Prof. Ond艡ej Piln媒, Ph.D.

ondrej.pilny@aauni.edu

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Distinguished Senior Lecturer at Anglo-American University, and Professor of English and American Literature and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Charles University, 糖心Vlog. He is the author of two books, The Grotesque in Contemporary Anglophone Drama (2016) and Irony and Identity in Modern Irish Drama (2006) and editor of collections of essays and journal issues on subjects ranging from Anglophone drama and Irish literature to cultural memory and structuralist theory. His translations include plays by J.M. Synge, Brian Friel, Martin McDonagh, Enda Walsh and Mark O鈥橰owe, and Flann O鈥橞rien鈥檚 novel The Third Policeman. He is a past Chairperson of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures and former Vice-President of the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies.

Specializations

Modern and Contemporary Drama and Theatre, Literature and Politics, Irish Studies

Publications & Other Activities

Books (recent)

  • PILN脻, Ond艡ej, Radvan MARKUS, Daniela THEINOV脕, James LITTLE, eds. Ireland: Interfaces and Dialogues. Irish Studies in Europe series no. 11. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2022.
  • PILN脻, Ond艡ej, Ruud van den BEUKEN, Ian R. WALSH, eds. Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, 2021. Open Access.

Journal Issues (recent)

  • LAMPRECHT, Nathalie and Ond艡ej PILN脻, eds. 鈥淩evisiting Brendan Behan.鈥� Litteraria Pragensia 34.67 (2024). Open Access. 听
  • WALLACE, Clare and Ond艡ej PILN脻, eds. 鈥淒ialogue, Performance and the Body Politic in Contemporary Theatre.鈥� Litteraria Pragensia, 32.63 (2022). Open Access.

Book Chapters (recent)

  • PILN脻, Ond艡ej. 鈥淭he Central European Stage.鈥� James Moran, ed. Sean O鈥機asey in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. 329-39.
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥淭he Brothers 膶apek at the Gate: R.U.R. and The Insect Play.鈥� Piln媒, Ond艡ej, Ruud van den Beuken, Ian R. Walsh, eds. Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, 2021. 141-173. Open Access.听

Journal Articles (recent)

  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥淐ommunity and Manipulation in the 鈥楶arallel Worlds鈥� of Tim Crouch.鈥� Journal of Contemporary Drama in English 12.1 (2024): 94-109.
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥淎rt and Sustenance in the Work of Sara Baume.鈥� Irish Studies Review 32:2 (2024): 193-205. Open Access.听 听
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥溾�楢n extraordinary deposition鈥�: Enda Walsh鈥檚 Medicine.鈥� Litteraria Pragensia, 32.63 (2022): 76-87. Open Access. 听
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥淚rish Studies in Continental Europe.鈥� Irish University Review 50.1 (2020): 215-220.
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥溾�楿lster Says No鈥� 鈥� Again? David Ireland鈥檚 Cyprus Avenue, Clich茅, and Brexit.鈥� Hradec Kr谩lov茅 Journal of Anglophone Studies 6.1 (2019): 29-38. Open Access. 听
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥淐onstructing the Irish in Central Europe: German Travel Narratives and Czech Political Emancipation in the Mid-nineteenth Century.鈥� Journal of Irish Studies (IASIL Japan) 34 (October 2019): 11-25.
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥淎nxieties in Irish Theatre.鈥� Journal of Contemporary Drama in English 7.1 (2019): 29-45.