Prof Pól Ó Dochartaigh

BA, BA, PhD, DLitt

 
researcher
 

Biography

Pól Ó Dochartaigh is Established Professor of European History. His research stretches across history, literature and politics in a German-Jewish-Irish triangle. He is the author of five books and 40+ articles and reports, and the editor or co-editor of seven collections of essays. Among his monographs are Germany since 1945 (Basingstoke 2003), Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970: Germans, Celts and Nationalism (Dublin 2003) and Germans and Jews since the Holocaust (Basingstoke 2015). 

He hails from Belfast, where he was educated at St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School. Having abandoned a degree in Pure Maths and Computer Science at Queen's and subsequently spending a year working in Munich and another studying in Kiel, he graduated in German from University College Cardiff in 1987, the single honours degree consisting one-third each of German language, literature and contemporary history. After two years teaching English at Rostock University in the GDR he undertook a PhD in German cultural history at Nottingham University under the supervision of Prof. Hamish Reid, graduating in 1995 with a thesis on "The Portrayal of Jews in GDR Prose Fiction", which was published by Rodopi in Amsterdam in 1997. He took a Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching at the University of Ulster in 1996-97. From 1995 he re-engaged with the Irish language, taking an A Level in 1999 and, after five years of part-time study, he graduated BA in Irish Language and Literature with first-class honours at Ulster in 2004. In 2019 he was conferred with a DLitt by the University of Nottingham.

He lectured German at Maynooth in 1990-91 and, after a brief sojourn in Derby following his PhD scholarship took up a position as Lecturer in German at Ulster in 1994. In 2001 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer and in 2005 to Professor of German. From 2005-8 he was founding Director of the Humanities Research Institute at Ulster and from 2008-14 Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He also led a successful bid to secure a Confucius Institute for Northern Ireland and was its Dean 2011-14. In spring 2014 he was appointed Deputy President and Registrar at the University of Galway for a ten-year term. As Chief Academic Officer of the University his responsibilities included the development and implementation of policies and strategies on Teaching and Learning, Academic Promotions, Sustainability and the Irish Language, and he led the project to rename the University as "University of Galway", a project completed in Feb 2024. He also chaired the Board of the CAO 2018-22.

Pól is the author of five books and 40+ articles and reports, and the editor or co-editor of seven collections of essays. He directed a Hefce-funded project (£144k) on Assessment in Modern Languages at Ulster (1998-2001), was a Founding Member of the International Feuchtwanger Society for the study of German-Jewish exile (Los Angeles, 2001) and was a visiting professor at the University of Vienna's Institut für Sprachwissenschaft in 2003. He chaired the Royal Irish Academy's Committee for Modern Language, Literary and Cultural Studies (2004-8), and was elected Vice-President (2008-11) and then President (2011-14) of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland.

He was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2010, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2009 and he has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK since 2000. He served on the German Panel for the UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) and on the Modern Languages and Linguistics Panel for the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014).

In 2013 he was awarded £408k as PI by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a three-year project on "Representations of Jews in Irish Literature". Between 2016 and 2019 the exhibition from the project opened in seven locations in all four of Ireland's provinces as well as Columbia University in New York, the Irish Writers' Festival in Los Gatos, California, Georgetown University in Washington, DC, the Mickve Israel Synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, and the Jewish Public Library in Montréal.

He has given invited talks at, inter alia, the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, the University of Notre Dame, Cambridge University, Trinity College Dublin, Columbia University, NY, the Moses-Mendelssohn Zentrum at Potsdam University, Georgetown University, DC, Ljubljana University, Oxford University, Freiburg University, University of Florida at Gainesville, Edinburgh University. In January 2018 he had the great honour of introducing and interviewing Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental at a Holocaust Memorial Day event at Ulster University in Belfast.

