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PROF JANE CONROY

M.A., D. ès L., MRIA

 
researcher
 

Biography

Jane Conroy is from the Gaeltacht area of Rosmuc, Co. Galway. Schooled in Rosmuc, in Galway and in France, she studied for her BA and MA in the National University of Ireland, Galway, and for her doctorate in the Université de Paris-IV (Sorbonne).

She worked initially in the CREDIF centre in Royan, Charente-Maritime, then in the Université de Lille, France, before returning to take up a position in the French Department of NUI Galway. She served as a member of the Governing Authority for 12 years.

She was awarded a Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship in 2001-02. She won PRTLI funding in cycles 2 and 5, as joint PI for projects on Intercultural studies and Cultural transfer, and, as member of a team, for the creation of an Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Building (AHSSRB) in NUI Galway. She served as the AHSSRB's first Academic Director (2011-2016). As the Royal Irish Academy's Secretary for Humanities and Social Sciences, she was PI for the successful Humanities Serving Irish Society Consortium bid under PRTLI cycle 4, for which the Royal Irish Academy was the lead institution. Other sources of research funding have included the Higher Education Authority and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.

In 2005 she was awarded the Grand Prix de la Francophonie by the Académie française for her published work in French. In 2007 she was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite by the President of the French Republic. 

She was elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy in 2003, has served as its Secretary for Polite Literature and Antiquities (Humanities and Social Sciences), and since 2019 is its Vice-President for Research.

Other activities in recent years include membership of Expert Reviewer panels (Culture and Cultural Production) for the European Research Council (2014-present), the Polish National Science Centre (2017-present) and the Lithuanian Research Council (2018-present). 
 
Her research interests lie mainly in the following areas:
- the cultural and literary history of Early Modern France;
- drama and dramatic production in 17th-century France;
- French and Irish cultural interaction (17th-19th century);
- travel writing and illustration;
- translation of Early Modern and Enlightenment scientific texts.
Language competence: English, French, Irish (native/near-native: C2); Italian (B1); Spanish (good reading knowledge); Turkish (Waystage, A2).

Research Interests

Published research and current interests lie mainly in the following areas:

- the cultural and literary history of Early Modern France
- drama and dramatic production in 17th-century France
- French perceptions of Ireland, 17th-18th century
- the circulation of ideas through travel
- travel writing and illustration
- translation of Early Modern and Enlightenment scientific texts

 
 
 

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Building 01-SEP-09 31-AUG-16
PRTLI4 Digital Humanities Observatory, J. CONROY 01-MAY-08 31-AUG-13
979 PRTL C2 BORDERS AND CROSSINGS D CAREY 01-OCT-00 22-NOV-04

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2018) 'France and Ireland in the late eighteenth century: the correspondence of Charles Coquebert de Montbret and Andrew Caldwell'
Jane Conroy and Barbara Wright (2018) 'France and Ireland in the late eighteenth century: the correspondence of Charles Coquebert de Montbret and Andrew Caldwell'. Analecta Hibernica, 49 :135-205 [Details]
(2002) 'Ballinasloe, 1826: Catholic Emancipation, political tourism and the French liberal agenda'
Conroy, J. (2002) 'Ballinasloe, 1826: Catholic Emancipation, political tourism and the French liberal agenda'. Journal Of The Galway Archaeological And Historical Society, 54 :103-120 [Details]
(1997) 'Galway Bay, Louis XIV's navy and the 'little Bougard''
Conroy, Jane (1997) 'Galway Bay, Louis XIV's navy and the 'little Bougard''. Journal Of The Galway Archaeological And Historical Society, 49 :36-48 [Details]

