Dates: October 9 – November 27, 2025

Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm GMT (1:30pm – 3:30pm CST)

Cost: €350

THIS EIGHT-WEEK COURSE WILL BE TAUGHT OVER ZOOM

Mary McCay was an English professor at Loyola University New Orleans where she taught American
Literature, Film, Travel Writing and Irish Literature. She was advisor and professor to internationally acclaimed author, Claire Keegan.

Over the years, Professor McCay has continued to teach. Her most recent course, which ran for eight weeks online was titled, Women and The Booker Prize.

For this course, Professor McCay has chosen texts written by women who have experienced upheaval in their lives because of worsening conditions in their countries. The impact of social and political events on the lives of the women themselves and on their families is chronicled across different time periods, social classes, races, and countries. Women often find their lives disrupted by external circumstances that result in life-changing experiences. The choices they are forced to make–personal, social, and political–often result in upheaval and uncertainty.

To book a place, please contact Carmel at carmelnicanultaigh@gmail.com

Week 1: Relentless, Wudasie Nayzgi
Week 2: Whereabouts, Jhumpa Lahiri
Week 3: Behind You Is the Sea, Susan Mauddi Darraj
Week 4: The Storm We Made, Vanessa Chan
Week 5: The Storm We Made, Vanessa Chan (continued)
Week 6: Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Week 7: Girl, Edna O’ Brien
Week 8: Looking At Women Looking At War, Victoria Amelina

Participants are responsible for sourcing and reading the texts prior to the beginning of the
course.