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Dr. Gilbert Carr
Fellow Emeritus, German

Biography

Born in London, I became an Irish citizen in 2017. I studied German and Russian at Durham University, U.K. (B.A. 1966, Ph.D. in 1972), including one year of study at the University of Würzburg and one year of postgraduate research in Vienna. I was a lecturer in German at Trinity College, Dublin from 1969 to 1984 (awarded an M.A. juris officii in 1973). I am an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (University of Munich 1980, University of Göttingen 1992), and was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Essen in 1987. At Trinity, I was Senior Lecturer in German from 1984 to 2008, and was elected a Fellow in 1999. From 1996 to 1999 I was Director of European Studies, and from 2006 to 2008 I was Head of the Department of Germanic Studies. I retired in September 2008.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

The German syllabus at Trinity College Dublin from 1873 to 1972 and beyond in, editor(s)Gisela Holfter , Rückblicke und Reflektionen " A History of German Studies in Ireland. , Trier, WVT, 2023, pp33-47 , [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2023

Gilbert Carr, Robert Scheu's `Englische Reise' (1898), Austrian Studies:: Austrian Travel Writing, ed. by Florian Krobb and Caitriona Leahy, 31, 2023, p68-87 Journal Article, 2023

Gilbert Carr, Review of Songs for a Revolution. The 1848 Protest Song Tradition in Germany (Camden House 2020)., by Eckhard John and David Robb. , Germanistik in Ireland 17: Explorations in Literary History / Literatur-geschichtliche Erkundungen. Festschrift in Honour of Florian Krobb., 17, ( ), 2022, p239-241 Review, 2022

Gilbert Carr, Review of Musil-Forum. Studien zur Literatur der klassischen Moderne. Vol. 36 (2019/2020) [De Gruyter 2021], by Norbert Christian Wolf and Rosemarie Zeller (Eds.) , Austrian Studies 30: Anthropocene Austria. , 30, 2022, p208-210 Review, 2022

Bildungsweg in, editor(s)Katharina Prager, Simon Ganahl. , Karl Kraus-Handbuch. Leben - Werk - Wirkung, , Berlin, Metzler, 2022, pp29-39 , [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2022

Gilbert Carr , Review of Jens Malte Fischer: Karl Kraus. Der Widersprecher. Biografie (2020) and Ari Linden: Karl Kraus and the Discourse of Modernity (2020), Austrian Studies, 29, 2021, p188-192 Review Article, 2021

Ice and Fire: From Christoph Ransmayr to Ernst Weiß. in, editor(s)Caitríona Leahy, Marcel Illetschko , Mapping Ransmayr. Kartierungsversuche zum Werk von Christoph Ransmayr, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2021, pp135 - 149, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2021

Gilbert Carr [with Judith Beniston, Deborah Holmes and Ulrike Tanzer], Obituary: W. E. (Gar) Yates 1938-2021, Austrian Studies, 29, 2021, p161-165 Journal Article, 2021

Gilbert Carr, Review of Nexus. Essays in German Jewish Studies. Volume 3 (2017), by Eds. William Collins Donahue & Martha B. Helfer , Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 19, (1), 2020, p113-114 Review, 2020

Gilbert Carr, Review of Berthold Viertel. Eine Biografie der Wiener Moderne. Vienna, Cologne, Weimar: Böhlau Verlag. 2018., by Katharina Prager , Austrian Studies , 28, 2020, p198-200 Review, 2020

Gilbert Carr, Demolierung - Gründung - Ursprung. Zu Karl Kraus' frühen Schriften und zur frühen 'Fackel'., Würzburg, Königshausen & Neumann, 2019, 7 - 885pp Book, 2019

Gilbert Carr, Review of Habsburgs 'Dark Continent'. Postkoloniale Lektüren zur österreichischen Literatur und Kultur im langen 19. Jahrhundert, (Kultur - Herrschaft - Differenz, 23) Tübingen 2018, by Clemens Ruthner , ,Austrian Studies, 27, 2019, p158-160 Review, 2019

