Diplomas/DegreesPh.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 CoursesChaucer
Literature In English I
Medieval Literature
Modernism
The Study Of Literature
Teaching Specializations/InterestsIrish and English medieval literature, medieval law, 20th century Irish literature, European medieval literature, gender, translation theory
Research Interests12th-century Ireland, medieval law, 20th-century medievalism, translation theory, gender studies
BooksLahney Preston-Matto (translator) (2010). Aislinge meic Conglinne/ The Vision of Mac Conglinne. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Refereed ArticlesLahney Preston-Matto (2010), Queens as Political Hostages in Pre-Norman Ireland: Derbforgaill and the Three Gormlaiths. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 109, 141-61.
(2008), Derbforgaill's Literary Heritage: Can You Blame Her? Celtic Studies Association of North America Yearbook, 7, 77-92.
Lahney Preston (2007), Heaney's 'Sweeney Astray:' Acts of Omission, Translation and a New Medievalism. Studies in Medievalism, XV, 101 - 114.
Invited Presentation/LectureLahney Preston (2007, September). 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.
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Lahney Preston (2011). Saints' Lives in Medieval Ireland: Writing Social Practices. In Modern Language Association. Los Angeles, CA.
Lahney Preston (2010). Saints, Fosterage and Hostageship in Medieval Ireland: Sanctified Social Practices. In Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting. Notre Dame, IN.
Lahney Preston (2009). What is this Meat Product?: What's at Stake in Translating. In Forty-Fourth International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Lahney Preston (2008). Emphasizing Tradition in the Face of Change: Derbforgaill as Sovereignty Goddess? In Forty-Third International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Lahney Preston (2008). Derbforgaill's Responsibility in the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Women as Political Hostages in Twelfth-Century Ireland? In Celtic Studies Association of North America 2008 Annual Meeting. Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.
Lahney Preston (2007). Derbforgaill, the Normans and the Concept of Sovereignty: Becoming a Goddess is Easy! In Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Cambridge, MA.
Lahney Preston (2007). Derbforgaill, the Normans and the Concept of Sovereignty: Becoming a Goddess is Easy! In Twenty-seventh annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Cambridge, MA.
Lahney Preston (2007). Women and Medieval Irish Law: Derbhforgaill’s Marriage to Tighernan O Rourke. In 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.
Lahney Preston (2006). Derbforgaill's Literary Heritage: Can You Blame Her? In Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Cambridge, MA.
Lahney Preston (2002). Male Identity Construction in Medieval Ireland. In Invited Lecture for. New York University.
Lahney Preston, Greg Delanty (2002). Working out the Demons: Translating Aislinge Meic Conglinne. In Irish Studies: Work in Progress. New York University.
Lahney Preston (2001). Nest Quest: Seamus Heaney's Search for Acceptance as Sweeney in 'Sweeney Astray' and "King of the Ditchbacks". In International Assoc. for the Study of Irish Languages and Literature. Dublin, Ireland.
Lahney Preston (2001). 'Much of Early Irish Literature has been Lost': Kinsella's and O'Rahilly's 20th-Century Recoveries of 'Tain Bo Cualnge'. In American Conference for Irish Studies. Fordham University, New York.
Lahney Preston (2001). Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: Twentieth Century Translations of Medieval Irish Texts. In 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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).
Honors and AccomplishmentsRecipient of Teaching Excellence Award for Untenured Faculty, 2009-2010
Professional ActivitiesDirector, 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
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