David Johnston#
| Membership Number: | 4574 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/david-johnston(31ef7ce2-a5ec-488d-8691-38c949aba005).html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - to date Director of Internationalisation, School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen’s University
- 2016 - to date Director of the Centre for Translation and Interpreting, 2006- to date-Professor of Translation, Queen’s University
- 2005 - 2009 Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts, Queen’s University 1997- 2002-Head of the School of Modern Languages, Queen’s University
- 1991 - 2006 Professor of Hispanic Studies, Queen’s University
- 1981 - 1991 Lecturer in Spanish, University of Strathclyde
- 1980 - 1981 Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, University of Hull
- 1977 - 1978 Lecturer in Spanish, University of Ulster
Fields of Scholarship
- Theatre studies
- Spanish theatre
- Translation for the theatre
- Hispanic and Latin American Studies
- Translation studies
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Edinburgh festival fringe First Prize
- 1993 Observer Award for Special Achievements in Theatre
- 1994 London Weekend Television Award for New Plays on Stage
- 2005 Premio El Telon
- 2009 Helen Hayes Award
- 2014 Radio drama Play of the Year
- 2015 Prix Europea