Gilbert Carr, Review of Karl Kraus im Urteil literarischer und publizistischer Kritk: Texte und Kontexte, Analysen und Kommentare, vol. 1: 1892-1945; vol. 2: 1945-2016, by Dietmar Goltschnigg (Ed.) , Modern Language Review, 114, (Part 1), 2019, p164-166 Review, 2019

Die Sachlichkeit der literarischen Polemik in, editor(s)Katharina Prager , Geist versus Zeitgeist: Karl Kraus in der Ersten Republik, Vienna, Metroverlag, 2018, pp141 - 143, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2018

Hermann Bahr als Kritiker und Porträtist in, editor(s)Tomislav Zelić , Traditionsbrüche. Neue Forschungsansätze zu Hermann Bahr, Frankfurt a. M. etc:, Peter Lang, 2016, pp33 - 48, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2016

Gilbert Carr, Review of Dynamik der Kreise, Resonanz der Räume. Die schöpferischen Impulse der Wiener Moderne, (Enzyklopädie des Wiener Wissens, vol. XVII Wiener Moderne) , by Edward Timms , Austrian Studies, 24, 2016, p246-248 Review, 2016 URL

Gilbert Carr, Review of Detlev von Liliencron entdeckt, gefeiert und gelesen von Karl Kraus., by Joachim Kersten & Friedrich Pfäfflin (eds.) , Austrian Studies, 24, 2016, p230-232 Review, 2016 URL

Gilbert Carr, "Karl Kraus, Heinrich Mann und die Folgen", in: Heinrich Mann-Jahrbuch 31 (2013), pp. 131-158., Heinrich Mann-Jahrbuch , 31, 2013, 131 - 158 Journal Article, 2013

Gilbert Carr, Review of Heinrich Mann: Essays und Publizistik. Kritische Gesamtausgabe. Bd. 2: Oktober 1904 bis Oktober 1918. Eds. Wolfgang Klein et al. Bielefeld: Aisthesis-Verlag 2012, Zeitschrift für Germanistik, New Series, Vol. 23, (No. 2), 2013, p437-439. Review, 2013

Gilbert Carr, Review of Zur Aktualität von Karl Kraus' "Letzten Tagen der Menschheit". Ein Vortrag, by Sigurd Paul Scheichl , Austrian Studies, vol 21, 2013, p226-227 Review, 2013

"Time and space in the Café Griensteidl and the Café Central" in, editor(s)Charlotte Ashby, Tag Gronberg and Simon Shaw-Miller, , Viennese Café and fin-de-siècle Culture, New York, Oxford, Berghahn, 2013, pp32 - 49, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2013

Gilbert Carr, Review of Contested Passions. Sexuality, Eroticism, and Gender in Modern Austrian Literature and Culture, (Peter Lang 2011), by Clemens Ruthner and Raleigh Whitinger, (Eds) , Austrian Studies, vol 20, 2012, p231-232 Review, 2012

Satirische Zeitspiegelungen in Maximilian Hardens "Die Zukunft" in, editor(s)Roland Berbig, Iwan-Michelangelo D'Aprile, Helmut Peitsch and Erhard Schütz , Berlins 19. Jahrhundert. Ein Metropolen-Kompendium, Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 2011, pp229 - 243, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2011

Gilbert Carr, Review of Karl Kraus als Leser von Charles Baudelaire und Oscar Wilde, Innsbruck, Vienna, Bozen: Studienverlag 2009, , by Cristiano Bianchi , Austrian Studies, 18:, 2010, p205-207 Review, 2010

Gilbert Carr, Review of Jedes Wort wandelt die Welt: Dolf Sternbergers politische Sprachkritik (Göttingen: Wallstein. 2007), by William J. Dodd , Modern Language Review , 104, (3), 2009, p915-917 Review, 2009

