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Professor Christopher Morash
Seamus Heaney Prof of Irish Writing, English

Biography

I am the Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, a post dedicated to the teaching and research of Irish writing, based in the School of English. I have published a histories of Irish theatre, and of Irish media, both extending from the 17th century to the present; I have also published on Irish Famine writing, and, most recently, on theories of space in relation to theatre. I am currently working on Yeats's theatre. My research interests in the field of Irish studies thus range fairly widely over the field, with theatre and concepts of information flow as a kind of epicentre. I have also served as Chair of the Compliance Committe of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and thus have an interest in broadcasting regulation.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Morash, Christopher, Yeats on Theatre, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, vii - 250pp Book, 2021 DOI URL

Yeats and Oedipus: The Dark Road in, editor(s)Torrance, Isabelle and O'Rourke, Donncha , Classics and Irish Politics, 1916-2016, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, pp218 - 236, [Morash, Christopher] Book Chapter, 2020

'Where All Ladders Start': Famine Memories in Yeats's Countess Cathleen in, editor(s)Marguéite Corporaal, Christopher Cusack, Lindsay Janssen, Ruud van den Beuken , Global Legacies of the Great Irish Famine, Oxford, Peter Lang, 2014, pp119 - 136, [Chris Morash] Book Chapter, 2014

Ghosts and Wires: The Telegrah and Wire in, editor(s)Karen Steele and Michael de Nie , Ireland and the New Journalism, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, pp21-34 , [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2014

Christopher Morash & Shaun Richards, Mapping Irish Theatre: Theories of Space and Place , Cambridge:, Cambridge University Press, 2013, 1 - 225pp Book, 2013

Christopher Morash, Ethical and Cultural Diversity': Can Irish Studies Be Oppositional and Institutional at the Same Time?, The Irish Review, 46, 2013, p71 - 78 Journal Article, 2013

Making Space: Towards a Spatial Theory of Irish Theatre in, editor(s)P. Lonergan and N. Grene , Irish Drama: Local and Global Perspectives, Dublin, Carysfort Press, 2012, pp7 - 22, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2012

Synge's Typewriter: The Technological Sublime in Edwardian Ireland in, editor(s)B, Cliff and N. Grene , Synge and Edwardian Ireland, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp21 - 33, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2012

Ibsen in Inish: Lennox Robinson, Ibsen and the Censorship of Publications Act in, editor(s)R. Dixon and I. Ruppo Malone , Ibsen and Chekhov on the Irish Stage, Dublin, Carysfort Press, 2012, pp37 - 50, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2012

Literature and the Famine in, editor(s)J. Crowley, W. J. Smyth and M. Murphy , Atlas of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-52,, Cork, Ireland, Cork University Press, 2012, pp640 - 647, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2012

Christopher Morash & Jonathan Bank and John P. Harrington, Teresa Deevy Reclaimed: Volume One, New York, Mint Theater, 2011, 158 pppp Book, 2011

Theatre in, editor(s)J. Murphy , The Oxford History of the Irish Book: Vol. IV: The Irish Book in English, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp587 - 594, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2011

Christopher Morash, The Hungry Voice: Poetry of the Irish Famine., 2, Dublin, Irish Academic Press,, 2009, 299pppp Book, 2009

Disenchanted Island: From Celtic Twilight to Celtic Tiger in, editor(s)G. Girard , Territoires de l'estrange dans la littérature irlandaise au XXe siècle, Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2009, pp251 - 266, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2009

Christopher Morash, A History of the Media in Ireland. , Cambridge:, Cambridge University Press, 2009, xvii - 244pp Book, 2009

...how feeble and inexpressive is the word!": Staging the Irish Famine" in, editor(s)E. Angel-Perez and A. Poulain , Hunger on Stage, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008, pp132 - 148, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2008

John Devitt, Nicholas Grene, Chris Morash, Shifting Scenes: Irish Theatre-Going, 1955-1985, Dublin, Carysfort Press, 2008, 108pp Book, 2008

