Dr. Liam Harte

Biography

Liam Harte is a Professor of Irish Literature at the University of Manchester. He studied English History at the University of Galway and earned a DPhil in English Literature at Trinity College Dublin. Harte has held academic posts in the Department of Irish Studies at St Mary’s University London and the English Department at the University of Ulster. He joined the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Manchester in 2004. His work includes serving on the editorial boards of academic journals such as the Irish University Review and New Hibernia Review. Harte was the Armstrong Visiting Professor in Irish Studies at the University of Toronto in 2008. His research interests focus on modern and contemporary Irish literature and culture, particularly concerning the Irish diaspora. He has published extensively on topics such as Irish fiction, co-editing several volumes, including "Contemporary Irish Fiction: Themes, Tropes, Theories" and authoring a monograph titled "Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987-2007." He served as Principal Investigator for a major AHRC-funded research project titled 'Conflict, Memory and Migration: Northern Ireland Migrants and the Troubles in Great Britain', running from 2019 to 2022.

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