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Dr Garrett Carr

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Dr Garrett Carr

Dr Garrett Carr

School of Arts, English and Languages

The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border (Faber & Faber, 2017) was widely discussed in the media and selected as a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Garrett frequently contributes to the press, the BBC and other broadcasters in Europe and beyond. He has presented many papers to conferences, primarily on cartography and writing about place. He curates a touring exhibition called Mapping Alternative Ulster. He has also published three young adult novels with Simon & Schuster.

Garrett’s research has a prominent place in international media discussions around Brexit, nationalism and landscape. It has helped frame those discussions in the wider context of the border’s past and lived present. The Rule of the Land has been abridged by BBC Radio 4 while press coverage has included The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and The New York Times. Reviews from journalists and the public indicate that Garrett’s research has shaped views on Ireland’s border while audience testimonials reveal the transformative effect of the Mapping Alternative Ulster exhibition.

Contact info

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  • g.carr@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 1076
  • @garrett_carr

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Young Adult Fiction

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • www.garrettcarr.net
  • www.mappingalternativeulster.net
  • Links to media stories: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/05/irish-border-brexiters-good-friday-agreement
  • https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/feb/18/walking-ireland-northern-ireland-border-country-garrett-carr-mountains-standing-stones
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion/sunday/northern-ireland-border-brexit.html

Research students

PhD Title "After Zero" (a novel) and "A Lesser-Known Silence: Selective Mutism in Novels for Young People" (a critical component)
Country USA
   
PhD Title  "12 Stories and a study of Nora Hoult”
Country  Republic of Ireland
   
PhD Title  "Straight and Narrow”
Country  United Kingdom
   
PhD Title  "May Merry (a novel) and 'To be Free and Lonely: The Legacy of Love and Transgression in the Novels of Kate O'Brien (critical component).”
Country  United Kingdom

 


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  • Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  • School of Arts, English and Languages
  • Garrett Carr is a Fellow of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice 
  • He is also a member of the Centre for Public History at Queen’s University

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