Faculty and Staff

Faculty, Staff and Consultants

Seán Kennedy

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: English
Professor
Coordinator for Irish Studies
Phone: (902) 496-8269
Office: MN 325
Email: sean.kennedy@smu.ca

Area of specialty and research:

Degeneration & the politics of Irish
Samuel Beckett
Queering Ireland
Ireland in Psychoanalysis
Fertility
Introduction to Drama II
Introduction to Literature
Irish Poetry
Irish Literature and Culture
Literature of Modern Ireland
The Study of Short Fiction

Profile 
Curriculum Vitae
Publications


Edward Molloy

Irish Studies
Assistant Professor
Office: MM 202 C
Email: edward.molloy@smu.ca


Ariel Watson

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: English
Assistant Professor
Phone: 902-420-5286
Office: MN 307
Email: ariel.watson@smu.ca

Ph.D. from Yale University


Pádraig Ó Siadhail

Irish Studies
Professor Emeritus
The Thomas D'Arcy McGee Chair of Irish Studies
Phone: 902-420-5782
Email: padraig.osiadhail@smu.ca

Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin
Webpage

Area of specialty and research:

Litríocht na Gaeilge: an 20ú hAois/20th Century Irish language literature
Drámaíocht na Gaeilge/Irish language drama and theatre
Piaras Béaslaí, Katherine Hughes and James Mooney: Scairt an Dúchais/Irish political and cultural activists born and raised outside Ireland 


Adrian Knapp

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: English
Part-time Instructor
Email: adrian.knapp@smu.ca

Education: PhD from University of Leeds

Specialisation and Research Interests:
Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture
British Slavery and Abolition
Postcolonial Studies
British Popular Music & Culture
The Irish and Atlantic Canada


Jennifer Publicover

Irish Studies
Part-time Instructor
Email: jennifer.publicover@smu.ca

Master of Music, U. of Toronto
Master of Environmental Studies, Dalhousie
Bachelor of Music, Mount Allison

Website: www.jenniferpublicover.com
Halifax Institute of Traditional and Early Music: www.tradandearlymusic.ca 

Areas of Interest and Research:

Irish Musical Tradition
Music Performance
Music Education
Traditional Music of Europe and North America
Baroque Music
Renaissance Music
Music and Sociology
Music and the Environment


Laura Stirling

Irish Studies
Part-time Instructor
Email: laura.stirling@smu.ca

Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie University

Sgoil Ghàidhlig an Àrd-bhaile (Halifax Gaelic Society): www.halifaxgaelic.ca

Areas of Interest:
Gaelic Song Traditions in Cape Breton
Milling Frolics and Nova Scotia Gaelic song makers

 


Contact us
Faculty of Arts
Irish Studies
The D'Arcy McGee Chair of Irish Studies
Mailing address:
Saint Mary's University
923 Robie Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3
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