Terence O'Reilly
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Terence O'Reilly | |
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| Born | 1947 |
| Died | 2023 (aged 75–76) |
| Occupation | Hispanist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
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| Discipline | Spanish Golden Age |
| Institutions | University College Cork |
Terence O'Reilly MRIA (1947–2023) was a professor of Spanish at University College Cork who undertook research on the literature, history and art of the Spanish Golden Age.[1]
Career
[edit]Terence O'Reilly received his B.A. Honours degree in Spanish and French in 1969 from the University of Nottingham, followed by a PhD for a thesis on the literature of meditation in early sixteenth century Castile and Aragon in 1972.[2] In 1973, he was granted a research fellowship in the University of St Andrews, where he worked in the Spanish department.[3] In 1975 he moved to University College Cork (UCC) to take up a college lectureship in Spanish.[1]
According to his UCC research profile, his principal fields of research included the literature, history and art of Spain during the Golden Age (c. 1470–1700), the prose of the period, religious writings (Ignatius Loyola, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross), and the paintings of El Greco and Diego Velázquez.[1]
Personal life
[edit]O'Reilly was born in London to Irish parents and lived for a period in India.[4] In 1968, he married the historian Jennifer O'Reilly (née Williams).[4] He died in 2023, having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Lansdowne Lecturer, University of Victoria, British Columbia (2002)[6]
- Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellow (2004–2005)[1]
- Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2007)[7]
- Veale Chair of Spirituality, Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin (2009)[1]
Selected publications
[edit]- From Ignatius Loyola to John of the Cross (Routledge: 1995)[8]
- The Bible in the Literary Imagination of the Golden Age (Saint Joseph's University Press: 2010)[9]
- The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Contexts, Sources, Reception (Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2020)[10]
- Saint John of the Cross: Wisdom Sayings (Cambridge: Iona, 2021)[11]
- Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain: John of the Cross, Francisco de Aldana, Luis de León, ed. Stephen Boyd (Routledge: Variorum, 2022)[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e O'Reilly, Terence. "University College Cork - UCC Research Profiles: Terence W O'Reilly, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies". UCC. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Barry; Torres, Isabel (2009). "Professor Terence O'Reilly: An Appreciation". The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 86 (6): 725–726. ISSN 1478-3398.
- ^ Boyd, Stephen (2 January 2024). "Terence O'Reilly (1947–2023)". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 101 (1): 123–126. doi:10.1080/14753820.2023.2293606. ISSN 1475-3820.
- ^ a b O'Reilly, Tom (2024). "Terence O'Reilly: A Scholarly Life". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. 113 (451): 403–410. doi:10.1353/stu.2024.a939048.
- ^ Lawrence, Thomas (31 July 2024). "Huge posthumous donation to motor neurone disease charity from beloved UCC lecturer". corkbeo.ie. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
Professor Terence O'Reilly [..] passed away in 2023, having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017
- ^ "Lansdowne & Visiting speakers". www.uvic.ca. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Terence O'Reilly | Royal Irish Academy". www.ria.ie (in Irish). Archived from the original on 31 December 2018.
- ^ O'Reilly, Terence. "From Ignatius Loyola to John of the Cross: Spirituality and Literature in Sixteenth-Century Spain". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ O'Reilly, Terence. "Bible in the Literary Imagination of the Spanish Golden Age, The by Terence O'Reilly on SJU Press". SJU Press. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ O'Reilly, Terence (22 October 2020), "The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Contexts, Sources, Reception", The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-42975-8, retrieved 30 December 2023
- ^ Cross, St John of the (10 November 2021). Saint John of the Cross: Wisdom Sayings. Translated by O'Reilly, Terence. Iona. ISBN 978-1-913825-93-5.
- ^ O'Reilly, Terence; Boyd, Stephen. "Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain: John of the Cross, Francisco de Aldana, Luis de León". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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