Christopher Morash, Denis Johnston's Swift Project: 'There Must Be Something Wrong with the Information, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 33, (2), 2007, p56 - 59 Journal Article, 2007

The Remains of Ellen Hanley: Theatre, Commodification, and Irish Identity in the Nineteenth Century in, editor(s)N. Allen and E. Patten , That Island Never Found: Essays and Poems for Terence Brown, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2007, pp19 - 32, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2007

Theatre and Print, 1550-1800 in, editor(s)R. Gillespie and A. Hadfield , The Oxford History of the Irish Book: Volume III: The Irish Book in English, 1550-1800. , Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp319 - 334, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2006

Theatre in Ireland 1690-1800: From the Williamite Wars to the Act of Union in, editor(s)M. Kelleher and P. O'Leary , The Cambridge History of Irish Literature. Vol. 1: To 1890., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp372 - 406, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2006

An Afterword on Silence in, editor(s)G. Cusack and S. Goss , Hungry Words: Images of Famine in the Irish Canon, Dublin, Irish Academic Press,, 2006, pp300 - 308, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2006

The Road to God Knows Where: Can Theatre be National? in, editor(s)N. Grene and C.Morash , Irish Theatre on Tour. Irish Theatre Diaspora Series 1, Dublin, Carysfort Press, 2005, pp101 - 115, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2005

Theatre in, editor(s)Joseph Cleary and Claire Connolly, , Cambridge Companion to Irish Culture, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp322 - 338, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2005

Nicholas Grene and Chris Morash , Irish Theatre on Tour: Irish Theatrical Diaspora Series 1, Dublin, Carysfort Press, 2005, xix + 229 pp Book, 2005

Tantalized by Progress in, editor(s)C. Connolly , Theorising Ireland, London, Macmillan, 2003, pp114 - 124, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2003

Christopher Morash, A History of Irish Theatre,1601-2000, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002, xx - 322pp Book, 2002

Murphy, History, and Society in, editor(s)N. Grene , Talking About Tom Murphy, Dublin, Carysfort Press, 2002, pp17 - 30, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2002

Something's Missing': Theatre and the Republic of Ireland Act, 1949 in, editor(s)R. Ryan , Writing in the Republic: Literature, Culture, Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-1999, London, Macmillan, 2000, pp64 - 81, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2000

All Playboys Now: The Playboy of the Western World and the Audience in, editor(s)N. Grene , J.M. Synge and Irish Theatre., Dublin, Lilliput Press, 2000, pp135 - 150, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2000

To One Thing Constant Never': Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing in, editor(s)M. Kelleher , Making it New: Essays on the New Leaving Certificate English Syllabus, Dublin, Lilliput Press, 2000, pp220 - 234, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 2000

Celticism: Between Race and Nation in, editor(s)Tadhg Foley and Seán Ryder , Ideology and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1998, pp206 - 213, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1998

The Time is Out of Joint (O Cursèd Spite)': Towards a Definition of Supernatural Narrative in, editor(s)Bruce Stewart , That Other World: The Supernatural and the Fantastic in Irish Literature and its Contexts, Colin Smythe, 1998, pp123 - 143, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1998

Christopher Morash, Maley, W. and Richards, S, The Triple Play of Irish History, The Irish Review , 20, (Winter/Spring), 1997, p23 - 46 Journal Article, 1997

Christopher Morash, Famine/Holocaust: Fragmented Bodies, Éire/Ireland, 32, (1), 1997, p136 - 150 Journal Article, 1997

Augustine...O'Brien...Vico...Joyce in, editor(s)Anne Clune and Tess Hurson , Conjuring Complexities: Essays on Flann O'Brien,, Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies, 1997, pp133 - 142, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1997