Research Interests

Modern German History and Literature;
German-Jewish History and Literature;
Anti-Semitism;
Jews in Ireland;
Scottish History.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Shades of Red in the GDR: On the Identities of Jewish Communist Exiles after 1945'
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2023) 'Shades of Red in the GDR: On the Identities of Jewish Communist Exiles after 1945'. Oxford German Studies, 52 (3):307-319 [DOI] [Details]
(2023) 'Germanistik an der University of Ulster'
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2023) 'Germanistik an der University of Ulster'. Irish-German Studies, 16 :135-145 [Details]
(2022) 'German at the Northern Irish Universities'
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2022) 'German at the Northern Irish Universities'. Irish-German Studies, 15 :39-43 [Details]
(2017) 'Der Brexit, Irland und Deutschland'
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2017) 'Der Brexit, Irland und Deutschland'. Merkur, 71 (815):93-97 [Details]
(2010) ''Ostpolitik, Nordpolitik': Partition and National Identity in Germany and Ireland'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2010) ''Ostpolitik, Nordpolitik': Partition and National Identity in Germany and Ireland'. German Life And Letters, 63 (3):311-330 [Details]
(2010) 'Günter Grass's 'Im Krebsgang' as a German Memory Contest Without Jews'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2010) 'Günter Grass's 'Im Krebsgang' as a German Memory Contest Without Jews'. German Life And Letters, 63 (2):194-211 [Details]
(2007) 'Philo-Zionism as a German Political Code: Germany and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict since 1987'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2007) 'Philo-Zionism as a German Political Code: Germany and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict since 1987'. Debatte: journal of contemporary central and eastern Europe, 15 (2):233-255 [Details]
(2006) 'Americanizing the Holocaust: The Case of Jakob the Liar'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2006) 'Americanizing the Holocaust: The Case of Jakob the Liar'. Modern Language Review, 101 (2):456-471 [Details]
(2004) 'The Source of Hell: Professor Pokorny of Vienna in Ulysses'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2004) 'The Source of Hell: Professor Pokorny of Vienna in Ulysses'. James Joyce Quarterly, 41 (4):825-829 [Details]
(2004) 'Ein unbekannter Brief von Ernst Windisch aus der Pokorny-Bibliothek in Freiburg/Schweiz'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2004) 'Ein unbekannter Brief von Ernst Windisch aus der Pokorny-Bibliothek in Freiburg/Schweiz'. Zeitschrift Fur Celtische Philologie, 54 :185-198 [Details]
(2004) 'Nazi Historiography and the Partition of Ireland'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2004) 'Nazi Historiography and the Partition of Ireland'. Irish-German Studies, 1 :62-72 [Details]
(2003) 'Julius Pokorny, na hEiscimigh agus Fir Mhóra an Léinn Cheiltigh sa 20ú aois'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2003) 'Julius Pokorny, na hEiscimigh agus Fir Mhóra an Léinn Cheiltigh sa 20ú aois'. Bliainiris, 2003 :322-337 [Details]
(2003) 'Julius Pokorny, Ludwig Mühlhausen agus an Naitsíochas: An Idé-eolaíocht agus an Léann Ceilteach in Ollscoil Bheirlín, 1933-45'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2003) 'Julius Pokorny, Ludwig Mühlhausen agus an Naitsíochas: An Idé-eolaíocht agus an Léann Ceilteach in Ollscoil Bheirlín, 1933-45'. Taighde Agus Teagasc, 3 :64-80 [Details]
(2000) 'German-Jewish Literature?'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2000) 'German-Jewish Literature?'. Jews in German Literature since 1945: German-Jewish Literature?, :iii-x [Details]
(2000) 'Die 'Judenfrage' in der DDR: Über die Diskrepanz zwischen Theorie und Praxis'
O'Doherty, P (2000) 'Die 'Judenfrage' in der DDR: Über die Diskrepanz zwischen Theorie und Praxis'. Monatshefte, 92 (1):68-77 [Details]
(1999) 'The Reception of Heine's Jewishness in the Soviet Zone/GDR, 1945-1961'
O'Doherty, P (1999) 'The Reception of Heine's Jewishness in the Soviet Zone/GDR, 1945-1961'. German Life And Letters, 52 (1):85-96 [Details]
(1998) 'The d'Hondt and Hare-Niemeyer Methods and the Northern Ireland Election of 30 May 1996'
O'Doherty, P (1998) 'The d'Hondt and Hare-Niemeyer Methods and the Northern Ireland Election of 30 May 1996'. Political Studies, 46 (2):328-335 [Details]
(1997) 'Die DDR und die deutsch-jüdische Literatur'
O'Doherty, P (1997) 'Die DDR und die deutsch-jüdische Literatur'. Argonautenschiff, 6 :213-223 [Details]
(1996) 'German-Jewish Writers and Themes in GDR Fiction'
O'Doherty, P (1996) 'German-Jewish Writers and Themes in GDR Fiction'. German Life And Letters, 49 (2):271-281 [Details]
(1992) 'The GDR, its Jews and the USA'
O'Doherty, P (1992) 'The GDR, its Jews and the USA'. Politics and Society in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 4 (2):25-33 [Details]
(1992) 'The GDR in the Context of Stalinist Show Trials and Anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe, 1948-54'
O'Doherty, P (1992) 'The GDR in the Context of Stalinist Show Trials and Anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe, 1948-54'. German History, 10 :302-317 [Details]

