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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Pollard's Germans: exploring the Collection’s transnational dimensions
Description: Recorded November 14th, 2025.
Emer O’Sullivan graduated from University College Dublin and pursued further studies and academic work at Berlin and Frankfurt universities before being appointed Chair of English Literature at Leuphana University Lüneburg. Writing in both German and English, she specialises in comparative and children’s literature, with particular interests in translation and image studies. Her work has been translated into many languages. A pioneer in comparative children’s literature, she has received international recognition, most recently the IRSCL Honorary Fellowship and the 20th International Brothers Grimm Award in 2025.
Recorded as part of The Pollard Collection of Children’s Books...