Gilbert Carr, Review of Aus großer Nähe. Karl Kraus in Berichten von Weggefährten und Widersachern. (Bibliothek Janowitz 16) Göttingen 2008, by (Ed.) Friedrich Pfäfflin , Austrian Studies, 17, 2009, p197-199 Review, 2009

Gilbert J. Carr and Caitríona Leahy, Fünfzig Jahre Staatsvertrag: Schreiben, Identität und das unabhängige Österreich. The State Treaty Fifty Years on: Writing, Identity and Austrian Independence. Internationales Symposium, Trinity College, Dublin, 25.-26. November 2005., Munich, iudicium, 2008, 1 - 174pp Book, 2008

Gilbert Carr, Review of Theater über Theater. Parodie und Moderne 1870-1914. Bielefeld: Aithesis Verlag 2006 and Wien parodiert. Theatertexte um 1900. Wien: Praesens Verlag 2007 , by Nikola Roßbach , Nestroyana. Blätter der Internationalen Nestroy-Gesellschaft , 28, (1-2), 2008, p90-93. Review, 2008

Austrian literature and the coffee-house before 1890 in, editor(s)Judith Beniston and Deborah Holmes , From Ausgleich to Jahrhundertwende: Literature and Culture 1867-1890., Leeds, Maney for MHRA, 2008, pp154 - 171, [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 2008

Introduction in, editor(s)Gilbert J. Carr and Caitríona Leahy , Fünfzig Jahre Staatsvertrag: Schreiben, Identität und das unabhängige Österreich/ The State Treaty Fifty Years on: Writing, Identity and Austrian Independence. , Munich, 2008, pp1 - 27, [Caitríona Leahy and Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2008

"The 'Habsburg myth', ornament and metaphor: Adolf Loos, Karl Kraus and Robert Musil" in, editor(s)Judith Beniston, Robert Vilain, Ritchie Robertson , Austrian Studies 15: Austrian Satire and Other Essays. Studies in Honour of Edward Timms, Leeds, Maney, 2007, pp65 - 79, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2007

Gilbert Carr, Robert Scheu's 'Die Konversation in der Ehe'. An exercise in translation , Germanistik in Irland, 2, 2007, p47-60 Journal Article, 2007

Gilbert Carr, 'Mit einem kleinen Ruck, wie beim Kinematographen'. From the unmaking of Professor Unrat to an unmade 'Der blaue Engel', Amsterdamer Beiträge zur Neueren Germanistik 63, Processes of transposition. German Literature and Film , NUI Galway, April 2004, edited by Christiane Schönfeld, Hermann Rasche , Rodopi, 2007, pp119-131 Conference Paper, 2007

Gilbert Carr, Figures of repetition: Continuity and discontinuity in Karl Kraus's satire , Modern Language Review, 102, 2007, 768-80 Journal Article, 2007

Gilbert Carr, Review of Brückenschlag zwischen Disziplinen. Fritz Mauthner als Schriftsteller, Kritiker und Kulturtheoretiker, Wuppertal: Arco Wissenschaft 2004, by Elisabeth Leinfellner, Jörg Thunecke (Eds.) , Modern Language Review, 101, (2), 2006, p581-3 Review, 2006

Gilbert J. Carr, Review of Semmering 1912. Ein altbekanntes Buch und ein neuentdecktes Photoalbum. By Peter Altenberg. Ed. by Leo Lensing and Andrew Barker, Austrian Studies, 12, 2004, p294-295 Review, 2004

Gilbert J. Carr, "Ein 'Heiratsbureau der Gedanken' in der Wiener Jahrhundertwende: Zum kulturpolitischen Versuch Robert Scheus um 1900" , Netzwerke. Eine Kulturtechnik der Moderne, (Literatur - Kultur - Geschlecht, 29) , Dublin (UCD), 2002, edited by Jürgen Barkhoff, Hartmut Böhme, Jeanne Riou , Cologne, Weimar, Vienna: Böhlau, 2004, pp197 - 213 Conference Paper, 2004