Books

  Year Publication
(2015) Germans and Jews since the Holocaust.
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2015) Germans and Jews since the Holocaust. London: Palgrave. [Details]
(2003) Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970: Germans, Celts and Nationalism.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2003) Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970: Germans, Celts and Nationalism. Dublin: Four Courts. [Details]
(2003) Germany since 1945.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2003) Germany since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave. [Details]
(2001) Assessment in Modern Languages: Getting It Right.
Schmidt, M and Ó Dochartaigh, P (2001) Assessment in Modern Languages: Getting It Right. Coleraine: University of Ulster. [Details]
(1997) The Portrayal of Jews in GDR Prose Fiction.
O'Doherty, P (1997) The Portrayal of Jews in GDR Prose Fiction. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2020) 'Post-Brexit Identity in Northern Ireland'
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2020) 'Post-Brexit Identity in Northern Ireland' In: Per Scribendum, Sumus. Ethnopoesis, or: Writing Heritage. :39-50 Zürich: LIT Verlag. [Details]
(2013) 'Finding the Good German'
Ó Dochartaigh, P and Schönfeld, Chr. (2013) 'Finding the Good German' In: The 'Good German' in Literature and Culture after 1945: Altruism and Moral Ambiguity. :1-15 Rochester, NY: Camden House. [Details]
(2013) 'Shades of Gray. The Beginnings of the Postwar Moral Compromise in Joseph Kanon's 'The Good German''
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2013) 'Shades of Gray. The Beginnings of the Postwar Moral Compromise in Joseph Kanon's 'The Good German'' In: The 'Good German' in Literature and Culture after 1945: Altruism and Moral Ambiguity. :212-226 Rochester, NY: Camden House. [Details]
(2011) 'A Shadowy but Important Figure: Rudolf Thomas Siegfried'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2011) 'A Shadowy but Important Figure: Rudolf Thomas Siegfried' In: The Tripartite Life of Whitley Stokes (1830-1909). :29-43 Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]
(2006) 'Erich Fried - Poetik des Menschseins'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2006) 'Erich Fried - Poetik des Menschseins' In: Shoah in der deutschsprachigen Literatur. :280-285 Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. [Details]
(2005) 'The Present Sense of an Historical Novel: Feuchtwanger's 'Waffen für Amerika''
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2005) 'The Present Sense of an Historical Novel: Feuchtwanger's 'Waffen für Amerika'' In: Feuchtwanger and the European Émigrés in California. :31-41 Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(2005) 'Intimacy and Alienation - Yiddish in the Works of Jurek Becker'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2005) 'Intimacy and Alienation - Yiddish in the Works of Jurek Becker' In: The Yiddish Presence in European Literature: Inspiration and Interaction. :99-107 Oxford: Legenda. [Details]
(2004) 'Jakob, Aron and Arno - Jewish Anti-Heroes in Jurek Becker's Fiction'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2004) 'Jakob, Aron and Arno - Jewish Anti-Heroes in Jurek Becker's Fiction' In: Heroism and Passion in Literature: Studies in Honour of Moya Longstaffe. :276-284 Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(2004) 'Irish Illusions in the GDR: Performing Brian Friel's 'Losers''
Ó Dochartaigh, P and Grieger-Rabe, S (2004) 'Irish Illusions in the GDR: Performing Brian Friel's 'Losers'' In: Denkbilder. Festschrift für Eoin Bourke. :314-319 Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. [Details]
