Barry Monahan is based in the Department of Film & Screen Media at University College Cork. He lectures in Irish and other national cinemas from historical, theoretical and aesthetic perspectives. His recent publications include a chapter in the sixth volume of the edited collection Irish Literature in Transition: 1980–2020, titled “Historical Transitions in Ireland on Screen”, and a monograph on the work of Irish filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson: The Films of Lenny Abrahamson: a filmmaking of philosophy, which was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2018.