With a history that dates back to the 19th century, the English Department at Maynooth is a centre of cutting-edge research in Irish, British, Anglophone and other global literatures. Our internationally-renowned scholars are widely published and influential in shaping the field of literary studies, as well as dedicated to top quality teaching. With a rich postgraduate culture, the Department accommodates a diverse range of research interests including:
American Literature
Creative Writing
Eighteenth-Century Literature
Film studies
Gender studies
Irish Literature
Literary Theory
Modernism
Migrant Writing
Postcolonial, Global Literatures, and Critical Race Studies
Renaissance and early modern studies, especially the Irish / Gaelic context