Books

  Year Publication
(1999) Terres tragiques. L'Angleterre et l'Écosse dans la tragédie française du XVIIe siècle.
Conroy, J. (1999) Terres tragiques. L'Angleterre et l'Écosse dans la tragédie française du XVIIe siècle. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2012) 'Time and the Traveller: The Case of Coquebert de Montbret'
J. Conroy (2012) 'Time and the Traveller: The Case of Coquebert de Montbret' In: Franco-Irish Connections in Space and Time. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2009) 'The French are on the sea: mapping the Irish coast, 1690'
Conroy, J. (2009) 'The French are on the sea: mapping the Irish coast, 1690' In: Franco-Irish connections. Four Courts Press, Dublin. [Details]
(2009) 'Introduction'
Conroy, J. (2009) 'Introduction' In: Franco-Irish connections. Four Courts Press, Dublin. [Details]
(2008) 'Language, travel and cultural history. Jouvin de Rochefort's 'Petits dialogues''
Conroy, J. (2008) 'Language, travel and cultural history. Jouvin de Rochefort's 'Petits dialogues'' In: Reverberations. University College Dublin Press. [Details]
(2008) 'Citation for Seamus Heaney'
Conroy, J. (2008) 'Citation for Seamus Heaney' In: Articulations: poetry, philosophy and the shaping of culture. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details]
(2004) 'Entre réel et imaginaire. Les voyageurs français en Irlande, 1650-1850'
Conroy, J. (2004) 'Entre réel et imaginaire. Les voyageurs français en Irlande, 1650-1850' In: Entrelacs franco­irlandais. Langue, mémoire, imaginaire. Presses Universitaires de Caen. [Details]
(2004) 'Figures de Mithridate, 1580-1680: l'Orient redoutable'
Conroy, J. (2004) 'Figures de Mithridate, 1580-1680: l'Orient redoutable' In: Les grandes peurs. 2. L'Autre. Droz, Geneva. [Details]
(2004) 'Un'isola ad ovest della Gran Bretagna: Viaggiatori francesi in Irlanda (1600-1850)'
Conroy, J. (2004) 'Un'isola ad ovest della Gran Bretagna: Viaggiatori francesi in Irlanda (1600-1850)' In: Tania Manca (ed.), Viaggiatori Europei: dall'esplorazione del mondo al viaggio in Sardegna (XVIII e XIX secolo) (Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, Coll. 'Viaggi e Mediterraneo'). [Details]
(2003) 'Introduction'
Conroy, J. (2003) 'Introduction' In: Cross­cultural travel. Peter Lang - International Academic Publishers. [Details]
(2003) 'Changing perspectives: French travellers in Ireland, 1785-1835'
Conroy, J. (2003) 'Changing perspectives: French travellers in Ireland, 1785-1835' In: Cross­cultural travel. Peter Lang - International Academic Publishers. [Details]
(2001) 'Constructions of identity: Mirrors of the 'Other' in Racine's theatre'
Conroy, J. (2001) 'Constructions of identity: Mirrors of the 'Other' in Racine's theatre' In: Racine: Pleasure and power in the 20th century. Reprinted in T.J. Schoenberg & L.J. Trudeau (eds), Literature criticism from 1400-1800 (Michigan: Gale Group, 2005). University College Dublin Press. [Details]
(2001) 'D'un Mithridate à l'autre'
Conroy, J. (2001) 'D'un Mithridate à l'autre' In: L'histoire littéraire, ses méthodes et ses résultats. Droz, Geneva. [Details]
(1999) 'Celts and others: maritime contacts and linguistic change'
Conroy, J., Waddell, J. (1999) 'Celts and others: maritime contacts and linguistic change' In: Archaeology and language. Routledge. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2014)
J. Conroy (Ed.). (2014) Connemara and Elsewhere (by Nicolas Féve and Tim Robinson) Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details]
(2014) Restating the Value of the Humanities.
Jane Conroy and Margaret Kelleher (Ed.). (2014) Restating the Value of the Humanities Restating the Value of the Humanities. Dublin: Humanities Serving Irish Society. [Details]
(2009)
J. Conroy (Ed.). (2009) Franco-Irish Connections Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details]
(2005) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 5.
Michael Brophy, Jane Conroy, Johnnie Gratton, Brigitte Le Juez (Ed.). (2005) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 5 Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 5. Dublin: ADEFFI. [Details]
(2004) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 4.
Michael Brophy, Jane Conroy, Johnnie Gratton, Loïc Guyon (Guest editor), Brigitte Le Juez, Emer O'Beirne (Ed.). (2004) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 4 Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 4. Dublin: ADEFFI. [Details]
(2003) Cross­cultural travel. Papers from The Royal Irish Academy International Symposium on Literature and Travel, 2002.
J. Conroy (Ed.). (2003) Cross­cultural travel. Papers from The Royal Irish Academy International Symposium on Literature and Travel, 2002 Cross­cultural travel. Papers from The Royal Irish Academy International Symposium on Literature and Travel, 2002. New York: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2003) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 3.
Michael Brophy, Jane Conroy, Brigitte Le Juez, Emer O'Beirne (Ed.). (2003) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 3 Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 3. Dublin: ADEFFI. [Details]
(2002) Women's Studies Review, Vol. 8. Making a Difference: Women and the Creative Arts.
Vivienne Batt, Jane Conroy, Sheila Dickinson, Anne Lyons, Lorna Shaughnessy (Ed.). (2002) Women's Studies Review, Vol. 8. Making a Difference: Women and the Creative Arts Women's Studies Review, Vol. 8. Making a Difference: Women and the Creative Arts. Galway: Women's Studies Centre. [Details]
(2002) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 2.
Michael Brophy, Jane Conroy, Mairead Hanarahan, Brigitte Le Juez (Ed.). (2002) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 2 Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 2. Dublin: ADEFFI. [Details]
