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DrPaula McGrath

Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of English, Drama and Film

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  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor
    School of English, Drama and Film
  • University College Dublin, School of English Drama and Film, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    10 Aug 2027
    Invited International Plenary, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (UK and Ireland) ASLE (UKI) 2027 - biennial conference
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    9 Nov 2026
    Invited plenary speaker at International Conference, University of Almería, Spain
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    College of A&H Research Theme - Environmental Humanities
    1 Sep 2026
    Co-chair
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Creative Writing (Subject Area within School)
    1 Jul 2026
    Chair
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Graduate Research Degree Admissions Board
    1 Jan 2026
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Judge: NYU Global Climate Change Film Festival (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2026
    An international platform for climate storytelling across science, art, and public understanding
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    School Research Committee
    1 Jan 2026
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    School Development Committee
    1 Oct 2025
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Bloomsday Short Story Competition, Irish Embassy, Manila
    1 Jan 2025
    Judge for short story competition
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Creative Writing Walk in La Jardin Des Plantes, Montpellier, France
    1 Jan 2025
    At Art Activism & EcoArt Communities in Ireland Conference, Montpellier
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Connecting to place and environment through creative writing, Earth Institute Spring Walk
    1 Jan 2023
    Earth Institute Spring Walk
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Judge for Edna O’Brien Young Writers Award at MoLI
    1 Jan 2023
    Judge for Young Writers Award
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    School Executive Commitee
    1 Jan 2023
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Transoceanic Cultures Docklands Walk
    1 Jan 2023
    "Transoceanic Cultures” Docklands Walk
  • REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Contemporary Women's Writing, Oxford University Press
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Irish PEN
    1 Jan 2022
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Reader for The White Review
    1 Jan 2022
    Short story competition reader
  • REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    RISE (Review of Irish Studies in Europe)
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    Anonymous peer review
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Contemporary Women Writers Association
    1 Sep 2019
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Invited Chair "10 Books" Ennis Book Club Festival
    1 Jan 2019
    Ennis Book Club Festival (“10 Books”) March 2019 and 2020
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Invited Speaker, Irish Literary Society, London
    1 Jan 2019
    Irish Literary Society, London celebration of Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Trilogy.
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    International Association for the study of Irish Literature (IASIL)
    1 Jan 2018
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Invited Reader, Telling the Other Story: Narratives without Borders
    1 Jan 2018
    Public event/reading with Donal Ryan, Ruth Gilligan and David Savill, Narrative 4, Belltable Theatre, Limerick
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Irish Writers Centre
    1 Jan 2016
    Professional Member