Trinity Vice Provost Chris Morash 22.8.18 Pic Paul Sharp/SHARPPIX
Trinity Vice Provost Chris Morash 22.8.18 Pic Paul Sharp/SHARPPIX

Chris
Morash (Non-Voting Chair)

Years: 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Chris Morash is the Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing in Trinity College Dublin.  His most recent book, Dublin: A Writer’s City was published in 2023. He is currently editing the Cambridge History of the Irish Novel and writing a new book about Irish literary salons.  He was the 2022 Macgeorge Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and curated the Unseen Plays series for the Abbey Theatre (2021).

Chris Morash is the Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing in Trinity College Dublin.  His most recent book, Dublin: A Writer’s City was published in 2023. He is currently editing the Cambridge History of the Irish Novel and writing a new book about Irish literary salons.  He was the 2022 Macgeorge Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and curated the Unseen Plays series for the Abbey Theatre (2021).

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