Making Memories: The Literature of the Irish Famine in, editor(s)Patrick O'Sullivan , The Meaning of the Famine. Vol. 6 of The Irish World Wide: History, Heritage, Identity,, London, Leicester UP, 1997, pp40 - 56, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1997

Christopher Morash, Sinking Down into the Dark: The Famine on Stage, Bullán, 3, (1), 1997, p75 - 86 Journal Article, 1997

Christopher Morash & R. Hayes, Fearful Realities: New Perspectives on the Irish Famine. , Dublin:, Irish Academic Press,, 1996, 180pp.pp Book, 1996

Ever Under Some Unnatural Condition': Bram Stoker and the Colonial Fantastic in, editor(s)Brian Cosgrove , Literature and the Supernatural, Dublin, Columba Press, 1995, pp95 - 119, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1995

Christopher Morash, Spectres of the Famine, The Irish Review,, 17-18, (Winter), 1995, p74 - 79 Journal Article, 1995

The Rhetoric of Right in Mitchel's Jail Journal in, editor(s)Joep Leerssen, A.H. van der Weel, and Bart Westerweel , Forging in the Smithy: National Identity and Representation in Anglo-Irish Literary History, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 1995, pp207 - 218, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1995

Christopher Morash, Creativity and Its Contexts. , Dublin, Lilliput Press, 1995, 83 pp.pp Book, 1995

Christopher Morash, Writing the Irish Famine, Oxford, Clarendon, 1995, 213pppp Book, 1995

Christopher Morash, The Little Black Rose Revisited: Church, Empire and National Destiny in the Writing of Aubrey De Vere, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 20, (2), 1994, p45 - 52 Journal Article, 1994

Reflecting Absent Interiors: The Big House Novels of Charles Lever in, editor(s)Otto Rauchbaue , Ancestral Voices: The Big House in Anglo-Irish Literature, Hildesheim, Zürich, and New York, Georg Olms, 1992, pp61 - 78, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1992

On Minor Literature: Nineteenth-Century Ireland in, editor(s)Joseph McMinn , The Internationalism of Irish Literature and Drama, Gerrards Cross, Colin Smyth, 1992, pp209 - 216, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1992

Lever's Post-Famine Landscape in, editor(s)Tony Bareham , Charles Lever: New Evaluations,, Gerrards Cross, Colin Smythe, 1991, pp86 - 95, [Christopher Morash] Book Chapter, 1991

Research Expertise

Description

I have published a histories of Irish theatre, and of Irish media, both extending from the 17th century to the present; I have also published on Irish Famine writing, and, most recently, on theories of space in relation to theatre. I am currently working on Yeats's theatre. My research interests in the field of Irish studies thus range fairly widely over the field, with theatre and concepts of information flow as a kind of epicentre. I have also served as Chair of the Compliance Committe of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and thus have an interest in broadcasting regulation.

Projects

  • Title
    • Co-Editing Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre
  • Summary
    • Co-editing, with Prof. Nicholas Grene of TCD, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre. This volume will include 40+ contributors, and will be approx. 330,000 words in length, covering all aspects of the field.
  • Date From
    • 01/01/2012
  • Date To
    • 01-12-2014

Keywords

Anglo-Irish literature, poetry; Cinema and Ireland; CULTURE; Dramatic/Theatre Arts; IRELAND; Irish History; Irish political, intellectual and social history, 1660-1800; Irish Social History; Irish theatre; Irish Theatre, Film and Cultural Performance; Irish urban history, Dublin and Cork; Irish Writing; Irish writing, poetry, Drama, cinema; IRISHNESS; Journalism; Literary Criticism; MEDIA; Performance Theory; POETS; Radio; Television; THEATER-MAKING; THEATERS; Theatre History; Theatre/Film Criticism

Recognition

Awards and Honours

Member, Royal Irish Academy 2007

Honorary Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University 2007

Theatre Book Prize 2003

Memberships

Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2007

International Association for the Study of Irish Literature (IASIL) 1987

Canadian Association of Irish Studies (CAIS) 1987