Biography
Educated at NUI-Galway (BA, MA) and at the University of Oxford, Balliol College (D.Phil.). Assistant Professor of English, Southern Illinois University (2000-2001), National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Keough Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame (2002-2003). Teaching at University of Limerick from 2003 to the present. Teaching and research interests include literary and cultural cultural criticism and theory; literature and enlightenment; literature and science; poetry and music; Irish studies; and utopian/dystopian satire. Has published widely on eighteenth-century studies, utopian studies, and Irish writing in English, in journals such as The Review of English Studies, the Field Day Review, Utopian Studies, Eighteenth-Century Ireland, and History Ireland. Has contributed essays on eighteenth-century Ireland to collections of essays on colonial discourse, Clare history, and Edmund Burke. Has also co-edited (with Tom Moylan), Exploring the Utopian Impulse (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2007) and (with Breandán MacSuibhne) a special edition of Éire-Ireland on Irish Catholicism. Has contributed biographical essays on John Aikin and Charles Burney to the Gale Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Historians. A collection of essays on Irish visual culture, co-edited with Eoin Flannery, was published by Syracuse University Press in 2009. His edition of The Selected Writings of Thomas Dermody was published by Field Day Press in 2012; a monograph, Enlightenment in Ruins: The Geographies of Oliver Goldsmith, was published in July of 2013 by Bucknell University Press (paperback 2015). An edition of the poetry of Laurence Whyte was published by Bucknell UP in 2016. A new Cambridge edition of the letters of Oliver Goldsmith, co-edited with David O'Shaughnessy of Trinity College Dublin, was published in 2018. Awarded an Augustin Hamilton Parker Fellowship at Harvard University's Houghton Library November-December 2018. Currently editing a volume of Goldsmith's poetry, as part of a multi-volume Cambridge UP edition of Goldsmith's works, for which he is co-general editor. He is also co-editor of Goldsmith in Context, a volume of essays in preparation for Cambridge University Press.
Head of English, 2011-2014; Assistant Dean of Faculty (Academic Affairs), 2014-2017. Currently Head of School of English, Irish, and Communication, 2019-Dec 2021.
Research Interests
Irish Studies, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Studies, Poetry, Poetics, Criticism and Theory; The History of the Magazine.
Teaching Interests
Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature; Irish Studies; Poetry, Poetics, and Rhetoric. Literary Theory and Criticism.
Professional Activities
Committee
- 2012 Academic Regulations Committee (ARC),
- 2012 Academic Programmes Review Committee,
- 2005 Cumann Merriman,
Award
- 2012 - NDLR people's Choice Award Winner 2012: National (LiNC) projects.
- 2008 - Mayers Fellowship, Huntington Library, San Marino California
- 2002 - National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Education
- 2002 University of Oxford - Doctor of Philosophy
- 1997 University of Oxford - M.Sc.
- 1995 NUI - Master of Arts
- 1994 NUI - B.A.
Association
- ordinary member, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Ordinary Member, Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society
- ordinary member, Utopian Studies Society
- ordinary member, American Conference for Irish Studies
Publications
Books
The Letters of Oliver Goldsmith
Michael Griffin, David O'Shaughnessy, Oliver Goldsmith
(2018)
The Letters of Oliver Goldsmith
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
The Collected Poems of Laurence Whyte
Michael Griffin, Laurence Whyte
(2016)
The Collected Poems of Laurence Whyte
Lewisburg, PA :
Bucknell University Press
Enlightenment in Ruins: The Geographies of Oliver Goldsmith
Michael Griffin
(2013)
Enlightenment in Ruins: The Geographies of Oliver Goldsmith
(Lewisburg, PA :
Bucknell University Press
The Selected Writings of Thomas Dermody
Michael Griffin, Thomas Dermody
(2012)
The Selected Writings of Thomas Dermody
Dublin :
Field Day Press
Book Chapters
Oliver Goldsmith
Michael Griffin
(2017)
Oliver Goldsmith
