Nessa Cronin

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PhD projects

Irish Studies; Environmental Humanities; Creative Geographies; Cultural Geography; Eco-social Creative Practice; Critical Cartographies; Sense of place and Irish culture and writing; Irish Literary Geographies; Space and Place Studies; Decolonial and Post-colonial Theory; Landscape Studies.

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Biography

Nessa Croninis Head ofIrish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, at the School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies, University of Galway. Sheis also currently Chair of the Irish Humanities Alliance, based at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin 2. Nessa haspublished widely on various aspects of Irish Literature, Cultural Geography and Environmental Humanities. In September 2019 she was elected to the National Committee of Future Earth Ireland, and inDecember 2023 she wasawarded a GATES MaCI Senior Research Fellowship and residencyat the University of Grenoble-Alpes (June 2024) and St Cross College, University of Oxford (November 2024),for her work in Environmental Humanities in a European context.Nessa was awarded the College of Arts Teaching Award in 2024, and a Dean of Arts Award for Doctoral Supervision at the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies in January 2020. Shewelcomes PhD applications from interdisciplinaryresearch scholars working in the areas of ModernContemporaryIrish Literature,Irish Cultural Geography, Environmental Humanities, Community and Deep Mapping Practices, and Eco-SocialArts Practice. She is also currently mentoring 3 Postdoctoral Scholars in Ireland, Canada and Germany, and particularly welcomes postdoctoral research applications in any of the areas outlined above. She also works on community mapping projects in Clare, Galway and Mayo with artists, activists and community groups on socially-engaged projects investigating issues concerning place, language, culture and the environmentin contemporary Ireland. Nessa read English and Philosophy for her undergraduate degree at Trinity College, Dublin (1998) and received an MA in Continental Philosophy and Literature fromWarwick University(2000).Her doctoral thesis, The Eye of History: Spatiality and Colonial Cartography in Ireland, focused on the visual and linguistic construction of the modern Irish map through a critical examination of four key moments in Irish cartographic history. She was awarded a PhD in Irish Studies by NUI Galway in 2007, and was the recipient of an IRCHSS Postgraduate Scholarship, Arts Faculty Fellowship, and a Notre-Dame Summer School Fellowship for her doctoral research. She has published widely in Irish Studies, Cultural Geography and Environmental Humanities, and contributed to international peer-reviewed journals such as, Éire-Ireland, New Hibernia Review , Journal of Nordic Irish Studies, European Journal of English Studies, Irish Studies Review , Journal of Historical Geography , The Cartographic Journal and Dialogues in Human Geography. She is co-editor of Embodied Geographies of the Nation, Irish Review ( 2018), Anáil an Bhéil Bheo: Orality and Modern Irish Culture (2009), Landscape Values: Place and Praxis (2016) and the forthcoming volume Lifeworlds: Space, Place and Irish Culture .She is currently completing hermonograph onthe making of Irish colonial space, Making Space: Cartography and Colonial Governmentality in Ireland . She has been the recipient of 3 Irish Research Council awards, and bursaries from the European Science Foundation and Culture Ireland, and has been awarded visiting fellowships in University of Stanford, Univeristé de Nantes, University of Concordia and University of Grenoble-Alpes,amongst others. Her current work on Irish Literary and Cultural Geographies has involved the development of the interdisciplinary Irish Place Studies network, Ómós Áite at the Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway, and she is the Irish co-convenor of the Mapping Spectral Traces International Collaborative in association with Professor Karen E. Till and Professor Gerry Kearns, Space amp;Place , Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Ireland. She also works in the area of Environmental Humanities and Creative Geographies and has co-curated events and exhibitions such as Mapping Spectral Traces IV (Black Box Theatre, Galway 2012), Interpreting LandscapeRianú Talún , (NUI Galway 2014) and is the Director of Iarsma: Fragments from an Archive , the Tim Robinson