Loic Wright is a PhD candidate in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin (UCD). He holds a joint honours bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish, and a Master’s degree in Anglo-Irish Literature and Culture from UCD. His PhD research interrogates how concepts of masculinity and manhood were measured and promoted in mid-Twentieth Century Ireland through the lens of Irish fiction between 1930 and 1960. Loic also works at the James Joyce Cultural Centre in Dublin where he helps co-ordinate cultural events, workshops, and literary tours of Joyce’s Dublin and the Irish literary tradition.

loic.wright@ucdconnect.ie