Dr Maria Butler
mariabbutler.bsky.social
Dr Maria Butler
@mariabbutler.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the Centre of Cultural Analytics, UCD. Other research interests include Irish studies, commercial fiction and literary activism
Day 1 of the @iaspr.bsky.social conference. Delighted to be here and excited to learn 😊
June 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Quote of the day: "I think it is morally and politically objectionable, and intellectually obtuse, to have contempt for literary works that appeal to millions of people simply because they are popular" - Jane Tompkins (aka my new hero)
April 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I wrote a Brainstorm about why we should be excited for the new Marian Keyes Walsh Sisters adaptation
March 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Job opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Creativity, Full-Time, Fixed Term (2yr)

University of Galway

The successful candidate will investigate established and emerging political economies of arts, culture and creativity.

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March 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Why is the women a bestseller and the man an author? Maeve Binchy and Joseph O'Connor are both bestselling authors. Another example of associating women's writing with commerce and men's writing with literature.
March 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hello, can anyone point me in the direction of books/ articles looking at how women writers are assumed to self-insert/ draw from their own experience? I'm sure this research exists but I'm struggling to find it
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Applications are still open for the postgraduate scholarship to attend the 2025 IASIL conference in Galway

⏰ Closing date March 1

Full details here:

www.iasil.org/conference-2...

#IrishStudies #AcademicChatter #PhDchat
IASIL 2025: PG Conference Travel Scholarship – International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
IASIL is pleased to invite applications for a postgraduate scholarship to attend the 2025 conference in Galway.
www.iasil.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Myself and Rosalind Haslett have a note about how we both came to the activist potential of Marian Keyes in the new volume of the Journal of Popular Romance studies. We were both introduced to her books by other women showing that women share important stories with one another
The first of our Notes is part of the Instigations series about how scholars got into popular romance studies. Here, we have Rosalind Haslett and Maria Butler digging into their convergent romance origin stories in "The Activist Potential of Marian Keyes’ Irish Chick Lit" (2/4)
The Activist Potential of Marian Keyes’ Irish Chick Lit | Journal of Popular Romance Studies
Like so many readers of romance and chick lit, we—Maria Butler, a PhD student at University College Cork, and Rosalind Haslett, a Senior Lecturer in theatre and performance at Newcastle University—bot...
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February 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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ICYMI: I built a starter pack of classic romances that goes all the way back to the 1950s. Selected to show the genre’s breadth, not simply to hit familiar highlights. It’s a lot of hidden gems, and I’ve probably left off at least one of your faves (gift link). #RomanceColumn #Romancelandia
Classic Romance Novels: A Starter Pack (Gift Article)
These vintage books introduce the archetypes, settings and lavishly bonkers sensibility that are the hallmarks of great romance.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Donal Skehan trying to compliment Samantha Mumba by calling her a piece of Irish history on the Late Late last night was absolutely savage (in a bad way). I genuinely can't stop thinking about it
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Irish/Ireland-based writery types, the Arts Co lit bursary application deadline is Thurs 20th Feb. www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Litera...
Literature Bursary Award - English Language
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon is the national agency for funding, developing and promoting the arts in Ireland.
www.artscouncil.ie
February 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I collected my bound and corrected thesis today. It's purple as a nod to @mariankeyes.bsky.social book covers because covers are important and bright colours don't negate what's on the inside 😊
February 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM