Universidade da Coruña, Senior Lecturer.
Department of Languages and Literatures
Director of The Amergin University Institute of Research in Irish Studies
Expertise: Irish, Scottish, and Galician Studies
Dr. David Clark is a lecturer at the University of Corunna and director of the University Institute of Research in Irish Studies “Amergin”. He has formed part of the board of both national and international Irish Studies Associations (AEDEI and EFACIS) and on the editorial committees of various scientific journals. His doctoral thesis dealt with Neil M. Gunn’s literary work. He has published widely on Irish and Scottish work, and has co-edited a number of volumes on Irish and Scottish Literature. His most recent publication is the book Dark Green: Irish Crime fiction from 1665-2000 (Peter Lang, 2022), and this will be followed by Emerald Noir: Irish Crime Fiction since 2000 (Peter Lang, 2024). Also to be published in this year is his bilingual (English and Galician) work ‘So Far Away, How Far’: The Poetic Legacy of Sir John Moore (Medulia 2024)
Collaborator in numerous cultural activities (radio programmes, television, articles and interviews in the Galician press) designed to bring Irish and Galician cultures closer to each other.
PhD teaching: subjects related to 19th and 20th century literature, as well as subjects dealing with the history of Scottish and Irish literatures (“Scottish Literature before the Union,” “Contemporary Scottish Poetry,” “Contemporary Scottish and Irish Narrative” and “Points of Inflection between Irish and Scottish Literature”).
Imparted seminars and summer courses in collaboration with several universities in Spain and abroad: “I Practical Course of Translation (English-Spanish, Spanish-English),” “Guiding Reading of Joyce’s Ulysses” and “Conference on the British Periphery”, organized by the Junta de Andalucía.
Contact: david.clark@udc.es