(2004) 'Julius Pokorny and Celtic Swiss Identity'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2004) 'Julius Pokorny and Celtic Swiss Identity' In: Beziehungen und Identitäten - Österreich, Irland und die Schweiz. :121-134 Bern: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2003) 'Erich Fried, 'Was es ist''
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2003) 'Erich Fried, 'Was es ist'' In: Poetry Project - Irish Germanists Interpret German Verse. :239-243 Bern: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2003) 'Julius Pokorny: Insider and Outsider in Vienna, Dublin, Berlin and Zurich'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2003) 'Julius Pokorny: Insider and Outsider in Vienna, Dublin, Berlin and Zurich' In: Fractured Biographies. :87-118 Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(2001) 'Zionism bad, Zionists...good? Two GDR Historical Novels as Journalism: Arnold Zweig' 'Traum ist teuer' and rudolf Hirsch' 'Patria Israel''
O'Doherty, P (2001) 'Zionism bad, Zionists...good? Two GDR Historical Novels as Journalism: Arnold Zweig' 'Traum ist teuer' and rudolf Hirsch' 'Patria Israel'' In: Travellers in Time and Space: The German Historical Novel. :157-167 Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(2000) 'Erich Fried's 'Höre Israel': More than just Shoes in the Sand'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2000) 'Erich Fried's 'Höre Israel': More than just Shoes in the Sand' In: Jews in German Literature since 1945: German-Jewish Literature?. :191-205 Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(1998) 'Bibliography'
O'Doherty, P (1998) 'Bibliography' In: Jurek Becker. :106-152 Cardiff: University of Wales Press. [Details]
(1998) 'Becker's 'Bronsteins Kinder' and the Question of Post-Shoah Jewish Assimilation in Germany'
O'Doherty, P (1998) 'Becker's 'Bronsteins Kinder' and the Question of Post-Shoah Jewish Assimilation in Germany' In: Jurek Becker. :45-56 Cardiff: University of Wales Press. [Details]
(1998) ''Ich bezweifle, ob ich je ein DDR-Scriftsteller gewesen bin.' Gespräch mit Jurek Becker'
Riordan, C and O'Doherty, P (1998) ''Ich bezweifle, ob ich je ein DDR-Scriftsteller gewesen bin.' Gespräch mit Jurek Becker' In: Jurek Becker. :12-23 Cardiff: University of Wales Press. [Details]
(1997) 'Fiddler in the Ghetto: The Film of Jurek Becker's novel 'Jakob der Lügner''
O'Doherty, P (1997) 'Fiddler in the Ghetto: The Film of Jurek Becker's novel 'Jakob der Lügner'' In: Text into Image: Image into Text. :307-317 Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(1995) 'Bäurischer Adel und edles Bauerntum: Hermann von Pückler-Muskaus Reiseberichte aus dem Irland des Jahres 1828'
O'Doherty, P (1995) 'Bäurischer Adel und edles Bauerntum: Hermann von Pückler-Muskaus Reiseberichte aus dem Irland des Jahres 1828' In: Reisen im Diskurs. :455-469 Heidelberg: Carl Winter. [Details]
(1995) 'Hans Mayers späte Abrechnung mit der DDR'
O'Doherty, P (1995) 'Hans Mayers späte Abrechnung mit der DDR' In: The New Germany. Literature and Society after Reunification. :412-426 Sheffield: Sheffield University Press. [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2020) Bologna Process Beyond 2020: Fundamental values of the EHEA
O'Dowd Lohan, M; Goggins, J; Fahy, F; Brown, C; O’Donovan, D; Ó Broin, G; Hynes, R; Seoige, S; Hannon, J; Keane, M; Forde, A.M; Carlin, C; Pearce, D; Curran, M; Hannon, L; Clifford, E; Duffy, C; Hallahan, B;Reilly, M; Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2020) NUI Galway sustainability strategy 2017-2020 Learn – Live – Lead . In: Sijbolt Noorda, Peter Scott and Martina Vukasovic eds. Bologna Process Beyond 2020: Fundamental values of the EHEA , pp.219-223 [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2006) Language Policy and Language Planning in Ireland: A Report.