(2001) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 1.
Michael Brophy, Jane Conroy, Mairead Hanrahan, Brigitte Le Juez (Ed.). (2001) Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 1 Irish Journal of French Studies, Vol. 1. Dublin: ADEFFI. [Details]
(1999) Women's Studies Review, Vol. 6.
Jane Conroy, Rosaleen O'Neill (Ed.). (1999) Women's Studies Review, Vol. 6 Women's Studies Review, Vol. 6. Galway: Women's Studies Centre. [Details]
(1997) Women Studies Review, Vol. 5. Women and Health.
Margaret Barry, Jane Conroy, Alan Hayes, Anne O'Kelly, Lorna Shaughnessy (Ed.). (1997) Women Studies Review, Vol. 5. Women and Health Women Studies Review, Vol. 5. Women and Health. Galway: Women's Studies Centre. [Details]
(1995) UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 3.
Pat Byrne, Jane Conroy, Alan Hayes (Ed.). (1995) UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 3 UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 3. Galway: UCG Women's Studies Centre. [Details]
(1993) UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 2.
Anne Byrne, Jane Conroy, Sean Ryder (Ed.). (1993) UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 2 UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 2. Galway: UCG Women's Studies Centre. [Details]
(1992) UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 1.
Anne Byrne, Jane Conroy, Sean Ryder (Ed.). (1992) UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 1 UCG Women's Studies Review, Vol. 1. Galway: UCG Women's Studies Centre. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2014) Interpreting Landscape: A symposium in honour of Tim Robinson,
Jane Conroy (2014) One-day international symposium on landscape, text and image, with special focus on the west of Ireland. [Organising Chair], Interpreting Landscape: A symposium in honour of Tim Robinson, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway , 30-SEP-14 - 30-SEP-14. [Details]
(2013) Seeing the world: travel, text, image,
12 from Europe, UK and US. (2013) Image and text in illustrated travel accounts. [Organising Chair], Seeing the world: travel, text, image, NUI Galway , 27-SEP-13 - 28-SEP-13. [Details]
(2012) Early Modern Europe and India: politics, philosophy and representations,
9 from Germany Holland, Switzerland, UK, US and Ireland (2012) The nature of mutual relations between India and Europe, on an individual and national level. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Early Modern Europe and India: politics, philosophy and representations, Newman House (UCD) and Chester Beatty Library , 15-MAR-12 - 15-MAR-12. [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
(2000) Baroque aesthetics and creative imagination. Proceedings of a colloquium at Cerisy-la-Salle.
Conroy, J (2000) Baroque aesthetics and creative imagination. Proceedings of a colloquium at Cerisy-la-Salle. BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2001) Learned women, women's learning: from the twilight of the Renaissance to the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment. Papers from the Neuilly colloquium (September 22-24, 1995).
Conroy, J (2001) Learned women, women's learning: from the twilight of the Renaissance to the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment. Papers from the Neuilly colloquium (September 22-24, 1995). BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2001) The complete theater of Robert Garnier, vol 5, La 'Troade', tragedy.
Conroy, J (2001) The complete theater of Robert Garnier, vol 5, La 'Troade', tragedy. BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2002) Mannerism and Baroque in seventeenth-century French poetry: The example of Tristan l'Hermite.
Conroy, J (2002) Mannerism and Baroque in seventeenth-century French poetry: The example of Tristan l'Hermite. BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2001) The complete theater of Robert Garnier, vol 11, 'Porcie', tragedy.
Conroy, J (2001) The complete theater of Robert Garnier, vol 11, 'Porcie', tragedy. BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2002) Jean-Pierre Camus: L' 'Amphitheatre sanglant'.
Conroy, J (2002) Jean-Pierre Camus: L' 'Amphitheatre sanglant'. BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2003) The lost Eden: the pastorale in French poetry of the Baroque period.
Conroy, J (2003) The lost Eden: the pastorale in French poetry of the Baroque period. BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2004) Literature, identity and the English Channel: Narrow seas expanded.
Conroy, J (2004) Literature, identity and the English Channel: Narrow seas expanded. BELFAST: Book Review [Details]
(2007) Poetry in the Baroque age: 1598-1660.
Conroy, J (2007) Poetry in the Baroque age: 1598-1660. BELFAST: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2015) Review of Hervé-Thomas Campangne, Le Cinquiesme Tome des ‘Histoires tragiques’ par François de Belleforest.
Conroy, J (2015) Review of Hervé-Thomas Campangne, Le Cinquiesme Tome des ‘Histoires tragiques’ par François de Belleforest. Oxford: Book Review [Details]
(2015) François de Belleforest, Le Cinquiesme tome des histoires tragiques. Édition critique par Hervé-Thomas Campangne. (Textes littéraires français, 622). Genève: Droz, 2013. cxviii + 804 p.
Conroy, J. (2015) François de Belleforest, Le Cinquiesme tome des histoires tragiques. Édition critique par Hervé-Thomas Campangne. (Textes littéraires français, 622). Genève: Droz, 2013. cxviii + 804 p. Oxford University Press, Oxford: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2007) Françoise Lavocat, La syrinx au bûcher: Pan et les satyres à la Renaissance et à l'âge baroque (Geneva: Droz, 2005).