In The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets;
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
What d'ye call him, Tierconneldrago: Oliver Goldsmith and the Seven Years' War'
Michael Griffin
(2014)
What d'ye call him, Tierconneldrago: Oliver Goldsmith and the Seven Years' War'
In The Culture of the Seven Years' War: Empire, Identity and the Arts in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World;
Toronto :
University Press of Toronto
pp. 169-190
The Two Enlightenments of Merriman's Clare
Michael Griffin
(2011)
The Two Enlightenments of Merriman's Clare
In Brian Merriman's Midnight Court;
Syracuse, NY :
Syracuse University Press
pp. 59-69
Arcades Ambo: Robert Burns and Thomas Dermody
Michael Griffin
(2011)
Arcades Ambo: Robert Burns and Thomas Dermody
In Burns and the Poets;
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
pp. 127-142
Our Native Tongue Most Shamefully Rejected': Education, Print Culture and English Literature in Eighteenth-Century Ennis
Michael Griffin
(2008)
Our Native Tongue Most Shamefully Rejected': Education, Print Culture and English Literature in Eighteenth-Century Ennis
In Clare: History and Society;
Dublin :
Geography Publications
pp. 157-174
Across Time and Space: The Utopian Impulses of Andrey Tarkovsky's Stalker
Michael Griffin and Dara Waldron
(2007)
Across Time and Space: The Utopian Impulses of Andrey Tarkovsky's Stalker
In Exploring the Utopian Impulse: Essays on Utopian Thought and Practice ;
Oxford :
Peter Lang
pp. 257-272
Burke, Goldsmith and the Irish Absentees
Griffin, MJ
(2007)
Burke, Goldsmith and the Irish Absentees
In Edmund Burke's Irish Identities;
Duiblin :
Irish Academic Press
pp. 117-132
Hy-Brazil Hybridized: Utopian Colonies and Colonial Utopias in Ireland, 1641-1760
Michael Griffin
(2007)
Hy-Brazil Hybridized: Utopian Colonies and Colonial Utopias in Ireland, 1641-1760
In Enemies of Empire;
Dublin :
Four Courts
pp. 130-141
Edited Books
Special Issue on Roger Casement: the Glocal Imperative
(2016)
Special Issue on Roger Casement: the Glocal Imperative
Michael Griffin, Brian O Conchubhair, John Gibney(Ed.)
https://breac.nd.edu/articles/category/roger-casement/ :
breac.nd.edu/Notre Dame
Ireland in Focus: Film, Photography, and Popular Culture
(2009)
Ireland in Focus: Film, Photography, and Popular Culture
Michael Griffin and Eoin Flannery(Ed.)
Syracuse, NY :
Syracuse University Press
Exploring the Utopian Impulse: Essays on Utopian Thought and Practice
(2007)
Exploring the Utopian Impulse: Essays on Utopian Thought and Practice
Michael Griffin and Tom Moylan(Ed.)
Oxford :
Peter Lang
Peer Reviewed Journals
Between Pope and Merriman: The Poetics and Politics of R Buggin's The Inchanted Garden (1716)
Michael Griffin
(2013)
Between Pope and Merriman: The Poetics and Politics of R Buggin's The Inchanted Garden (1716)
In Eighteenth Century Ireland;
pp. 11-29
Affiliated to the Future: Culture, the Celt, and Matthew Arnold's Utopia
Michael Griffin
(2007)
Affiliated to the Future: Culture, the Celt, and Matthew Arnold's Utopia
In Utopian Studies;
pp. 325-344
Infatuated to his Ruin: The Fate of Tom Dermody
Griffin, MJ
(2006)
Infatuated to his Ruin: The Fate of Tom Dermody
In History Ireland;
pp. 21-25
Irish Catholics: Special Issue, edited
Michael Griffin, Breandán MacSuibhne
(2005)
Irish Catholics: Special Issue, edited
In Eire-Ireland;
Editors' Introduction
Griffin, MJ; MacSuibhne, B
(2005)
Editors' Introduction
In Eire/Ireland Journal Of The Irish American Cultural Ins;
pp. 5-10
Utopian Music and the Problem of Luxury
Griffin, MJ
(2005)
Utopian Music and the Problem of Luxury
In Utopian Studies;
pp. 247-266
Delicate Allegories, Deceitful Mazes: Goldsmith's Landscapes
Griffin, MJ
(2001)
Delicate Allegories, Deceitful Mazes: Goldsmith's Landscapes
In Eighteenth Century Ireland;
pp. 104-115
Other Journals
Crossing LInes with John Williams
Michael Griffin
(2011)
Crossing LInes with John Williams
In The John McGahern Yearbook;
NUI-Galway
pp. 36-43
Da's Boat, or Can the Submarine Speak?: The Ulster Miscellany (1752) and Other Glimpses of the Irish Atlantis
Michael Griffin and Breandán MacSuibhne
(2006)
Da's Boat, or Can the Submarine Speak?: The Ulster Miscellany (1752) and Other Glimpses of the Irish Atlantis
In Field Day Review;
pp. 111-127
Oliver Goldsmith and François-Ignace Espiard de la Borde: An Instance of Plagiarism
