Media

Media appearances

  • Should Shakespeare be optional for the Leaving Cert? on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live (23/09/25). Available here.
  • What literary references is Taylor Swift making with her new album? on Newstalk’s Moncrieff (15/08/25). Available here.
  • The Irish-Caribbean Connection: Unmasking Myths with Dr Ellen Howley on The Moreish Podcast (03/06/25). Available here.
  • Austen is not all balls & bonnets on RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor Show (16/03/25). Available here.
  • Can students read long books anymore? on RTÉ’s Drivetime (08/10/24). Available at 1:22 here.
  • Do you understand Gen Z lingo? on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live (23/07/24). Available here.
  • TV Catchphrases on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live (24/06/24). Available here.
  • The best Irish slang phrases on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live (11/06/24). Available here.
  • ‘It cements her iconic status’ – London museum seeking Taylor Swift superfan on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live (23/02/24). Available here.
  • Barbie to be added to the Leaving Certificate English curriculum on Newstalk’s Moncrieff (19/02/24). Available here.
  • College Courses on Taylor Swift on RTÉ Radio One’s Drivetime (14/08/23). Available here.
  • Should we study Taylor Swift in university Literature courses? on Newstalk’s Moncrieff (14/08/23). Available here.
  • Mentioned in Waterford News & Star piece about Bloomsday event: Former Irish Ambassador to U.S. Waterford-bound to Celebrate James Joyce (Online 27/05/23).
  • Quoted in Sunday Independent‘s piece: ‘Audiences expect something a little steamy’ – Why TV adaptations add S&M and sex scenes to the classics (Online 07/04/23). Available here.
  • James Joyce in the Caribbean on Newstalk’s Moncrieff (29/08/22). Available here.
  • UCD Humanities Institute panel discussion on the Blue Humanities from the Empire and Ecologies Symposium (01/07/21). Available here.

Videos

A selection of videos produced by Ellen. Videos can be viewed by clicking on the image.

Sea Craft: The Watery Poetics of Ireland and the Caribbean. Presented at Empire and Ecologies Conference, July 2021.

“Encountering the Middle Passage in Derek Walcott’s Omeros and “The Schooner Flight”. Presented at the Haunted Shores Conference, April 2021.

Video produced for the USI-IRC “Why Research Matters Competition” 2020.

Module Trailer for a third-year module on Caribbean Literature at Dublin City University.

Module trailer for a second-year course on Empire and Postcolonial Writing at Dublin City University.