Ó Dochartaigh, P and Broderick, M (2006) Language Policy and Language Planning in Ireland: A Report. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. [Details]
(2001) Assessment in Modern Languages: Workshop Handbook.
Schmidt, M and Ó Dochartaigh, P (2001) Assessment in Modern Languages: Workshop Handbook. University of Ulster, Coleraine. [Details]
(1999) Course Handbooks and Assessment Guidelines in the Modern Languages: Case Studies.
Ó Dochartaigh, P and Schmidt, M (1999) Course Handbooks and Assessment Guidelines in the Modern Languages: Case Studies. University of Ulster, Coleraine. [Details]
(1999) Effective Practices in Assessment in the Modern Languages: An Interim Report.
Ó Dochartaigh, P and Schmidt, M (1999) Effective Practices in Assessment in the Modern Languages: An Interim Report. University of Ulster, Coleraine. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2023) Oxford German Studies: Exile (in memoriam Ian Wallace).
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (Ed.). (2023) Oxford German Studies: Exile (in memoriam Ian Wallace) Oxford German Studies: Exile (in memoriam Ian Wallace). London: Taylor & Francis. [Details]
(2013) Representing the Good German in Literature and Culture after 1945: Altruism and Moral Ambiguity.
Ó Dochartaigh, P and Schönfeld, Chr (Ed.). (2013) Representing the Good German in Literature and Culture after 1945: Altruism and Moral Ambiguity Representing the Good German in Literature and Culture after 1945: Altruism and Moral Ambiguity. Rochester, NY: Camden House. [Details]
(2010) German Life and Letters: The GDR Between Conformism and Subversion.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (Ed.). (2010) German Life and Letters: The GDR Between Conformism and Subversion German Life and Letters: The GDR Between Conformism and Subversion. Oxford: Blackwell. [Details]
(2009) Dislocation and Reorientation: Exile, Division and the End of Communism in German Culture and Politics. Studies in Honour of Ian Wallace.
Goodbody, A, Ó Dochartaigh, P and Tate, D (Ed.). (2009) Dislocation and Reorientation: Exile, Division and the End of Communism in German Culture and Politics. Studies in Honour of Ian Wallace Dislocation and Reorientation: Exile, Division and the End of Communism in German Culture and Politics. Studies in Honour of Ian Wallace. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(2005) Refuge and Reality: Feuchtwanger and the European Émigrés in California.
Ó Dochartaigh, P and Stephan, A (Ed.). (2005) Refuge and Reality: Feuchtwanger and the European Émigrés in California Refuge and Reality: Feuchtwanger and the European Émigrés in California. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]
(2004) Irish-German Studies I.
Fischer, J, Ó Dochartaigh, P and Kelly-Holmes, H (Ed.). (2004) Irish-German Studies I Irish-German Studies I. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag. [Details]
(2000) Jews in German Literature since 1945: German-Jewish Literature?.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (Ed.). (2000) Jews in German Literature since 1945: German-Jewish Literature? Jews in German Literature since 1945: German-Jewish Literature?. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Ian Wallace (1942-2021)'
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2023) 'Ian Wallace (1942-2021)' Oxford German Studies, 52 (3) :295-296. [Details]
