History and Politics

History and Politics

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- Dr Gearóid Barry   gearoid.barry@universityofgalway.ie  

Modern European history, World War I and World War II, religion, Catholic Church

- Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley   sarah-anne.buckley@universityofgalway.ie 

Mother and Baby Homes Commission, Magdalene Laundries, history of child welfare in Ireland and Britain, history of marginalised groups of women and children, social history of Ireland in the 20th Century, and 19th century Ireland and history of activism in Ireland

- Professor Daniel Carey   daniel.carey@universityofgalway.ie 

Research policy, US politics and Shakespeare

- Larry Donnelly   larry.donnelly@universityofgalway.ie 

US politics, current affairs and law in the United States

- Dr Róisín Healy   roisin.healy@universityofgalway.ie 

Modern European History

- Professor Breandán Mac Suibhne   breandan.macsuibhne@universityofgalway.ie 

Social and cultural history of modern Ireland, Northern Ireland

- Dr Éamon Ó Cofaigh   eamon.ocofaigh@ollscoilnagaillimhe.ie  

Regionalism and France, the development of space in 20th Century France

- Professor Niall Ó Dochartaigh   niall.odochartaigh@universityofgalway.ie 

Conflict negotiations and the peace processes, nationalist ideologies, political violence, politics, and politics of conflict in Northern Ireland. Professor Ó Dochartaigh has contribute to The Conversation.

- Maggie Ronayne   maggie.ronayne@universityofgalway.ie 

Public and community archaeology, archaeology of the famine, impact of development on communities and their cultural heritage (roads, wind farms, large dams and heritage tourism industry)