Mary M. Burke
Professor
English
About
Professor of English and UConn Irish Literature Concentration Coordinator. Work has placed with NPR, the Irish Times, RTÉ, and Faber. Former U of Notre Dame Irish Institute NEH Fellow, MLA Irish Literature Committee chair, and a 2022 Trinity College Dublin LHR Fellow. Graduate of TCD and Queen’s University Belfast.
- Books and Book Projects
- Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History. Oxford: Oxford UP, December 2022 (UK) & March 2023 (USA).
- Afterword & contributing editor. Juanita Casey, The Horse of Selene. (Recovered Voices series reissue). Dublin: Tramp Press, 2022.
- Bohemian Ireland. Current book project awarded a 2022 Trinity College Dublin LRH Fellowship.
- Synge and the Cultural History of the Irish Traveller. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2009.
- Interviews
- National public radio interview on Horse of Selene edition. “Arena,” RTÉ radio, July 2022.
- Apple Podcast New Books Network interview on Race, Politics, and Irish America, December 2022.
Specialties
- Race and Irish America
- Irish and Irish-American minorities and identities
- Irish Modern Drama and Prose
- Joyce
- Irish fashion history
- Modern and Contemporary Irish Women’s Writing
| mary.burke@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | 860-486-6858 |
| CV | Mary Burke |
| Mailing Address | University of Connecticut Department of English 215 Glenbrook Road, U-4025 Storrs, CT 06269-4025 |
| Office Location | Austin 123 |
| Campus | Storrs |
| Office Hours | Spring 2025: Tues/Thurs 11:15-12:30, and by appointment (Virtual via Nexus) |
| Courses | 3122 Irish Literature After 1939/Contemporary Irish Literature 3120 Irish Literature Before 1939/Early and Modern Irish Literature |
| Link | https://uconn.academia.edu/MBurke |