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Laurence Shine
Laurence Joseph Shine
Labhrás Seosaimh MacSheáin
176 Highgate Avenue
Buffalo, NY14215
(716) 832-1764
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Education
A.B.D., Comparative Literature, SUNY Buffalo, 1975-78.
Philosophy, literature and politics: Hegel, Heidegger, Joyce, Shakespeare, Goethe, Spengler, Brecht, Kojêve, Benjamin, Derrida, Barthes, Vico, modernism and post-modernism, sacrificial and mimetic theory, linguistics and systems analysis. Major professors: Rene Girard, Marc Shell, Homer Brown and Eugenio Donato. Passed doctoral candidacy exam with distinction. Dissertation topic: The Exiles Triangle: A Study of James Joyce and His Role in the Formation of a National Consciousness.
M.A., Comparative Literature, University of Georgia, 1975.
Achieved degree on completion of doctoral program (ABD). Thesis: The Thunderwords in Finnegans Wake. Modern French poetry, modern literary theory, and German, Italian and French literature.
Universität zu Köln, 1972-73.
On German Academic Exchange Scholarship. German literature and society, 1870-1933; Egyptology; Joyce (under Helmut Bonheim). Also eight weeks intensive German at the Goethe Institute, Donaueschingen, and six weeks intensive French at Alliance Française, Paris.
Undergraduate studies:
TrinityCollege, Dublin, 1967-69
UniversityCollege, Dublin, 1966-67
Honors Romance languages and literature; Honors History
Teaching and Other Relevant Experience
Lecturer and adjunct English instructor, Buffalo State College Buffalo, 1981-86, 1988-89, 1993 to present.
Three to four courses each semester. Composition (all levels and techniques), technical writing, Contemporary and American literature,
English, Irish literature and history, Joyce studies, world surveys, film courses, mimetic theory, modernism, Humanities courses, extensive portfolio experience, conferences, courses in classics and theology, ESL and disabilities experience, foreign student advisory, international student exchange.
Learning Communities 2003-present (“Vampire Slayers” “Underground America”, “Naked America” and “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”)
Learning Community course “Joyce and the City”: BSC students study abroad in DublinIreland (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
“It Happened Here” Theatrical performance by the Friends of the Buffalo Story at Canalside July 7 through August 11, 2014.
“The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses” Host and Presenter at the BurchfieldPenneyArtCenter, June 20, 2014
Julian R and Varue W Oishei Foundation, Board Member 2012
Presenter: “BeFour U2: The Early Roots of Irish Rock”. AlbrightKnoxArtGallery, February 5, 2010.
Co-Chairman, Eire on the Erie,North American James Joyce Conference Buffalo, NY, June 13-17, 2009.
Panel Participant: Reading Ulysses. Gusto at the Gallery. AlbrightKnoxArtGallery. February 6, 2009
Panel Participant: “Imperial Dreams: Donoghue and Cheng on Melville and Joyce. Gusto at the Gallery. AlbightKnoxArtGallery. March 7, 2008.
Presentation and Lecture: “James Joyce and the Visual Arts: Roll Away the Reel World”. Gusto at the Gallery. AlbrightKnoxArtGallery. February 1, 2008.
Panel Participant: “Irish Music in America”. Gusto at the Gallery. AlbrightKnoxArtGallery. November 30, 2007
Vice-President, riverrun_NA, a 501-3c sponsoring agency for cultural and intellectual events in the Niagara Region. July, 2007
Lecturer and panel participant: “Lincoln County Road or Armageddon? Billy the Kid and the Irish West. Buffalo and ErieCounty Public Library, Ring of Knowledge. April 28, 2007
Lecturer and panel participant: Reconsidering WB Yeats. Gusto at the Gallery. AlbrightKnoxArtGallery. April 20, 2007
Moderator, “Joyce with Gusto” at the AlbirghtKnoxArtGallery. February 2, 2007.
Moderator and Panel Member, “Samuel Beckett: Modernism to Minimalism” at the AlbrightKnoxArtGallery. November 3, 2006
Moderator, “Joyce with Gusto” at the AlbrightKnoxArtGallery February 3, 2006.
Member of Advisory Board of Humanities Institute at University of Buffalo, 2005
Narrator and Co-Writer of the documentary film “Following James Joyce: Dublin to Buffalo”, produced by Pat Martin and currently on international release.
