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Patrick Crowley is a Professor and Head of the School of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures at the National University of Ireland, Galway (University of Galway). He previously held leadership roles at University College Cork (UCC), including Head of the Department of French (2018–2020) and Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (2019–2022). His research focuses on modern and contemporary cultural production in French and Francophone contexts, particularly postcolonial studies, Algerian literature, and genre theory. He has authored monographs, edited volumes, and journal articles, including Pierre Michon: The Afterlife of Names (2007) and Algeria: Nation, Culture and Transnationalism 1988–2015 (2017). He currently serves on editorial boards for journals like Contemporary French and Francophone Studies and leads the Centre for Studies in Memory and Literature (University of Iceland).
Education:
- BA in History and French (University College Cork)
- MA in French (after studies in France)
- Diplôme d'Études Approfondies en analyses des phénomènes interculturels (Université de Lille)
- PhD in French (University of London, Royal Holloway)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UCC)
Research Interests: Poetic form and destabilization in colonial contexts, Algerian cultural production, postcolonial aesthetics, and the interplay of genre (novel, autobiography, essay). His current projects include Algerian Allegories: Aesthetics, Anticolonialism and the Future of Past Revolutions (UVA Press, in progress) and collaborative works on anticolonial aesthetics and slow memory.
Awards:
- Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship (Irish Research Council)
Teaching and Supervision: Leads modules on postcolonial cultural memory, the Algerian War of Independence, and Francophone diasporas. Supervises PhD students in Francophone postcolonial studies and contemporary cultural production.
External Roles: External Examiner at the Universities of Warwick and Stirling, UNESCO Consultative Group member (2009–2014), and editorial contributor to journals including French Studies and Studies in Travel Writing.
