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Dr Mairéad Ní Bhriain

Dr Mairéad Ní Bhriain

BA (NUIG); MA (French Lit.) (NUIG) and PhD (French Studies) (NUIG)
Lecturer

Research interests

French colonial history and the trials of decolonization; French intellectual history; Representations/constructions of the French Republic and national identities; Impact and legacies of World War II and 20th-century French & Francophone literature. Creative narratives and the interrogation/construction and representation of colonial and migrant narratives. Second language acquisition, teaching language through music and the introduction/teaching of Modern languages in the primary classroom.