Founder and moderator of the Ulysses Reading Circle 2003 to present
Mentor, English-major student Summer Fellowship Program in Joyce studies project, 2002
Member of Artistic Advisory Board of Irish Classical Theatre 2001 to present
Dramaturge and consultant on Vincent O’Neill’s Nightmaze, spring 2001 (dramatization of Finnegans Wake)
Member of Board of Directors of Irish Classical Theatre 1999-2001
Speaker and participant, Celtic Conference at Buffalo State College, June, 1998
Bloomsday Buffalo – Coordinator and Master of Ceremonies – 1998 to present
Chairman, Western New York Irish Famine Commemoration Committee and co-founder of a successful project to fund and build Buffalo’s Famine Monument with participation of the City of Cork, Ireland, 1995-present
Teacher of courses in Irish language at Williamsville South High School, 1995-1997
Moderator – Finnegans Wake Reading Group 1993 to present
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Comparative Literature, StateUniversity of New York at Buffalo, 1974.
Research Assistant to Dr. Al Cook, co-lecturer on Joyce’s Ulysses with
Anthony Burgess, 1974
Graduate Resident Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1970-71.
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1970-71.
Conducted research in support of Robert Harrison's translation of Roman de la Rose and Calvin Brown's book on Faulknerian language.
Conferences and Symposia
Participant: “New Paths in Political Philosophy”. Sponsors: The Departments of Romance Languages & Literature, English, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, The College of Arts & Sciences, University of Buffalo. March 28-29, 2008.
Speaker and participant in Comparative Literature Conference on “Politics and World Language at the University of Buffalo, April 2005. Lecture: Finnegans Wake and the Script of the Modern Babel.
Conference lecture: The Book as Wooden Horse: Joyce’s Letter to the Gentile Nations, DukeUniversity, 2004
Roundtable participant with Garret FitzGerald and Declan Kiberd: Ireland and the European Union: Success and Failures 1973-2003 at Center for EuropeanStudiesDukeUniversity. April 2004
Presenter, Mid-Hudson MLA Conference, 1988. Paper: On Vico.
Chairperson, Mid-Hudson MLA Conference, Italian Section, 1988
Presenter, Mid-Hudson MLA Conference, 1987. Paper: Hamilton Rowan: United Irishmen in Exiles.
Presenter, "GREATS" program, SUCB, 1985. Paper: On Vico's Second New Science.
Participant, James Joyce Centenary Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, 1982.
Participant, James Joyce Symposium, Provincetown, MA, 1980.
Participant, James Joyce Symposium, Buffalo, NY, 1975.
Other Relevant Activities
Outstanding Faculty/Staff Contribution to the First-Year Student Success Award, August 2008.
Cultural Tour Guide of Ireland with Irish Classical Theatre, 2004
University of Georgia, 1970-75.
Participant in international student events. Member of intercollegiate rugby team, 1969-1970, Captain and Coach of soccer team, 1970-71.
Assisted in planning for SUNY-sponsored reading by Irish poet, John Montague (1988).
Captain and Coach of University of Georgia soccer club 1970-73
Foreign Student Advisor – 1985-1986, BSC
Winner, Caltex Art Competition, Dublin, Ireland, 1965-1967. Painting exhibited at Irish Pavilion, Expo 67, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Personal
Born November 19, 1948, Kilkenny, Ireland. Irish citizen, Resident Alien status. Married, wife Barbara
Languages: Irish, German, French, Latin.
References
Dr. Mark Shechner, Professor of English, University of Buffalo
Dr. Alberto Moreiras, Chair, Hispanic Studies and Modern Thought, University of Aberdeen,
Vincent O’Neill, Artistic Director, Irish Classical Theatre and Theatre Department, University of Buffalo
Msgr. Pat Keleher, Chaplain, University of Buffalo
Pat Martin, Kennedy, Martin and Stoekl Law Firm
Dr. Ralph Wahlstrom, Chairman English Department, BuffaloState College
Dr. Ted Schmidt, Chairman Department of Economics, BuffaloState College
Dr. Michael Dimarco, Chairman Department of Physics, BuffaloState College
Dr. Henry Sussmann, past chairman, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Buffalo
Dr. Andrew Nichols, Professor of History, BuffaloState College
Dr. Luca Crispi, James Joyce Professor at UniversityCollegeDublin, Ireland
Dr. Craig Werner, Professor of English, emeritus, Buffalo State College
Dr. David Karnath, Professor of English, emeritus, Buffalo State College