Gilbert Carr, Review of Rebellakatzenthier und Artilleriehund. Die Affäre Adele Sandrocks mit Alexander Roda 1900/1901. Mit einer Edition sämtlicher Korrespondenzen, by Oskar Pausch , Nestroyana. Blätter der Internationalen Nestroy-Gesellschaft , 23, (3-4), 2003, p206-7 Review, 2003

Gilbert J. Carr, "Kryptomnesie und Intertextualität: Die Czernowitzer 'Irrenhauslyrik'-Affäre", Akten des X. Internationalen Germanistenkongresses Wien 2000. "Zeitenwende - Die Germanistik auf dem Weg vom 20. ins 21. Jahrhundert". Vol. 10: Geschlechterforschung und Literaturwissenschaft. Literatur und Psychologie. Medien und Literatur, (Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik. Reihe A: Kongreßberichte, 62) , Vienna, 2000, edited by Peter Wiesinger et al. , Bern etc.: Peter Lang, 2003, pp281 - 286 Conference Paper, 2003

Gilbert J. Carr, "Love, distance, bereavement: New sources for Karl Kraus's relationships", Austrian Studies, 11, 2003, p196-202 Review, 2003

"Karl Kraus, Robert Scheu und die Zeitungsgründung" in, editor(s)Wolfgang Hackl, Kurt Krolop et al. , Wortverbunden - Zeitbedingt. Perspektiven der Zeitschriftenforschung. , Innsbruck, Studien Verlag, 2001, pp137 - 146, [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 2001

Gilbert J. Carr, "Corridors of power and whispered plots: The banning of Otto Stoessl's and Robert Scheu's Waare in 1897/1898" , From Perinet to Jelinek. Viennese theatre in its political and intellectual context, (Britische und irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur 28), Oxford, 2000, edited by W.E.Yates, Allyson Fiedler, John Warren , Bern etc: Peter Lang 2001, 2001, pp127 - 141 Conference Paper, 2001

Gilbert J. Carr, "The 'young' Kraus and the 'old' Burgtheater: Sources and interpretations", Karl Kraus und 'Die Fackel'. Aufsätze zur Rezeptionsgeschichte. Reading Karl Kraus. Essays on the reception of 'Die Fackel', University of London, 1999, edited by Gilbert Carr, Edward Timms , Munich: Iudicium, 2001, pp23 - 39 Conference Paper, 2001

Gilbert J. Carr, Edward Timms (ed.), Karl Kraus und 'Die Fackel'. Aufsätze zur Rezeptionsgeschichte. Reading Karl Kraus. Essays on the reception of 'Die Fackel', University of London, 1999, Munich, Iudicium, 2001, 3 - 246 p Proceedings of a Conference, 2001

Vorwort / Foreword in, editor(s)Gilbert J. Carr, Edward Timms , Karl Kraus und 'Die Fackel'. Aufsätze zur Rezeptionsgeschichte. Reading Karl Kraus. Essays on the reception of 'Die Fackel', München, Iudicium, 2001, pp9-19 , [Gilbert J. Carr, Edward Timms ] Book Chapter, 2001

Jürgen Barkhoff, Gilbert Carr, Roger Paulin. Foreword by Wolfgang Frühwald. (ed.), Das schwierige 19. Jahrhundert. Germanistische Tagung zum 65. Geburtstag von Eda Sagarra im August 1998. (Studien und Texte zur Sozialgeschichte der Literatur, 77), Dublin (TCD), 1998, Tübingen: Niemeyer , 2000, V-XI, 1-587 p Proceedings of a Conference, 2000