Artist-in-the-Archive Project (Galway 2015-16). To read Nessas Critical Inquiry short article on the polycrises ofglobal pandemics and climate emergenciesfor the In the Moment blog series (23 March 2022),Threshold Times: From the no longer to the not yet see:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:critinq.wordpress.com20220323threshold-times-from-the-no-longer-to-the-not-yethttps:critinq.wordpress.com20220323threshold-times-from-the-no-longer-to-the-not-yet To read Nessas discussion of the role of the arts at COP-26 in Glasgow in hercontribution to the Irish Humanities Alliance, Climate Change: Perspectives from the Arts and Humanities (Jan 2022):a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.irishhumanities.comblogarts-and-humanities-perspectives-on-climate-changehttps:www.irishhumanities.comblogarts-and-humanities-perspectives-on-climate-change To read Nessas contribution on why we need collaborative, transdisciplinary thinking during the Covid-19 Crisissee the Irish Humanities Alliance blog:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.irishhumanities.comblogwe-need-a-hive-mind-not-a-herd-mentalityhttps:www.irishhumanities.comblogwe-need-a-hive-mind-not-a-herd-mentality To hear Nessa speaking aboutthe role of the Humanities during the Covid-19 crisis, as part of the Moore Institute Covid-19 Webinar Series, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:mooreinstitute.ie20200403moore-institute-covid-19-webinar-videohttps:mooreinstitute.ie20200403moore-institute-covid-19-webinar-video To see Nessa speaking about19th-centuryartist and geologist Georges Victor Du Noyerwho spent his life charting the landscape, people and buildings of Ireland, see theBBC 4 Series Great Irish Journeys with Martha Kearney:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.bbc.co.ukprogrammesb05ndnvkhttp:www.bbc.co.ukprogrammesb05ndnvk To hear Nessa speaking about Creative Engagements with the Tim Robinson Archive, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:youtu.beXkloJAWrek0https:youtu.beXkloJAWrek0 To hear Nessa speaking aboutCommunity Mapmaking with the Burren Beo Trustplease click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=X1O3bea76jIhttps:www.youtube.comwatch?v=X1O3bea76jI To hear Nessa andProfessor Jane Conroyspeak about the Tim Robinson Archive at NUI Galway in conversation with Vincent Woods on the Arts Tonight programme, RTE Radio 1, please click on the Monday 15 December Part Ipodcasthere:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.rte.ieradio1arts-tonightpodcastshttp:www.rte.ieradio1arts-tonightpodcasts To hear Part II of the Tim Robinson documentary, with readings by Tim andinterview by Vincent Woods, please see the Monday 26 January podcast: a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.rte.ieradio1arts-tonightpodcastshttp:www.rte.ieradio1arts-tonightpodcasts To hear Nessa speaking at theInterpreting Landscapes event celebrating the work of Tim Robinson, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=3pXKypz9H7Ahttps:www.youtube.comwatch?v=3pXKypz9H7A To hear Nessa discuss the work ofTim Robinson with writer and scholar Professor John Elder, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=exMgFXvUHp8https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=exMgFXvUHp8 To hear Nessa speaking onIrish Emigrant Geographiesin Myles na gCopaleens An Beal Bocht ,at the Studies in Irish Historical Geography event at Maynooth University, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=B1Ua_-WqLQchttps:www.youtube.comwatch?v=B1Ua_-WqLQc To read about Nessas work onCreative Mappings of IrishGhost Estates, read The Irish Times series of articles:ulDancing at the Ghost Estates,Michael Seaver, Thursday, 19 April 2012, Irish Times on-line article:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperfeatures201204191224314919876.htmlhttp:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperfeatures201204191224314919876.html liGalway Ghost Estate Comes to Life with Sean-Nos and Dance for One Night Only,Lorna Siggins, Thursday 19 April 2012, Irish Times on-line article:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperireland201204191224314925677.htmlhttp:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperireland201204191224314925677.html li¿An Irishman¿s Diary¿Frank McNally, Thursday 19 April 2012, The Irish Times on-line article:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperopinion201204191224314924104.htmlhttp:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperopinion201204191224314924104.html liul