(2021) 'A New Era for Higher Education?'
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2021) 'A New Era for Higher Education?' Education Matters Yearbook 2020, 2020 :231-237. [Details]
(2019) 'Global Sustainability Challenges The role of universities and student learning at NUI Galway'
O'Dowd Lohan, M; Fahy, F; Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2019) 'Global Sustainability Challenges The role of universities and student learning at NUI Galway' Education Matters Yearbook, 2019-20 :294-299. [Details]
(2017) 'Not Merely an Economy. Research Funding and Irish Higher Education'
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2017) 'Not Merely an Economy. Research Funding and Irish Higher Education' Education Matters Yearbook, 2017-18 :397-401. [Details]
(2015) 'Internationalisation: Time to Engage'
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2015) 'Internationalisation: Time to Engage' Education Matters Yearbook, 2015-16 :19-21. [Details]
(2011) 'An Dóchas agus an tUileloscadh'
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2011) 'An Dóchas agus an tUileloscadh' Timire an Chroí Naofa, Earrach 2011 :24-25. [Details]
(2000) ''Professor Pokorny of Vienna' - Austrian Catholic, German Nationalist, Celtic Professor and 'Jew''
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2000) ''Professor Pokorny of Vienna' - Austrian Catholic, German Nationalist, Celtic Professor and 'Jew'' History Ireland, 8 (1) :35-38. [Details]
(1995) 'Die Literatur der DDR 1976-1989: Eine internationale Tagung in Canterbury'
O'Doherty, P (1995) 'Die Literatur der DDR 1976-1989: Eine internationale Tagung in Canterbury' Deutschland-Archiv, 28 :81-83. [Details]
(1992) 'Zwischenfall'
O'Doherty, P (1992) 'Zwischenfall' Freitag, 9 October 1992 :16-16. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2021) Inseln zwischen Isolation und Autarkie,
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2021) Irland als europäische Insel. [Invited Oral Presentation], Inseln zwischen Isolation und Autarkie, Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany , 21-JAN-21 - 22-JAN-21. [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
(2011) Ian Roberts, German Expressionist Cinema.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2011) Ian Roberts, German Expressionist Cinema. Modern Language Review Book Review [Details]
(2011) Sorrel Kerbel, ed., The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century‟.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2011) Sorrel Kerbel, ed., The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century‟. Modern Language Review Book Review [Details]
(2008) Heike Specht, Die Feuchtwangers: Familie, Tradition und jüdisches Selbstverständnis.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2008) Heike Specht, Die Feuchtwangers: Familie, Tradition und jüdisches Selbstverständnis. Modern Language Review Book Review [Details]
(2008) Beate Müller, Stasi – Zensur – Machtdiskurse: Publikationsgeschichten und Materialien zu Jurek Beckers Werk.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2008) Beate Müller, Stasi – Zensur – Machtdiskurse: Publikationsgeschichten und Materialien zu Jurek Beckers Werk. Modern Language Review Book Review [Details]
(2007) Stuart Wallace, John Stuart Blackie. Scottish Scholar and Patriot.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2007) Stuart Wallace, John Stuart Blackie. Scottish Scholar and Patriot. Modern Language Review Book Review [Details]
(2007) Gisela Holfter, German-speaking Exiles in Ireland 1933-1945.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2007) Gisela Holfter, German-speaking Exiles in Ireland 1933-1945. H-net reviews Book Review [Details]
(2007) Daniela Berghahn, Hollywood behind the Wall: The cinema of East Germany.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2007) Daniela Berghahn, Hollywood behind the Wall: The cinema of East Germany. Modern Language Review Book Review [Details]
(2006) Ray Rivlin, Shalom Ireland.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2006) Ray Rivlin, Shalom Ireland. Irish Economic and Social History Book Review [Details]
(2006) John Ramsden, Don’t Mention the War: The British and the Germans since 1890.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2006) John Ramsden, Don’t Mention the War: The British and the Germans since 1890. Times Higher Education Supplement Book Review [Details]
(2005) Sander Gilman, Jurek Becker. Die Biographie.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2005) Sander Gilman, Jurek Becker. Die Biographie. Modern Language Review Book Review [Details]
(2005) Mervyn O‟Driscoll, Ireland, Germany and the Nazis. Politics and Diplomacy, 1919-1939.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2005) Mervyn O‟Driscoll, Ireland, Germany and the Nazis. Politics and Diplomacy, 1919-1939. Irish Economic and Social History Book Review [Details]
(2005) Cornelia Hecht, Deutsche Juden und Antisemitismus in der Weimarer Republik‟, H-Net German Reviews.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2005) Cornelia Hecht, Deutsche Juden und Antisemitismus in der Weimarer Republik‟, H-Net German Reviews. Book Review [Details]
(2005) Gary Bruce, Resistance with the People. Repression and Resistance in Eastern Germany.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2005) Gary Bruce, Resistance with the People. Repression and Resistance in Eastern Germany. Canadian Journal of History Book Review [Details]
(2002) Carol-Anne Costabile-Heming et al (eds.), Textual Responses to German Unification.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2002) Carol-Anne Costabile-Heming et al (eds.), Textual Responses to German Unification. Journal of European Area Studies Book Review [Details]
(2000) Anne Fuchs, A Space of Anxiety. Dislocation and Abjection in Modern German-Jewish Literature.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2000) Anne Fuchs, A Space of Anxiety. Dislocation and Abjection in Modern German-Jewish Literature. Aschkenas Book Review [Details]
(1999) Dermot Keogh, Jews in Twentieth-Century Ireland.
O'Doherty, P (1999) Dermot Keogh, Jews in Twentieth-Century Ireland. Aschkenas Book Review [Details]
(1996) Konrad H. Jarausch and Volker Gransow, Uniting Germany: Documents and Debates, 1944-93.
O'Doherty, P (1996) Konrad H. Jarausch and Volker Gransow, Uniting Germany: Documents and Debates, 1944-93. Times Higher Education Supplement Book Review [Details]
(1996) Ralph Giordano, Mein irisches Tagebuch‟, Freitag, 22.11.1996, p.12.
O'Doherty, P (1996) Ralph Giordano, Mein irisches Tagebuch‟, Freitag, 22.11.1996, p.12. Freitag Book Review [Details]
(1993) Cees Nooteboom, Berliner Notizen.
O'Doherty, P (1993) Cees Nooteboom, Berliner Notizen. Journal of Area Studies Book Review [Details]
(1993) Thomas Assheuer/Hans Sarkowicz, Rechtsradikale in Deutschland.
O'Doherty, P (1993) Thomas Assheuer/Hans Sarkowicz, Rechtsradikale in Deutschland. Debatte Book Review [Details]
(1992) Frank Stern, The Whitewashing of the Yellow Badge.
O'Doherty, P (1992) Frank Stern, The Whitewashing of the Yellow Badge. Times Higher Education Supplement Book Review [Details]
(1992) Jurek Becker, Amanda herzlos.
O'Doherty, P (1992) Jurek Becker, Amanda herzlos. Times Literary Supplement Book Review [Details]