Gilbert J. Carr, "Entgleisung und Dekonstruktion. Theodor Fontanes Die Brück' am Tay", Das schwierige 19. Jahrhundert, Dublin (TCD), 1998, edited by Jürgen Barkhoff, Gilbert Carr, Roger Paulin , Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2000, pp319 - 333 Conference Paper, 2000

Gilbert J. Carr, "Zwischen Kaffeehaus, Gerichtssaal und Presse: Zur Entstehung und Rezeption von Karl Kraus' Die demolirte Literatur", Wien 1897 - Kulturgeschichtliches Profil eines Epochenjahres, (Reihe 'Musikleben' - Studien zur Musikgeschichte Österreichs 8), Vienna (Musikhochschule), 1997, edited by Christian Glanz , Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1999, pp155 - 172 Conference Paper, 1999

Gilbert J. Carr, "The 'body economic' in contemporary critiques of First World War propaganda", Forum for Modern Language Studies, 34, 1998, p366 - 379 Journal Article, 1998

"Bloodshed in the Balkans: Robert Scheu, Karl Kraus and a question of satire" in, editor(s)John R. McKenzie, Lesley Sharpe , The Austrian Comic Tradition. Studies in honour of W. E. Yates. Austrian Studies IX, Edinburgh, Edinburgh U.P. , 1998, pp160 - 175, [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1998

Gilbert J. Carr, "Houston Stewart Chamberlain's Foundations and other constructions of the turn of the century" , Metaphor and rational discourse , Dublin (TCD), 1995, edited by eds. Bernhard Debatin, Timothy R. Jackson, Daniel Steuer , Tübingen: Niemeyer , 1997, pp189 - 199 Conference Paper, 1997

Gilbert J. Carr (Ed.), Karl Kraus - Otto Stoessl, Briefwechsel. , Vienna, Deuticke, 1996, 3 - 288pp Book, 1996

Gilbert J. Carr, Review of Die Wiener Jahrhundertwende, by Jürgen Nautz, Richard Vahrenkamp (eds.) , Austrian Studies, 7, 1996, p201-205 Review, 1996

"Karl Kraus und die Moderne" in, editor(s)Hans-Joachim Piechotta, R. R. Wuthenow, Sabine Rothemann , Die Literarische Moderne in Europa. Bd.1: Erscheinungsformen literarischer Prosa um die Jahrhundertwende, Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, pp503 - 517, [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1994

Gilbert J. Carr, "Alfred Kerr, Theodor Wolff und Max Reinhardt" , Kraus-Hefte, (69), 1994, p9 - 12 Journal Article, 1994

Gilbert J. Carr, "Zwischen Neoklassik und Satire: Otto Stoessl - Samuel Lublinski - Karl Kraus" , Modern Austrian Literature, 27, (2), 1994, p21 - 38 Journal Article, 1994

Gilbert J. Carr, "Keine posthume Polemik Karl Kraus'", Kraus-Hefte, (71/72), 1994, p24 Journal Article, 1994

Gilbert J. Carr, · "Satire from the German Naturalists? Karl Kraus's planned anthology", German Life and Letters, 46, 1993, p120 - 133 Journal Article, 1993

Gilbert J. Carr, Zu Kraus' polemischen Aphorismen gegen Fritz Wittels, Kraus-Hefte, (65), 1993, p9 - 12 Journal Article, 1993

Gilbert J. Carr, "Otto Stoessls frühes Urteil über Karl Kraus", Kraus-Hefte, (66), 1993, p2-5 Journal Article, 1993

Gilbert J. Carr, "Neudeutsch", Kraus-Hefte, (63), 1992, p7 Journal Article, 1992

Gilbert J. Carr, "Konflikte um die Modernität? Das Volksstück um 1900" , Das zeitgenössische deutschsprachige Volksstück , Dublin (UCD), 1991, edited by Ulrike Hassel, Herbert Herzmann , Tübingen: Franke, 1992, pp13 - 22 Conference Paper, 1992

