Joseph Matthew Greenwood, PhD
Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature
Introduction
Having joined UKH in 2018, Dr. Joseph Greenwood is an Assistant Professor in English Literature, and Coordinator of the MA in English Literature, within the English Language Department. He currently teaches on the BA in English, and the MA in English Literature, programmes.
Education
- - PhD in Drama, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, 2014.
- - MA in Irish Theatre and Culture, [Distinction], Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, 2010.
- - BA (Hons), English Literature [First Class Honours], Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, 2009.
Research
Dr. Joseph Greenwood’s primary research interests, focus on different playwrights’ incorporation of traditional and popular songs within a dramatic context. Treating these songs as a form of social or communal memory, the scholarship analyses how the songs, therefore, might profoundly impact upon an audience’s reception of the theatrical event. As well as having had a number of articles appearing in peer reviewed journals, he has also written a published monograph, “Hear My Song”: Irish Theatre and Popular Song in the 1950s and 1960s (Peter Lang Publishers, 2018). For the past 2 years, he has been researching into how Shakespeare employed quotidian songs within his plays, to enhance an audience’s emotive response, and to manipulate their narrative expectations. Dr. Joseph Greenwood is also currently involved in a collaborative research project, which is exploring the relationship between traditional songs and the performance of Kurdish identities; the latest findings have been presented at two international conferences in 2023, and publications are scheduled for 2024.
Professional Membership
- ISA (International Sociological Association)