Work performed across the project can be separated into work packages WP 1-6. Work began with the creation of a research framework (WP1), followed by various archive visits to the BBC, Stuart Rose Library, and RTE to gather primary material (WP3). This material and framework enabled me to prepare written research (WP 5) throughout the fellowship and has resulted in various outputs, listed below. From 2023-24 I gained mentorship in teaching, working closely with Huddersfield colleagues on module development, lecture-writing, and teaching new areas (WP 2). In digital terms, I gained hands-on experience editing a podcast for publication in 2024 (WP 2). From March-Dec 2023 I co-organized an international workshop that included secondary school students, undergraduates, and professional writers (WP 4). In terms of written and public dissemination (WP 6), I produced and contributed towards outcomes in a range of formats, including a podcast (EFACIS), radio programmes (BBC and HORADS), book chapter (de Gruyter handbook), peer-reviewed articles (Eire-Ireland and Irish University Review), book proposal (OUP), international workshop (U of Stuttgart), public talk (Heaney HomePlace), and keynote address at a major international conference (Boston College). These and any other significant outputs for project dissemination have been covered in the overview below.
A summary of the main results and overview of their dissemination:
- Amassed primary research material through visits to BBC Written Archive, BBC Sound Archive, BBC Northern Ireland Archive, Stuart Rose Library, and RTE Archive.
- Acted as academic consultant on BBC Radio 3 feature, Most Contrary Region, Nov 2022.
- Published an article entitled ‘Seamus Heaney’s Audio Archive’ in the journal Eire-Ireland in April 2023.
- Delivered a public talk entitled ‘Writing on Air: Broadcasting Poetry’ at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, in April 2023.
- Delivered a keynote lecture at the Seamus Heaney Afterlives conference at Boston College in Nov 2023.
- Organized and participated in a two-day workshop on Sensing Sound at the University of Stuttgart, Germany in Dec 2023.
- Published an EFACIS podcast on poetry and sound with Scott McKendry and Jessica Bundschuh in Mar 2024.
- Submitted ‘“Resistance to the medium”: Derek Mahon’s Adaptive Media’ to Irish University Review in 2024.
- Submitted proposal Writing on Air: Poetry and Broadcasting to Oxford UP in 2024.
- Completed two semesters of UG teaching in various modules at the U of Huddersfield from 2023-24.