Cliona Hensey

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Research activity per year

Research Interests

Postcolonial studies; trauma studies; memory studies; Algerian War; harkis; ecocriticism and ecopoetics

Teaching Interests

French literature (18th, 19th, 20th, 21st centuries); French language and grammar

Biography

Teaching assistant and early-career researcher in French and Francophone Studies

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, PhD, University of Galway

Award Date: 1 Jan 2018

Masters, MA, University of Galway

Award Date: 1 Jan 2013

Bachelor, BA

Award Date: 1 Jan 2012

External positions

Teaching assistant, University of Limerick

1 Sep 2023 → …

University Teacher, University of Limerick

1 Sep 2022 → …

Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow; Teaching Assistant, BA French, University of Galway

1 Jan 2020 → …

Teaching assistant, University of Galway

1 Sep 2019 → …

Teaching assistant, University of Galway

1 Sep 2018 → …

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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5 Article
2 Chapter
1 Book

Reconstructive Memory Work: Trauma, Witnessing and the Imagination in Writing by Female Descendants of Harkis
Hensey, C., 2023, Liverpool University Press.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Introduction: From the Algerian War of Independence to the Post-Colonial Mise en Scène of Memory
Hensey, C., 2022, In: Contemporary French Civilisation. p. -
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
“(Re)constructing Ambivalent Identities in Zahia Rahmani’s France: Récit d’une enfance (2006) and Alice Zeniter’s L’art de perdre (2017)
Hensey, C., 18 Dec 2024, In: Francosphères. 13, 2, p. 129 148 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Affronter les ogres: Subversive Storytelling in Dalila Kerchouche’s Mon père, ce Harki (2003) and Zahia Rahmani’s “Musulman”: Roman (2005)
Hensey, C., 1 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) Disruptive Discourses by Francophone Women. Gallis, P., Gorman, C. & Rodgers, J. (eds.). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Au désert jai dû me rendre: The desert as hybrid space of mobility and immobility in Zahia Rahmanis Musulman: Roman
Hensey, C., 2020, Écrire la mobilité. Éditions Paradigme
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

4 Membership of council
2 Publication Peer-review
1 Editorial work
1 Visiting an external academic institution

Aigne (Journal)
Hensey, C. (Reviewer)
1 Jul 2025 → 31 Aug 2025
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Contemporary French Civilisation (Journal)
Hensey, C. (Reviewer)
Dec 2022
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Contemporary French Civilisation (Journal)
Hensey, C. (Member of editorial board)
Sep 2022
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Mary Immaculate College
Hensey, C. (Visiting researcher)
May 2022
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
ADEFFI (Association of French and Francophone Studies in Ireland) (External organisation)
Hensey, C. (Member)
1900
Activity: Membership › Membership of council