Pól Ó Dochartaigh

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

Career

Ó Dochartaigh was born in Belfast where he attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast.[1] He then proceeded to University College Cardiff where he received a BA (Hons) in German in 1987. He proceeded to the University of Nottingham where he was awarded a PhD in German Literature in 1995.

He 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 National University of Ireland Galway where 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. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. O Dochartaigh, Pol (2004). Julius Pokorny, 1887-1970 : Germans, Celts and nationalism. Dublin: Four Courts. p. 185. ISBN 1851827692. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. O Dochartaigh, Pol (2016). Germans and Jews since the Holocaust. Basingstoke: Palgrave. p. 267. ISBN 9781403946836. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. "Pol O Dochartaigh". Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. "About the Deputy President". NUI Galway. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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