strzelczyk, ‘Die Rezeption des Hiob-Motivs in der deutschsprachigen Literatur’. |