Gilbert J. Carr, "'Alle zehn Tage anatomiere ich die deutsche Sprache'. Zum unveröffentlichten Briefwechsel Karl Kraus' mit Otto Stoessl" , Wirkendes Wort, 41, (1), 1991, p62 - 72 Journal Article, 1991

Gilbert J. Carr, "'Jerusalem'. Nochmals zu Chamberlain und Kraus", Kraus-Hefte, (60), 1991, p1 - 4 Journal Article, 1991

"Kaffeehaus und Großstadt in der Wiener Literatur um 1900" in, editor(s)Eda Sagarra , Deutsche Literatur in sozialhistorischer Perspektive. Ein Dubliner Symposium, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 1989, pp146-162 , [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1989

Gilbert J. Carr, "Kraus' erste Grillparzer-Feier", Kraus-Hefte, (41), 1987, p8 Journal Article, 1987

Gilbert J. Carr, "Jugend", Kraus-Hefte, (38), 1986, p6 Journal Article, 1986

"Karl Kraus's reception of satire in his early career" in, editor(s)Sigurd Paul Scheichl, Edward Timms , Karl Kraus in neuer Sicht. Londoner Kraus-Symposium. Karl Kraus in a new perspective. London Kraus Symposium, Munich, Edition Text + Kritik, 1986, pp109-127 , [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1986

Nachwort in, editor(s)G. J. Carr, Eda Sagarra , Fin de Siecle Vienna, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 1985, pp208-219 , [Gilbett J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1985

G. J. Carr, Eda Sagarra(ed.), Fin de Siecle Vienna. Proceedings of the Second Irish Symposium in Austrian Studies held at Trinity College, Dublin 28.2.1985-2.3.1985, Dublin (Trinity College Dublin), 1985, 219 p Proceedings of a Conference, 1985

Gilbert J. Carr, "Kraus, Bleibtreu und Heine", Kraus-Hefte, (33), 1985, p3-5 Journal Article, 1985

"Nature and artificiality in Karl Kraus's early writings" in, editor(s)G. J. Carr, Eda Sagarra , Fin de Siecle Vienna, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 1985, pp104-125 , [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1985

Gilbert J. Carr, "Zu Oscar Wildes Aphorismen", Kraus-Hefte, (30), 1984, p8-9 Journal Article, 1984

Gilbert Carr, "'Organic' contradictions in Alfred Kerr's theatre criticism", Oxford German Studies, 14, 1983, p111-124 Journal Article, 1983

Gilbert J. Carr, "Hermann Bahrs angebliches Bleibtreu-Plagiat", Kraus-Hefte, (24), 1982, p15 Journal Article, 1982

G. J. Carr, Eda Sagarra(ed.), Irish Studies in Modern Austrian Literature, Dublin (Trinity College), 1982, 1982, 125 p Proceedings of a Conference, 1982

Karl Kraus and Sigmund Freud in, editor(s)G. J. Carr, Eda Sagarra , Irish Studies in Modern Austrian Literature, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 1982, pp1-30 , [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1982

Gilbert J. Carr, "Wedekind als Polyphem", Kraus-Hefte, (17), 1981, p6 Journal Article, 1981

Gilbert J. Carr, "Karl Kraus und Karl Bleibtreu", Kraus-Hefte, (19), 1981, p6-9 Journal Article, 1981

Nigel Glendinning, Goya and his critics, 1977, - 208-215 Translation, 1977

Gilbert J. Carr, "Gerhart Hauptmann's 'Fasching': the grandmother", New German Studies, 5, (1), 1977, p59-62 Journal Article, 1977

Gilbert Carr, "Literary historical trends and the history of the German syllabus at Trinity College Dublin, 1873-1972", Hermathena , 121, 1976, p36-53 Journal Article, 1976

Gilbert J. Carr, Zu den Briefen Else Lasker-Schülers an Karl Kraus. Eine Richtigstellung der Buchausgabe, Literatur und Kritik , (49 ), 1970, p549-556 Journal Article, 1970

