Marie Gemrichová is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Irish Studies at the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures. She studied for both her BA and MA at the department and was a visiting student at Trinity College Dublin (2015-2016). Her MA thesis discussed the novels of Dermot Healy and their use of memory concepts. Her PhD research focuses on the topic of individual, collective and cultural memory in post-agreement Northern Irish novels and analyses the portrayal of the Northern Irish conflict (The Troubles) in texts such as Anna Burns’ Milkman (2018) or Jan Carson’s The Raptures (2022). The dissertation methodology utilises concepts from philosophy and sociology of memory as well as from cognitive psychology.
Marie has previously worked as one of the editors of the student journal The Protagonist and as a student representative on the Board of EFACIS (European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies). She has presented parts of her research at international conferences such as EFACIS or IASIL. She has forthcoming articles in the journals Études Irlandaises and ABEI.
Contact: marie.gemrichova@ff.cuni.cz; mgemrichova@gmail.com
Grant projects:
2023–2024: GA UK (Principal Researcher): Memory in Post-Agreement Northern Irish Novel, n. 99623
Courses taught:
Contemporary Northern Irish Fiction: The Troubles Narratives and Beyond, Charles University, Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Summer Term 2024/2025
Conferences organised:
6th International Postgraduate Conference in Irish Studies (2023), co-organiser
Brendan Behan at 100: Legacy and New Directions (2023), co-organiser
EFACIS: Interfaces and Dialogues (2021), conference manager
Conference papers:
‘She was wary of where it was she came from’: Home as a Place of Connection and Estrangement in Anna Burns’ Fiction’, Place and Space in Contemporary English-Written Literature, Charles University, Prague, 2024.
‘Portraying a Generational Gap through Individual and Collective Memories in Contemporary Northern Irish Novel’, ASEN (Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism): Nationalism and Memory, Edinburgh, 2024.
‘Questions of Identity and Belonging: Journeys of Northern Irish Characters Moving within the Anglophone World in Nick Laird’s Novels’, SOFEIR (Société Française d’Études Irlandaises): Migrations, Grenoble, 2024.
‘Breaking the Binary: Portraying a Generational Gap in Contemporary Northern Irish Novel’, Reading Ireland in the Twenty-first Century: The 6th International Postgraduate Conference in Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, CU FA, Prague, 2023.
‘Memory of Brendan Behan in 20th and 21st Century Popular Music’, Brendan Behan at 100, Centre for Irish Studies, CU FA, Prague, 2023.
‘Haunted by the Future: Children, Parents and Community in Jan Carson’s The Raptures’, SOFEIR (Société Française d’Études Irlandaises), Lille, 2023.
‘Memory in Post-Agreement Northern Irish Novel’, 7th EFACIS PhD Seminar in Irish Studies, KU Leuven, 2022.
‘Boundaries and Border Crossing in Nick Laird’s Utterly Monkey’, IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literature), Limerick, 2022.
Reviews:
Review of Jan Carson’s Poetics of Care by Vanessa Boullet, Nathalie Collé, Monica Latham, Doriane Nemes and Pauline Schwaller (eds.) (2024), Review of Irish Studies in Europe Vol. 7 No. 2 (2024)
Review of Sounds Irish, Acts Global: Explaining the Success of Ireland’s Popular Music Industry by Michael Mary Muprhy and Jim Rogers (2023), Irish Studies Review Vol. 33, Issue 1 (2025)
Review of Belfast Punk and the Troubles: An Oral History by Fearghus Roulston (2022), Review of Irish Studies in Europe Vol 6, No. 2 (2023)
Review of Northern Ireland a Generation After Good Friday: Lost Futures and New Horizons in the ‘Long Peace’ by Colin Coulter, Peter Shirlow, Niall Gilmartin and Katy Hayward (2021), Irish Studies Review, Vol. 31 Issue 2 (2023)