Pól Ó Dochartaigh
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Academic background
Alma materCardiff University
University of Nottingham
University of Wales
Academic work
DisciplineGerman studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Galway

Pól Ó Dochartaigh (born 1961) is a professor of German and university vice-president.

Early life and studies

Ó Dochartaigh was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast.[1]

He attended University College Cardiff, where he received a BA (Hons) in German in 1987, and continued with doctoral studies at the University of Nottingham, where he was awarded a PhD in German Literature in 1995.

Career

Ó Dochartaigh returned to Ireland where he was appointed Professor of German, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and Dean of the Confucius Institute for Northern Ireland, at the University of Ulster.[2] He was awarded a BA (hons) in Irish Language and Literature from the University of Ulster in 2004.

He was appointed to the University of Galway, where, as of 2022, he holds the post of Registrar and Deputy President (Meabhránaí agus Uachtarán Ionaid).[3]

Publications

  • The Portrayal of Jews in GDR Prose Fiction (Amsterdam 1997)[4]
  • Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970: Germans Celts and Nationalism (Dublin 2003)[5]
  • Germans and Jews since the Holocaust (Basingstoke 2015)[6]

Awards

  • Member, Royal Irish Academy[7]
  • Fellow, Royal Historical Society
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Arts

Honours

  • President, Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland (2011–14)
  • Chair, Royal Irish Academy Committee for Modern Languages (2004-9)[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Past Pupils - St Mary's 1980s". Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Professor Pol O Dochartaigh". Eamonn Mallie. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "About the Deputy President". NUI Galway. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. ↑ O Dochartaigh, Pol (1997). The portrayal of Jews in GDR prose fiction. Amsterdam: rodopi. p. 348. ISBN 9042001585. OCLC 36641169. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. ↑ O Dochartaigh, Pol (2004). Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970 : Germans, Celts and nationalism. Dublin: Four Courts. p. 185. ISBN 1851827692. OCLC 53392348. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ↑ O Dochartaigh, Pol (2016). Germans and Jews since the Holocaust. Basingstoke: Palgrave. p. 267. ISBN 9781403946836. OCLC 796757202. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Pol O Dochartaigh". Royal Irish Academy. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "About the Deputy President". NUI Galway. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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