Conroy, J. (2007) Françoise Lavocat, La syrinx au bûcher: Pan et les satyres à la Renaissance et à l'âge baroque (Geneva: Droz, 2005). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2007) A. Niderst (ed.), La poésie à l'âge baroque, 1598-1660/ Poetry in the Baroque age: 1598-1660 (Paris: R. Laffont, 2005).
Conroy, J. (2007) A. Niderst (ed.), La poésie à l'âge baroque, 1598-1660/ Poetry in the Baroque age: 1598-1660 (Paris: R. Laffont, 2005). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2006) Graham Gargett (ed.), Heroism and passion in literature: Studies in honour of Moya Longstaffe (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2004).
Conroy, J. (2006) Graham Gargett (ed.), Heroism and passion in literature: Studies in honour of Moya Longstaffe (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2004). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2006) Michael Moriarty, Early modern French thought: The age of suspicion (Oxford University Press, 2003).
Conroy, J. (2006) Michael Moriarty, Early modern French thought: The age of suspicion (Oxford University Press, 2003). Dublin: ADEFFI: Book Review [Details]
(2004) Dominic Rainsford, Literature, identity and the English Channel: Narrow seas expanded.
Conroy, J. (2004) Dominic Rainsford, Literature, identity and the English Channel: Narrow seas expanded. Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [Details]
(2003) Stéphane Macé, L'Éden perdu: la pastorale dans la poésie française de l'âge baroque (Paris, H. Champion, 2002).
Conroy, J. (2003) Stéphane Macé, L'Éden perdu: la pastorale dans la poésie française de l'âge baroque (Paris, H. Champion, 2002). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [Details]
(2002) James C. Shepard, Mannerism and baroque in seventeenth-­century French poetry: The example of Tristan l'Hermite (Chapel Hill, N. Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2001).
Conroy, J. (2002) James C. Shepard, Mannerism and baroque in seventeenth-­century French poetry: The example of Tristan l'Hermite (Chapel Hill, N. Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2001). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2002) Stéphan Ferrari (ed.), Jean-Pierre Camus, L'Amphithéâtre sanglant (Paris: H. Champion, 2001).
Conroy, J. (2002) Stéphan Ferrari (ed.), Jean-Pierre Camus, L'Amphithéâtre sanglant (Paris: H. Champion, 2001). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [Details]
(2001) Robert Garnier, Théâtre complet, vol. 5, 'La Troade', édition critique par J.-D. Beaudin (Paris: H. Champion, 1999).
Conroy, J. (2001) Robert Garnier, Théâtre complet, vol. 5, 'La Troade', édition critique par J.-D. Beaudin (Paris: H. Champion, 1999). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [Details]
(2001) C. Nativel (ed.), Femmes savantes, savoirs de femmes. Du crépuscule de la Renaissance à l'aube des Lumières. (Geneva: Droz, 1999). Papers from the Neuilly colloquium (September 22-24, 1995).
Conroy, J. (2001) C. Nativel (ed.), Femmes savantes, savoirs de femmes. Du crépuscule de la Renaissance à l'aube des Lumières. (Geneva: Droz, 1999). Papers from the Neuilly colloquium (September 22-24, 1995). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [Details]
(2001) Robert Garnier, Théâtre complet, vol. 11, 'Porcie', édition critique par J.-C. Ternaux (Paris: H. Champion, 1999).
Conroy, J. (2001) Robert Garnier, Théâtre complet, vol. 11, 'Porcie', édition critique par J.-C. Ternaux (Paris: H. Champion, 1999). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [Details]
(2000) C. Carlin, La Rochefoucauld, Mithridate, Frères et sœurs, Les Muses sœurs (Tübingen: Narr, 1998). Papers in French Seventeenth­Century Literature.
Conroy, J. (2000) C. Carlin, La Rochefoucauld, Mithridate, Frères et sœurs, Les Muses sœurs (Tübingen: Narr, 1998). Papers in French Seventeenth­Century Literature. Tübingen: G. Narr: Book Review [Details]
(2000) Marlies Kronegger (ed.), Esthétique baroque et imagination créatrice (Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave, 2002).
Conroy, J. (2000) Marlies Kronegger (ed.), Esthétique baroque et imagination créatrice (Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave, 2002). Oxford: Oxford University Press: Book Review [Details]
(1997) Diane Cousineau, Letters and labyrinths. Women writing/cultural codes (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997).
Conroy, J. (1997) Diane Cousineau, Letters and labyrinths. Women writing/cultural codes (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1997). Galway: Book Review [Details]
(1996) Anne Quartararo, Women teachers and popular education in nineteenth­-century France. Social values and corporate identity at the Normal School institution (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1995).
Conroy, J. (1996) Anne Quartararo, Women teachers and popular education in nineteenth­-century France. Social values and corporate identity at the Normal School institution (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1995). Galway: Book Review [Details]
(1995) Lynne Vallone, Disciplines of virtue: Girls' culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1995).
Conroy, J. (1995) Lynne Vallone, Disciplines of virtue: Girls' culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1995). Galway: Book Review [Details]
(1986) Sheila Mulloy (ed.), Franco-­Irish correspondence, December 1688-February 1692 (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2 vols, 1983-84).
Conroy, J. (1986) Sheila Mulloy (ed.), Franco-­Irish correspondence, December 1688-February 1692 (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2 vols, 1983-84). Book Review [Details]

