Dr Catherine Wynne's Recognition (7)

Soldiers’ Stories: The Irish in the British Army
2024 - 2024

Description	An invited public lecture at the National Army Museum in London. The lecture explored the Irish soldier experience in the British army from the late Victorian period to the First World War through memoir, art, illustration and unpublished writings.
Research Themes	Specialist Research - Other
Research Centres/Groups	Cultures of Incarcertion Centre
URL	https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/soldiers-stories-irish-british-army

The Irish Soldier in the British Army in the Nineteenth Century
2024 - 2024

Description	Invited lecture at the West Cork History Festival (August 2024). https://westcorkhistoryfestival.org/2024-festival-watch-this-space/
Affiliated Organisations	00 Partner to be confirmed
Research Themes	Specialist Research - Other
Org Units	English

Post-show discussion of Blackeyed Theatre's Dracula, Derby Theatre
2024 - 2024

Description	Post-show discussion with Nick Lane, the writer and director of Blackeyed's Theatre's Dracula, and Harry Rundle (Arthur Holmwood/Count Dracula), and Professor Matthew Cheesman (University of Derby) at Derby Theatre. https://derbytheatre.co.uk/event/dracula/
Research Themes	Cultural and Creative Industries
Research Centres/Groups	Cultures of Incarcertion Centre Larkin Centre for Poetry and Creative Writing
Org Units	English
URL	https://derbytheatre.co.uk/event/dracula/

Why the old-school horror of The Birds speaks to 21st-century anxieties
2023 - 2023

Description	'Why the old-school horror of The Birds speaks to 21st-century anxieties' CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed A radio documentary for CBC's prestigious Ideas celebrating the 60th anniversary of Hitchcock's The Birds and discussing Daphne du Maurier's 'The Birds' on which the Hitchcock film was based.
Research Themes	Energy, Environment and Sustainability
Research Centres/Groups	Cultures of Incarcertion Centre
Org Units	Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education
URL	https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-birds-hitchcock-film-horror-metaphor-1.6957945

'Why vampire stories simply won't go away' (Deutsche Welle)
2022

Description	Interviewed on location in Whitby for Deutsche Welle programme on vampires. The programme was released on 31 October 2022 and is available to view on DW Made for Minds (https://www.dw.com/en/why-vampire-stories-simply-wont-go-away/video-63589572) and on youtbube. Programme description: "Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" was published 125 years ago. It became a worldwide classic as an early work in a genre that is booming today. We explore this success story and travel in Bram Stoker's footsteps to Whitby, in northeast England."
Org Units	Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education
URL	https://www.dw.com/en/why-vampire-stories-simply-wont-go-away/video-63589572

Britain By Beach
2021 - 2021

Description	Consultant on Bram Stoker and Dracula on Channel 4 TV series 'Britain by Beach' (aired on 27 November at 8pm).
Research Centres/Groups	Larkin Centre for Poetry and Creative Writing
Org Units	ZZ (Archived) Department of English and American Studies
URL	https://www.channel4.com/programmes/britain-by-beach/on-demand/73058-004

Yorkshire Post interview for 'Britain by Beach'
2021 - 2021

Description	Interviewed by Alexandra Wood on Channel 4 programme 'Britain by Beach'. I was academic consultant and interviewee on the Whitby part of the programme which focused on Bram Stoker and Dracula.
Research Centres/Groups	Larkin Centre for Poetry and Creative Writing
URL	https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/anita-rani-revisits-childhood-holiday-haunts-at-scarborough-and-whitby-in-saturdays-channel-4-britain-by-beach-3468853