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ProfessorP.J. Mathews

Director of the Creative Futures Academy (UCD)

School of English, Drama and Film

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  • Director of the Creative Futures Academy (UCD)
    School of English, Drama and Film
  • 716 8488
  • University College Dublin, School of English Drama and Film, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    LEAD COORDINATOR: Festival in a Van at UCD Campus 2026 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    31 Mar 2026
    Co-Coordinator, Festival in a Van at UCD Campus, mobile live arts event,. 31 March 2026 The Lane at Building 71, with Jason Masterson, Estates, Lucy Collins, PJ Mathews, Sean Clancy
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    LEAD COORDINATOR: UCD TRAPDOOR Dance Artist in Residence 2025-26 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    31 Aug 2025
    €15000 Funding Award, UCD Trapdoor Dance Artist in Residence 2024. Co-Coordinator with PJ Matthews, Creative Futures Academy, Kellie Hughes, Ad Astra Performing Arts Academy, Helena McCann (AHCP), Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    LEAD COORDINATOR: Festival in a Van at UCD Campus 2024 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    9 Apr 2024
    Co-Coordinator, Festival in a Van at UCD Campus, mobile live arts event,. 9 April 2024, O'Reilly Hall Lawn, with Amy McDonald and Duncan Murphy, Creative Futures Academy , Jason Masterson, Estates
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    LEAD COORDINATOR: UCD TRAPDOOR Dance Artist in Residence 2024 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Feb 2024
    €15000 Funding Award, UCD Trapdoor Dance Artist in Residence 2024. Co-Coordinator with PJ Matthews, Amy McDonald, Duncan Murphy, Creative Futures Academy, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    LEAD COORDINATOR: SPRAWL: Local Live Performance Event 2023
    1 Jul 2023
    €10,000 Funding Award, SPRAWL: Local Live Performance Event 2023. Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council / Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, through the Local Live Performance Programming. Co-Coordinator, Monitoring & Review (Co-Coordinators: PJ Mathews, Amy McDonald, Duncan Murphy, Creative Futures Academy)
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Royal Television Society Award (opens in a new tab)⁠
    15 Apr 2022 - 15 Apr 2022
    'Voices of Ireland' two-part TV documentary (Red Shoe/Sky Arts) on modern and contemporary Irish writing and music. Winner of Best Specialist Factual category.
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    24 Jan 2020
    Yeats Winter School
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    25 Jan 2019
    Yeats Winter School
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    26 Jan 2018
    Yeats Winter School
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Symposium
    27 Jan 2017
    Yeats Winter School
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    School of English Teaching and Learning Committee
    1 Sep 2016 - 1 Sep 2020
    Member
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards 2016 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jun 2016 - 1 Jun 2022
    Bronze Award, Non-Fiction Reference category
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards nominee (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Oct 2015 - 1 Oct 2016
    Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2015, Best Irish Published Book category
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    RTÉ, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (Ireland) (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Oct 2014 - 1 Oct 2024
    Board Member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    External Examiner, St Patrick's College, Dublin City University
    1 Sep 2011
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Irish Studies Doctoral Research Network
    1 Sep 2011
    Convenor
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    External Examiner, Universit� Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3.
    20 Jun 2011
    External Examiner (PhD)
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Director, 'The Seafarer' , Millbank Theatre
    4 May 2011 - 28 May 2011
    Director, 'The Seafarer' by Conor McPherson
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    membre extérieur, Prismes Irish Studies Strand, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3.
    1 Jan 2011
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    UCD College of Arts Research Committee
    1 Sep 2010
    Member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    External Examiner, University of Stirling
    12 Jul 2010
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    UCD E-Learning and Digital Media Strategy Group
    22 Feb 2010
    Member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Assistant Director, 'Playboy of the Western World', Millbank Theatre
    13 Jan 2010 - 6 Feb 2010
    Assistant Director, 'Playboy of the Western World' by J.M. Synge
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Member Humanities Institute of Ireland
    1 Jan 2010
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Irish University Review
    1 Sep 2009
    Member of Board of Management