Other Item

  Year Publication
(1991) Women in Society: the French perspective. Irish Federation of University Women Newsletter.
Conroy, J. (1991) Women in Society: the French perspective. Irish Federation of University Women Newsletter. Other Item [Details]

Online Database

  Year Publication
(2014) Ireland Illustrated: an online database of illustrated travel accounts of Ireland, 1681-1853.
Jane Conroy, Marina Ansaldo, Gabor Gelléri, Tania Manca (2014) Ireland Illustrated: an online database of illustrated travel accounts of Ireland, 1681-1853. Online Database [Details]

Pamphlet

  Year Publication
(2017) Michel Déon: un grand périple — a great voyage.
Jane Conroy (2017) Michel Déon: un grand périple — a great voyage. Pamphlet [ARAN Link] [Details]

Report

  Year Publication
(2007) [Contributions to] Advancing Humanities and Social Science Research in Ireland.
Conroy, J. (2007) [Contributions to] Advancing Humanities and Social Science Research in Ireland. Dublin: Report [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2005 Secretary for Polite Literature and Antiquities, Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy
2003 Member of the Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy
2007 Ordre national du Mérite President of the French Republic
2005 Grand Prix de la Francophonie de l'Académie Française Académie Française

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
ICIS Member /
ADIREL Irish correspondent /
ADEFFI Member /

Languages

  Language
Turkish
Italian
Gaeilge
French
English

Other Activities

  Description

Exhibition authorship and curation: Co-curator and co-author of exhibition 'Interpreting Landscape: Tim Robinson and the West of Ireland', 30 Sept. 2014- 31 January 2015, Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway.