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Diplomas / Degrees

Ph.D. English Language and Literature, New York University (2000)
M.A. English Language and Literature, New York University (1994)
B.A. cum laude, Cornell University (1989)

Recent Courses

Chaucer
Interpretive Theories And Methods
Literature In English I
Major Authors (s) In Translation
Medieval Literature
S/T: The History And Theory Of Translation
Seminar : British Literature
The History And Theory Of Translation

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Irish and English medieval literature, medieval law, 20th century Irish literature, European medieval literature, gender, translation theory

Research Interests

12th-century Ireland, medieval law, 20th-century medievalism, translation theory, gender studies

Recent Articles

. (2008, 1). Derbforgaill's Literary Heritage: Can You Blame Her?. Celtic Studies Association of North America Yearbook, 7, 77-92

Lahney Preston. (2007, 1). Heaney's 'Sweeney Astray:' Acts of Omission, Translation and a New Medievalism. Studies in Medievalism, XV, 101 - 114

Invited Presentations and Lectures

Lahney Preston (07 September 2007). Derbforgaill, Twelfth Century Ireland and the Normans: Where's a Sovereignty Goddess When You Really Need One?. Columbia University Irish Studies Seminar, New York, New York

Conference Presentations and Papers

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(01 May 2009). What is this Meat Product?: What's at Stake in Translating "Aislinge meic Conglinne". Forty-Fourth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

(01 May 2008). Emphasizing Tradition in the Face of Change: Derbforgaill as Sovereignty Goddess?. Forty-Third International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

(01 April 2008). Derbforgaill's Responsibility in the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Women as Political Hostages in Twelfth-Century Ireland?. Celtic Studies Association of North America 2008 Annual Meeting, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

Lahney Preston (06 October 2007). Derbforgaill, the Normans and the Concept of Sovereignty: Becoming a Goddess is Easy!. Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Cambridge, MA

(01 October 2007). Derbforgaill, the Normans and the Concept of Sovereignty: Becoming a Goddess is Easy!. Twenty-seventh annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Cambridge, MA

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

“Staking in Tongues: Speech-Act as Weapon in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'” co-written with Karen Eileen Overbey, 'Fighting the Forces: What’s at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield., 2002. Eds. Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery.

“Homophobia and Gender in 'Táin Bó Cúalnge': Translation as a Technology of Adaptation in Irish Literature,” Foilsiú 1:1 (2000).

Professional Activities

Director, NYU-in-Dublin program, 2001 - 2003
Co-founder and Executive Committee Member, The GRIAN Association, a professional Irish Studies organization based in New York, 1995 - present
Associate Editor of Foilsiu, GRIAN's journal of Irish Studies, 2000 - present