Languages, Literatures, & Cultures

My research interests are concentrated in two areas:  literary criticism and literary translation. In the former, my current research is in the area of Classical Receptions in Hispanic Literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, particularly Spanish and Latin American versions of the myth of Iphigenia. The publication in 2014 of Edith Hall’s Adventures with Iphigenia in Taurus (Oxford UP) reflects a renewed interest in this myth within the anglophone world of Reception Studies. My publications since 2012 have analysed the political uses and abuses of the myth in Spanish, Mexican and Central American contexts. My output as a literary translator in recent years has focused on the translation of Galician Poetry, particularly the works of Chus Pato and Manuel Rivas. My translation of Rivas's collection 'The Disappearance of Snow' (Shearsman, 2013) was shortlisted for the Popescu Prize in Poetry Translation. In March 2019, my translation of 'The Mouth of the Earth' was also published by Shearsman Books. My ongoing practice as a literary translator forms an essential part of my teaching contributions to BA and MA  programmes in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. I also coordinate the international Research Group, Crosswinds. Irish and Galician Poetry and Translation  https://mooreinstitute.ie/research-group/crosswinds-irish-and-galician-poetry-and-translation/ The Crosswinds research group provides an international platform for my translation publications and a framework for international collaborations.   I am a published poet with three collections published by Salmon Poetry. I received an Artist's Bursary form the Arts Council of Ireland in 2018.