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Dr Conan T. Barbarian was ripped from his mother's womb on the corpse-strewn battlefields of his war-torn homeland, Cimmeria, and has been preparing for academic life ever since. A firm believer in the dictum that "that which does not kill us makes us stronger," he took time out to avenge the death of his parents following a sojourn pursuing his strong interest in Post-Colonial theory at the Sorbonne. In between, he spent several years tethered to the fearsome "Wheel of Pain", time which he now feels helped provide him with the mental discipline and sado-masochistic proclivities necessary to sucessfully tackle contemporary critical theory. He completed his PhD, entitled "To Hear The Lamentation of Their Women: Constructions of Masculinity in Contemporary Zamoran Literature" at UCD and was appointed to the School of English in 2006, after sucessfully decapitating his predecessor during a bloody battle which will long be remembered in legend and song. In 2011/12, he will be teaching on the following courses: "The Relevance of Crom in the Modern World", "Theories of Literature", "Vengeance for Beginners", "Deciphering the Riddle of Steel" and "D.H. Lawrence". He strongly objects to the terms of the Croke Park agreement and the current trend for remaking 1980s films that he believes were perfectly good enough in the first place.

He is happy to hear from potential research students with an interest of any of these topics, but applicants should note that anyone found guilty of academic misconduct or weakness in the face of the enemy will be crucified as an example to the others.

Email: conanb@tcd.ie

Here are some of my favorite quotes from our jury meetings. Maybe I will reveal the film and author of the quotes later. Maybe not.
“It gives the point of view of the occupied, using the visual codes of the occupier”
“I liked his head shape in profile”
 “It keeps stroking the same spot”
 “Messy, combustible and out of control”
 “It captured my bad LSD experience very well”
 “ET as the ideal Italian woman”
 “A chicken leg, well done.”
 “In Italy we have problem with the mother.”

One of 5 short idents we did for E4 on the topic of Christmas. The general idea was to surprise people with something really anti-christmas, and transform something boring into something amazing. It was alot of hard work for a relatively short time but they were really fun to do and much merriment was had by all.

Client- E4

Director- Matt Layzell

Animators- Bishoy Gendi, Michael Gendi, Jonathan Harris

Sound- Daniel Boyle

"My cab driver just asked me if I am a famous actress. Guess that means I look half decent for this early on a Sunday."
"This just happened. bro at failing commercial bank: "why are you a lawyer if you're pretty and you can cook?" #rage"
"just gave 100 dollars to the homeless man I see every day here in Vancouver. Irrational kindness does feel really really good"