Michael Griffin
(1999)
Oliver Goldsmith and François-Ignace Espiard de la Borde: An Instance of Plagiarism
In The Review of English Studies;
Oxford :
Oxford University Press
pp. 59-63
Conference Publications
The 21st Annual Gilbert Lecture
Michael John Griffin
(2018)
The 21st Annual Gilbert Lecture
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Michael Griffin
(2012)
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference
Michael Griffin
(2010)
Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference
The First Ralahine Centre Conference on Utopian Studies: Exploring the Utopian Impulse, , March ;
Michael Griffin
(2005)
The First Ralahine Centre Conference on Utopian Studies: Exploring the Utopian Impulse, , March ;
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
The First Ralahine Centre Conference on Utopian Studies: Exploring the Utopian Impulse
Michael Griffin and Breandan MacSuibhne
(2005)
The First Ralahine Centre Conference on Utopian Studies: Exploring the Utopian Impulse
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
American Conference for Irish Studies
Michael Griffin
(2005)
American Conference for Irish Studies
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference
Michael Griffin
(2005)
Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Michael Griffin
(2004)
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
Enemies of Empire: An Interdisciplinary Conference, , June 2004
Michael Griffin
(2004)
Enemies of Empire: An Interdisciplinary Conference, , June 2004
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
Utopian Studies Conference
Michael Griffin
(2004)
Utopian Studies Conference
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
American Conference for Irish Studies
Michael Griffin
(2004)
American Conference for Irish Studies
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
American Conference for Irish Studies, National Meeting, ;
Michael Griffin
(2003)
American Conference for Irish Studies, National Meeting, ;
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
American Conference for Irish Studies, Midwest Section
Michael Griffin
(2002)
American Conference for Irish Studies, Midwest Section
*(Ed.)
pp. *-*
Conference Contributions
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Michael John Griffin
(2017)
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Minneapolis, MN
Storytelling in the Spectator Magazines Conference
Michael John Griffin
(2017)
Storytelling in the Spectator Magazines Conference
University of Graz, Austria
The Atlantic Archipelagos Research Consortium
Michael John Griffin
(2015)
The Atlantic Archipelagos Research Consortium
University of Liverpool
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference
Michael Griffin
(2013)
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference
Cleveland
American Conference for Irish Studies
Michael Griffin
(2013)
American Conference for Irish Studies
Chicago
Irish Association for American Studies Conference
Michael Griffin
(2013)
Irish Association for American Studies Conference
University of Limerick
Strokestown Poetry Festival
Michael Griffin
(2013)
Strokestown Poetry Festival
Strokestown House, Co. Roscommon
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference
Michael Griffin
(2012)
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference
San Antonio, Texas,
Electronic Publications
Oliver Goldsmith, Oxford Bibliographies, OUP.
Michael Griffin
(2016)
Oliver Goldsmith, Oxford Bibliographies, OUP.
In Oxford Bibliographies;
Andrew Hadfield(Ed.)
Oxford :
Oxford University Press
Digitisation of an 18th Century Limerick Periodical, The Magazine of Magazines
Geraldine Sheridan, Michael Griffin, Yvonne Diggins
(2012)
Digitisation of an 18th Century Limerick Periodical, The Magazine of Magazines
Biographical Items
'Charles Burney'
Michael Griffin
(2007)
'Charles Burney'
In Eighteenth-Century British Historians, volume of The Dictionary of Literary Biography ;
Bruccoli Clark Layman; Gale Research
pp. 57-61
John Aikin'
Michael Griffin
(2007)
John Aikin'
In Eighteenth-Century British Historians, volume of The Dictionary of Literary Biography ;
Bruccoli Clark Layman; Gale Research
pp. 3-8
Electronic Journals
West47Online Literary Review
Michael Griffin
(2007)
West47Online Literary Review
Michael Griffin(Ed.)