Patricia O Connor – Page 3 – Patricia (Trisha) O’ Connor, PhD

My name is Patricia O Connor. I have a BA in History and Archaeology and a Higher Diploma in English Literature from University College Cork. I have recently graduated from the postgraduate Masters course "Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance Literature" and am currently pursuing my research in Old English Literature as a PhD candidate within the "Digital Arts and Humanities" course offered by University College Cork. My research topic is a continuation of my Masters research which focused on reconciling the Old English marginalia within a particular manuscript witness of the Old English Bede; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 41. I will be using this blog as a means to actively encourage my interest in Old English and the Digital Humanities and to develop potential research avenues.

How to Escape the Claws of the Grammar Police

Published on February 28, 2014Leave a comment

A really interesting post on how to integrate grammar and popular cultural references in your writing!

Employment: Teaching Fellow in English Literature: Renaissance, University of St Andrews

Published on February 28, 2014Leave a comment

University of St Andrews are looking for a Research Fellow in Renaissance Literature.

Adam of Easton conference – details and booking form

Published on February 28, 2014Leave a comment

The Parker Library are holding a conference on Adam of Easton

Borderlines XVIII Forum

Published on February 28, 2014Leave a comment

For anyone thinking of attending this year’s Borderlines Conference. This Forum will help you get into contact with other delegates.

Employment: PhD studentship, held at Royal Holloway, University of London, and The British Library, ‘Music, print and culture in the 16th and early 17th centuries’

Published on February 28, 2014Leave a comment

Anyone interested?

Event: First Irish Early-Modern Philosophy Conference, UCC, 21-22 Feb 2014

Published on February 21, 2014Leave a comment

UCC are offering a range of interesting conferences this month, one of which being the First Irish Early-Modern Philosophy Conference.

UCC events in February

Published on February 21, 2014Leave a comment

Some interesting events taking place this February in my own UCC!

Event: Power and influence in the Medieval and Early Modern World, Borderlines XVIII

Published on February 21, 2014Leave a comment

“The Awntyrs off Arthur” and an Ambiguous Afterlife

Published on February 20, 2014Leave a comment

The Awntyrs Off Arthur (Awnytrs) is an Arthurian Romance written in Middle English hyper-alliterative verse which is the most demanding and richly echoic style of verse in the English language. Each stanza is comprised of thirteen lines, which each line features four alliterative stresses, and adhere to the rhyming scheme ababababcdddc. From...

The juxtaposition of the lofty “Knyghtes Tale” against the rude “Myllers Tale”.

Published on February 10, 20141 Comment

The rationale for Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is competition. The pilgrims must compete in a story competition where the winner of the competition gets their dinner bought for them and the remaining participants provide their own. This sense of competition resonates within the tales themselves, where each tale...