Dr Aedin Ni Loingsigh

Lectureship in French and Francophone

French University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Aedin Ni Loingsigh

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About me

About me

I am a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. I have lectured in the National University of Ireland Maynooth, Queen’s University Belfast and Edinburgh University. Before coming to Stirling I worked as a research assistant at the University of Liverpool and I also worked at the Scottish Qualifications Authority. My primary research and teaching interests are centred on Sub-Saharan African literary cultures with a particular emphasis on postcolonial travel and translation practices and cultures. Current research interests focus on vertical travel, journeying and the plantationocene, ecocriticism.

Research (1)

Sub-Saharan literature, postcolonialism, translation, travel writing, ecocriticism

Projects

Cuimhnichibh Oirnn — Remember Us (Dementia and Bilingualism)
PI: Dr Aedin Ni Loingsigh
Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Outputs (17)

Outputs

Book Chapter

Ni Loingsigh A (2023) From the Congo to Putumayo: towards a language-centred approach to testimony in Roger Casement’s investigative writings [Language-centred approaches in Roger Casements Investigative Writing]. In: Epinoux E & Healey F (eds.) Cultural Perspectives on the Irish in Latin America. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 134-50. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-3013-3


Website Content

Ni Loingsigh A (2022) 'Introduction' to Webdossier on African-Authored Travel Writing [African-Authored Travel Writing]. Leiden University African Studies Centre — Webdossiers (1) [Website] 03.03.2022. https://www.ascleiden.nl/content/webdossiers/african-authored-travel-writing


Book Chapter

Ni Loingsigh A (2020) Migrant Narratives. In: Pettinger A & Youngs T (eds.) Routledge Research Companion to Travel Writing. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 45-57. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Research-Companion-to-Travel-Writing-1st-Edition/Pettinger-Youngs/p/book/9781315613710


Book Chapter

Loingsigh AN (2019) Primitivism. In: Forsdick C, Kinsley Z & Walchester K (eds.) Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary. London: Anthem Press, pp. 202-204. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvg5bsp2.73


Book Chapter

Ni Loingsigh A (2019) Translation. In: Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary. London: Anthem Press, pp. 259-261. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvg5bsp2.92


Book Chapter

Ni Loingsigh A (2019) Ethnicity. In: Forsdick C, Kinsley Z & Walchester K (eds.) Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary. London: Anthem Press, pp. 84-86. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvg5bsp2.33


Book Chapter

Loingsigh AN (2019) Coevalness. In: Forsdick C, Kinsley Z & Walchester K (eds.) Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary. London: Anthem Press, pp. 45-47. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvg5bsp2.20


Book Chapter

Loingsigh AN (2019) Anthropology. In: Forsdick C, Kinsley Z & Walchester K (eds.) Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary. London: Anthem Press, pp. 13-15. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvg5bsp2.9


Book Chapter

Ni Loingsigh A (2016) African Travel Writing. In: Thompson C (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing. Routledge Literature Companions. London: Routledge, pp. 185-195. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Travel-Writing/Thompson/p/book/9780415825245


Authored Book

Ni Loingsigh A (2009) Postcolonial Eyes: Intercontinental Travel in Francophone African Literature. Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, 11. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/search/hfclient.isa?A=BOOKSONIX_LUP_BOOKSHOP&F=form&AS=FIND%7CIB%7C&AS2=%7CAND%7CU1%7CA/F&view=wrapper&AS1=%209781846310492