Research Interests

Research Areas:Irish Studies; Modern and Contemporary Irish Literature;Environmental Humanities; Irish Cultural Geography; Sense of Place in Irish Culture and Writing; Irish Literary Geographies; Tim Robinson; Irish Historical Cartography; Decolonial and Postcolonial Theories;Philosophies of Space and Place; Women and Irish Natural History. Nessa was awarded a Deans Award for Doctoral Supervision at the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies in January 2020.Nessa welcomes MA and PhD applications from interdisciplinaryresearch scholars working in the areas of ModernContemporaryIrish Literature,Irish Cultural Geography, Community Mapping, Environmental Humanities,and Eco-SocialArts Practice.Nessa is the author of several articles, reviews and conference reports on many aspects of Irish literary geographies and historical cartography, including contributions to Irish Studies Review , Éire-Ireland, New Hibernia Review , Journal of Nordic Irish Studies, European Journal of English Studies, Journal of Historical Geography , The Cartographic Journal and Dialogues in Human Geography. Her book chapters include contributions to Irish Contemporary Landscapes in Literature and the Arts (2011), and India and Ireland: Colonies, Culture and Empire (2006) and more recently to the Routledge International Handbook of Irish Studies (2021). She is also the co-editor with Seán Crosson and John Eastlake of Anáil an Bhéil Bheo: Orality and Modern Irish Culture (2009). Her current work on Environmental Humanities andIrish Literary Geographies has involved the development of the interdisciplinary Irish Place Studies networkÓmós Áite at NUI Galway, and the International Network, Mapping Spectral Traces . To hear Nessa speaking about Community Mapmaking with the Burren Beo Trust please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=X1O3bea76jIhttps:www.youtube.comwatch?v=X1O3bea76jI To hear Nessa speaking at the Interpreting Landscapes event celebrating the work of Tim Robinson, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=3pXKypz9H7Ahttps:www.youtube.comwatch?v=3pXKypz9H7A To hear Nessa discuss the work of Tim Robinson with writer and scholar John Elder, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=exMgFXvUHp8https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=exMgFXvUHp8 To hear Nessa speaking on Irish Emigrant Geographiesin Myles na gCopaleens An Beal Bocht ,at the Studies in Irish Historical Geography event at Maynooth University, please click here:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=https:www.youtube.comwatch?v=B1Ua_-WqLQchttps:www.youtube.comwatch?v=B1Ua_-WqLQc To read about Nessas work onCreative Mappings of IrishGhost Estates, readThe Irish Times series of articles:Dancing at the Ghost Estates,Michael Seaver, Thursday, 19 April 2012, Irish Times on-line article:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperfeatures201204191224314919876.htmlhttp:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperfeatures201204191224314919876.html Galway Ghost Estate Comes to Life with Sean-Nos and Dance for One Night Only,Lorna Siggins, Thursday 19 April 2012, Irish Times on-line article:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperireland201204191224314925677.htmlhttp:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperireland201204191224314925677.html An Irishmans DiaryFrank McNally, Thursday 19 April 2012, The Irish Times on-line article:a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperopinion201204191224314924104.htmlhttp:www.irishtimes.comnewspaperopinion201204191224314924104.html To learn about the Walking Wisdom, Mapping Woodquay project, co-ordinated by Nessa in conjunction with dancer and choreographer Bernadette Divilly, please see below: Luke Clancy of Culture File,RTÉLyric FM, speaks to Bernadette Divilly about theWalking Wisdom Woodquayproject during the Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF). This project brings together Dance, Architecture and Community Mapping to explore urban design through community participation. It is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, CKI andÓmós Áite, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway and Galway City Council.a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:www.rte.ieradioutilsradioplayerrteradioweb.html#!rii=16%3A20816726%3A2387%3A20%2D07%2D2015%3Ahttp:www.rte.ieradioutilsradioplayerrteradioweb.html#!rii=16%3A20816726%3A2387%3A20%2D07%2D2015%3A

Teaching Interests

I teach Irish Studies related material on the following courses at the University of Galway:BA - ModernIrish CultureStudies BA OmnibusSustainability modules - University-wide shared modulesMA in Irish StudiesMA in Environment, Society and DevelopmentPhD in Irish Studies

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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BA, MA.,Ph.D

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