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Gilbert Carr, 'Female Figure', Beyond the Frustrated Self. Overcoming Avoidant Patterns and Opening to Life, London, Karnac Books, 2014, - Illustration on Book Cover Visual art production, 2014

"Oskar Panizza's suppressed satire Die Unbefleckte Empfängnis der Päpste: The Festschrift of a blasphemer" in, editor(s)Gaby Behrens, Deirdre Byrnes, Hermann Rasche, Michael Shields , A Schriftfest for Róisín Ní Néill, Galway, Dept of German, NUI Galway, 2010, pp105 - 114, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2010

"Lion's heads - or just bricks and tiles? On satirical motifs and chance" in, Hermann Rasche, Christiane Schönfeld , Denkbilder. Festschrift für Eoin Bourke., Würzburg, Königshausen & Neumann, 2004, pp179 - 190, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 2004

"Leó Popper's review of György Lukács - The Soul and the Forms" in, editor(s)Eoin Bourke, Róisín Ní Néill & Michael Shields , Schein und Widerschein. Festschrift für T. J.Casey, Galway, Galway Univesity Press, 1997, pp260 - 269, [Gilbert Carr, Julia Tomkin] Book Chapter, 1997

"Bertolt Brechts 'Sonett Nr. 19' und das Examen: (un)gelernter Chor mit verteilten Rollen" in, editor(s)Hugh Ridley & Karen McPherson , Feste Freundschrift. Short essays in honour of Peter Johnson, Dublin, [U.C.D.], 1997, pp92 - 100, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 1997

"'Das Kriterium des Lyrischen' und die Lyriker der Vorkriegs-Fackel " in, Festschrift für Christian Wagenknecht zum 60. Geburtstag, Göttingen (Seminar für Deutsche Philologie), 1995, pp107 - 115, [Gilbert J. Carr] Book Chapter, 1995

In prison in a Prussian pub: 'Siberia' in 'Prussia'? in, editor(s)Peter Skrine, Rosemary Wallbank-Turner, Jonathan West , Connections. Essays in honour of Eda Sagarra on the occasion of her 60th birthday, Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Arbeiten zur Germanistik, 281, 1993, pp37 - 46, [Gilbert Carr] Book Chapter, 1993

Research Expertise

Description

My main research interests are in German and Austrian culture c. 1890-1930, especially the Viennese fin de siècle, First World War literature and propaganda, satire, literary journalism, literature and thought, theatre history and reception studies, textual and discourse analysis, text philology (editing archival sources).

Keywords

First World War literature and propaganda; German and Austrian culture c. 1890-1930; Literary journalism; Manuscript edition; Satire; Theatre history

Recognition

Representations

Peer reviewer of academic monographs for Yale U. P. 1985, 1990, 2005.

Peer reviewer for the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Austria. 1999, 2008, 2010

Extern assessor for Lectureships at UCD and DIT. 1996-1999

Member of assessment panels for Government of Ireland Scholarships. 1998-2002

Guest lecturer at the Universities of Groningen and Nijmegen, Netherlands, as part of the Ireland/ Netherlands cultural exchange programme. 1990

Editorial board of 'Austrian Studies' Yearbook 2003-

Extern examiner at the Universities of Edinburgh, Sussex, Hamburg and at University College Cork. 2000-2006

Peer Reviewer for Austrian Studies Yearbook and for Germanistik in Ireland 2011-2015

Peer reviewer for Austrian Academy of Sciences 2019-2021

Peer reviewer for Musil-Forum, University of Salzburg, Austria, 2020

Peer reviewer for Berghahn Books 2018

Peer reviewer for Edinburgh German Yearbook 2019

Awards and Honours

See CV

Memberships

Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland 1972 – present

Irish Mensa 1988 – 1991

Association of Third Level German Teachers in Ireland 2001 – present

Alexander von Humboldt Association of Ireland 2008 – present