Niamh Ahern
DPhil Candidate
New College
Research interests: book history, literary sociology, form, canonicity, South African literature, American literature, comparative literature, editing
Supervisor: Professor Peter McDonald
Education: BA (Music, Psychology and Afrikaans) and BA Honours (Afrikaans), University of Cape Town; MSt (World Literatures in English), University of Oxford
Conference papers
- “AIDS Research, Treatment, & Activism in UCT's Archival Holdings—Collections, Description, & Access.” International Association for Media and History Conference. University of Cape Town, 30 June 2025
- “Hauntology, place, and enfreakment: A comparative analysis of selected Afrikaans and Appalachian gothic novels.” Student Symposium—South African Academy for Art and Science. 28 February 2025, Online.
Book reviews
- “Review of Ivan Vladislavić’s The Near North.” New Contrast, vol. 52, no. 205, pp. 99-101, May 2024.
- “Review of Soekenjin by Bibi Slippers.” New Contrast, vol. 51, no. 204, pp. 94-96, November 2023.
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant, “Madness in South African Literature” (a third-year seminar for English undergraduates at the University of Cape Town). 2025.
