Christopher Molloy, MA Film student, wins Young Journalist of the Year - Anjool Malde Awards 2023 (co-hosts Queen's University Belfast) for his short film The Quiet, Uncredited Photographer

Síobhra Aiken and Sophie Cooper were awarded the prestigious prizes at the annual American Conference of Irish Studies (ACIS), held in San José State University from 7–10 June 2023.

The School of Arts, English and Languages is delighted to congratulate Professor Maeve McCusker, winner of the prestigious R. Gapper Book Prize.

Síobhra Aiken and Alison Garden selected for Young Academy Ireland

The Times of 10 April 23 reported on a new Dickens letter, in French, discovered by Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of the Dickens Letters Project. It provides clues concerning a missing Victorian painting of the death of the French playwright Molière

Dr Aoife McGrath (Drama) has been awarded an AHRC Networking Grant for the International Parenting and Dance Network (April 2023 - March 2025).

Congratulations to last years Broadcast Production graduates, Aisling Skillen, Andrew Ballentine, Oisin McCoy and Lynn Porter for their win at the Royal Television Society 2023 student awards for their final year documentary ‘Technical Difficulties’.

Professor Piers Hellawell’s new work Rapprochement (Concerto for Piano Into Orchestra) gets its world premiere from Clare Hammond (piano) and The Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Jamie Phillips, on Friday 24 March at 7.45pm in the Ulster Hall, Belfast

Congratulations to our AEL Alumni

Dave Robb has just returned from a short tour in Germany where he performed shows in Berlin, Leipzig and Hoyerswerda together with musicians on the 'Gundermann in Europa' project.

Gandhi’s complex ties with Ireland and the Irish. The writings of Gandhi, who died 75 years ago today (30 January), reveal a tantalising breadth of Irish references

A massive congratulations to everyone involved in An Irish Goodbye which the BAFTA for Best Short Film at the awards ceremony which took place on Sunday 19 February 2023

Dr Leon Litvack held a hackathon event in London for coders and digital humanists, with the aim of using his database of Dickens’s correspondence as the basis for a game, to enhance research impact and engagement.

The School of Arts, English and Languages offers many congratulation to Bryan A. Whitelaw on being the recipient of this year’s Harry White Doctoral Prize.