Oral History Interview with Mairéad Byrne, June 1, 2007

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Mairéad Byrne, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Andrew Martinez, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
RISD Archives, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

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Interview of Mairéad Byrne, conducted by Andrew Martinez in Providence, RI on June 1, 2007 for European Honors Program (EHP) documentation. Byrne speaks of the topics her class focused on when she was a short term visiting critic for the RISD European Honors Program (EHP), including Italian Futurism and visual poetry. Byrne also recalls different places she visited in Rome, such as the Non-Catholic cemetery and the Pantheon. Along with this, Byrne discusses how the freedom of the EHP influenced her own teaching style and poetry.

Recorded by Peter O'Neill and Andrew Martinez for European Honors Program documentation. Made possible in part through a gift from William Whelan and family in memory of John Whelan, RISD Class of 1937.

Biographical/Historical Note

Mairéad Byrne is an author and educator who has taught Poetry and Poetics at the Rhode Island School of Design since 2002. At RISD, she served as chief critic for the European Honors Program in Rome in 2013 and was honored with the John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2016. Byrne received a Higher Diploma in Education from Trinity College Dublin in 1994, an MA in American Literature from Purdue University in 1996, a PhD in Theory and Cultural Studies from the Purdue University Department of English in 2001, and an MA in Gaelic Literature from the University College Cork Department of Modern Irish in 2022.

Bryne is interviewed in 2007 for a documentary on RISD’s European Honors Program. Produced by Peter O'Neill and Andrew Martinez.

Recommended Citation

Byrne, Mairéad; Martinez, Andrew; and Archives, RISD, "Oral History Interview with Mairéad Byrne, June 1, 2007" (2007). RISD Oral History Project. 29.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/archives_oralhistories/29