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MoncrieffWhat literary references is Taylor Swift making with her new album?As excitement for Taylor Swift’s new album release reaches fever pitch, what do we know so far? And just what literary references is Taylor making with her song titles? Swiftie and Assistant Professor at the School of English in DCU, Dr Ellen Howley joins Fionnuala in studio to discuss the popstars upcoming album
2025-08-1406 minMoncrieffWhat literary references is Taylor Swift making with her new album?As excitement for Taylor Swift’s new album release reaches fever pitch, what do we know so far? And just what literary references is Taylor making with her song titles? Swiftie and Assistant Professor at the School of English in DCU, Dr Ellen Howley joins Fionnuala in studio to discuss the popstars upcoming album
2025-08-1406 min
The Moreish PodcastThe Irish-Caribbean Connection: Unmasking Myths with Dr. Ellen HowleyDebunking the Irish-Caribbean Connection: Unravelling Myths and Historical RealitiesDr. Ellen Howley joins Hema to discuss the complex and nuanced history between Ireland and the Caribbean. In the context of Irish history from the 17th century, the British Empire, and the forced migration under Cromwell, Dr. Howley shares the complexity of some Irish people being sent to the Caribbean as indentured servants, while others chose to go and even prospered under the British Empire.The Irish presence in the Caribbean, particularly on islands like Montserrat and Barbados, remains today, including the o...
2025-06-0347 min
Lunchtime LiveShould we have open access to university?People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Paul Murphy has suggested that there should be open access to university.That means that he wants degrees to be made freely available to all, with none or limited points restrictions.What do you think about this idea? Is it something you would support?Joining Andrea to discuss is Brian Mooney, Guidance Counsellor and Irish Times Columnist, Architect Roisin Murphy, Dr. Ellen Howley, Assistant Professor at DCU’s School of English as well as listeners.Image: UCD
2025-04-1018 min
RTÉ BrainstormTaylor Swift's songs are full of literary references - so what do they tell us?The pop star's references to books and classic literature allows us to see her self-awareness and growth as an artist. By Ellen Howley, DCU.
2023-09-0506 min
UCD Humanities Institute PodcastBlue Humanities (Empire and Ecologies Symposium: Panel 5).Panel 5 of Empire and Ecologies Symposium with Ellen Howley, Tomas Buitendijk, Bernadette Fox. Chair: Hannah Boast.
2021-08-1259 min
NPPSH ConferenceEp. 15 - Panel 3B - Part 2 - ‘An island at the centre of the world?' - Ellen Howley (DCU)Kristin Morrison, lamenting the amnesia surrounding Ireland’s “ancient nautical heritage” (111), asks, “how does the fact that Ireland is surrounded by water manifest itself in contemporary fiction? […] how does that fiction conceive of a ‘mainland’?” (111). Critical attention towards the representation of Ireland as an island in literature has been lacking until relatively recently. Scholars from many disciplines have begun to redress this through a consideration of Irish coasts in projects such as UCC’s Deep Maps and UCD’s Cultural Value of Coastlines. This paper continues some of these conversations by turning specifically to contemporary Irish poetry and interrogating how Ireland figures as a...
2018-11-3021 min