Electronic Article

  Year Publication
(2017) Some German lessons about Brexit.
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2017) Some German lessons about Brexit. RTÉ Brainstorm: RTÉ Electronic Article [Details]
(2012) Time to wake up and smell the tea!.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2012) Time to wake up and smell the tea!. Internet: Electronic Article [Details]
(2011) Letter from Beijing: The Chinese are Coming!.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2011) Letter from Beijing: The Chinese are Coming!. Internet: Electronic Article [Details]
(2006) German-Jewish Literature.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2006) German-Jewish Literature. The Literary Encyclopedia Electronic Article [Details]
(2005) Literature of the GDR (1945-1990).
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2005) Literature of the GDR (1945-1990). The Literary Encyclopedia Electronic Article [Details]

Encyclopedia Entry

  Year Publication
(2009) Elizabeth Shaw(-Graetz).
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2009) Elizabeth Shaw(-Graetz). Cambridge: CUP Encyclopedia Entry [Details]

Newspaper Articles

  Year Publication
(2024) Why has the number of students from NI studying in the Republic decreased by so much?.
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2024) Why has the number of students from NI studying in the Republic decreased by so much?. Belfast: Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2023) Grade inflation affects four groups of students most.
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2023) Grade inflation affects four groups of students most. Dublin: Irish Times Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2022) Let this be the last year of grade inflation distortion¿.
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2022) Let this be the last year of grade inflation distortion¿. Dublin: Irish Times Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2022) 2022 will be a tough year for CAO applicants and colleges alike.
Ó Dochartaigh, Pól (2022) 2022 will be a tough year for CAO applicants and colleges alike. Dublin: Irish Independent Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2021) Government needs to urgently tackle impact of grade inflation.
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2021) Government needs to urgently tackle impact of grade inflation. Dublin: Irish Times Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2020) Mass inflation of Leaving Cert grades is no help to anyone, not least the students.
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2020) Mass inflation of Leaving Cert grades is no help to anyone, not least the students. Irish Independent Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2019) The Brits are just not that into us.
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2019) The Brits are just not that into us. Business Post Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2019) The alternative to compromise is unthinkable.
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2019) The alternative to compromise is unthinkable. Business Post Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2012) No Low-Hanging Fruit. SME Engagement with China.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2012) No Low-Hanging Fruit. SME Engagement with China. Belfast: Ulster Business Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2012) East is meeting West, so let's make an impression.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2012) East is meeting West, so let's make an impression. Belfast: Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2011) Voters simply wanted this settlement to work.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2011) Voters simply wanted this settlement to work. Belfast: Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2008) Holocaust Message must not be lost.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2008) Holocaust Message must not be lost. Dublin: Irish Times Newspaper Articles [Details]
(2000) Coordinated Vision.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2000) Coordinated Vision. London: Times Higher Education Supplement Newspaper Articles [Details]
(1999) Balla an Imní.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (1999) Balla an Imní. Foinse Newspaper Articles [Details]

Radio Presentation

  Year Publication
(2019) Der Brexit, das uneinige Königreich und ein neues Irland.
Ó Dochartaigh, P. (2019) Der Brexit, das uneinige Königreich und ein neues Irland. Deutschlandfunk: Deutschlandfunk Nova Radio Presentation [Details]
(2008) Nollaig i mBeirlín.
Ó Dochartaigh, P (2008) Nollaig i mBeirlín. Baile Átha Cliath: RTÉ Radio 1 Radio Presentation [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2011 President, Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland
2010 Member, Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Fellow 01-JAN-10 /
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) Fellow 01-JAN-00 /
International Feuchtwanger Society, USC, Los Angeles Member 01-SEP-01 /
Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts Fellow 01-MAY-18 /
Chair, Royal Irish Academy Committee for Modern Language, Literary and Cultural Studies Chair 01-OCT-04 / 31-DEC-08

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Board of the Central Applications Office Chair 01-JUL-18 / 30-JUN-22
Board of the Central Applications Office Member 01-MAR-14 / 30-APR-24
Senate, National University of Ireland Member 01-MAR-14 / 30-APR-24

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
University of Ulster Director, Humanities Research Institute (2005-8) 01-OCT-05 / 31-JUL-08
University of Ulster Lecturer in German (1994-2001) 31-MAR-94 / 30-SEP-01
University of Ulster Senior Lecturer in German (2001-5) 01-OCT-01 / 31-AUG-05
University of Ulster Dean of the Faculty of Arts (2008-14) 01-AUG-08 / 31-JAN-14
University of Ulster Professor of German (2005-14) 01-SEP-05 / 28-FEB-14
University of Galway Deputy President and Registrar (2014-) 01-MAR-14 /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2004 University of Ulster Bachelor of Arts Irish Language and Literature
1997 University of Ulster Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education University Teaching
2019 University of Nottingham DLitt German
1995 Nottingham University PhD German Literature
1987 University College Cardiff Bachelor of Arts German

Languages

  Language
French
Gaeilge
German
English

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests are primarily in twentieth-century German and German-Jewish history and literature.
My current role normally involves no teaching, but in autumn 2020 I taught a module on GDR Literature, looking at texts relating to three groups that were far from the centre of power in the GDR: Jews, young people and women.