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Dr. Díóg O’Connell

I lecture in Screenwriting, Film Studies, Irish Cinema and Television Drama at undergraduate level on the BA in English, Media + Cultural Studies. I teach feminism and narrative studies at post-graduate level. My current research includes an in depth study of Irish female screenwriters and an archival study on the Film Company of Ireland (1916-1920).

Publications

Books include: ‘New Irish Storytellers: Narrative Strategies in Contemporary Film’, Intellect, 2010. ‘Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s’ (ed.) Cork University Press, 2012. In addition I have a wide publication record in peer review papers, chapters in books, critical reviews, conference papers etc.

Year
Chapter–‘Small Nation / Big Neighbours – Co-producing stories in a European Context’ in European Cinema and Television: Cultural Policy and Everyday Life, edited by Ib Bondebjerg, Andrew Higson and Caroline Pauwels, Palgrave Anthology2014
Chapter–‘Irish Film Board – gatekeeper or facilitator: the experience of the Irish Screenwriter’ in Screenwriters and Screenwriting (Ed. Craig Batty), Palgrave Macmillan2013
‘Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s’ (ed.) Cork University Press2012
Peer reviewed article–‘Social Realism Re-imagined: Irish Television Drama and the Celtic Tiger’ in Media Education Journal, Summer2012
‘New Irish Storytellers: Narrative Strategies in Contemporary Film’, Intellect2010

Exhibitions

Film + Television Work – includes member of Writers' Team for Glenroe, RTE 1997 - 2000.

Research projects

Currently research Ellen O'Mara Sullivan and the Film Company of Ireland (1916-1919) - based on letters she wrote in 1918 / 1919 this study explore to what extent she was involved in the Film Company of Ireland at a creative and business level.

Year
Ellen O'Mara Sullivan and FCOI2016
Irish Female Screenwriters - a history2014–2015
Social Capital and the Working Life of the Screenwriter2013/14
Irish Cinema and Post-Celtic Ireland2012
Script Development Process and Irish Film Board2010–2011

Lectures/Conferences

I present annually at the Screenwriting Research Network conferences (2006-2016) on current research. Member of European Imaginaries workshops - presented in Copenhagen and Brussels and contributed to publications. Invited speaker University of Vienna (2013) and 1916 Conference NUIG (2016)

Year
'Ellen Sullivan and Film Company of Ireland 1916-1919', Plenary, 1916 Conference NUIG May2016
‘Social Capital and the Working Life of the Screenwriter’, Screenwriter Research Network, Annual Conference, Potsdam, Germany, October2014
‘Irish Cinema – Post Celtic Tiger’ – invited speaker at the Irish Studies Cultural Group, University of Vienna + Irish Embassy, June2012
‘European Policy and Media Industries: Irish Context’, European Imaginaries Symposium, University of Copenhagen, Oct.2010
‘Irish Cinema and Post-Conflict Films’, Conflicting Visions Conference, IADT, June2010

Awards + Achievements

  • Associate Fellow – GradCam – Graduate School of Creative Arts + Media (Funded by PRTLI) – NCAD, DIT + IADT.
  • Scholarship – RTÉ Annual Scholarship for PhD Studies.
  • Scholarship – Gregory Peck Scholarship, NYU / UCD Scriptwriting Summer School, 1993.
Year
Member + Irish representative, ‘European Imaginaries’, University of Copenhagen, International research group2010 – present
Member – HETAC Register of Expert Panellists (Film, Media + Cultural Studies)2010 – present
Member of Steering Committee, Screenwriting Research Network - Rethinking Screenwriting Project, International Research Group2009 – present
Member of Steering Committee to establish the National Film School2001-2003
Member of Editorial Board, Film Ireland, published by Film Base, IFI1994-1998

Other

Reviews, chapters in books, peer review articles, scripts and books.


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Overview

  • Department: Humanities + Arts Management
  • Job Title: Lecturer
  • Academic Qualifications: BA, MA, PhD
  • Area of Expertise Irish Cinema, Screenwriting, Television Drama, Documentary

Contact Details

  • Phone: +353 1 239 4742
  • Email: diog.oconnell@iadt.ie

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