Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- G.F. Handel
- Thomas Moore
- London theatre history (c.1725-1825)
- Music in Ireland (c. 1750-1850)
- 19th-century book trade
Public outreach & key achievements
- Since 2009, Dr McCleave has produced historical operas with BMUS students; public performances happen in May.
- She organised a ‘Thomas Moore Festival’ (spring 2013) and obtained a Marie-Sklowdowska Curie Individual Fellowship (2015-17) for ERIN (Europe's reception of the Irish Melodies and National Airs: Thomas Moore in Europe), with two currently-accessible digital outputs:-
- The blog ‘Thomas Moore in Europe’, blogs.qub.ac.uk/erin
- And eight electronic exhibits and collections at
- The full project website for ERIN (hosted qub.ac.uk) should be live by the end of 2018
Research students
| PhD Title | Collaboration of John O’Keeffe and William Shield |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| PhD Title | Edward Bunting |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| PhD Title | O’Neill Collection |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Handel’s bilingual oratorio revivals |
| Country | USA |
| Current Position | Head of Performance and Lecturer in Music, Newcastle University |
| PhD Title | ‘The European connections of social dancing in 17th-century Hungary’ |
| Country | Hungary |
| Current Position | Faculty member in music education at the University of Szeged |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Arts, English and Languages
- The Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies