Centre for Landscape Studies

Centre for Landscape Studies

Leader: Conor Newman

Members: Conor Newman – Acting Director

Associates:
Stefan Bergh (archaeology)
Nessa Cronin ( centre for irish studies)
Frances Fahy (geography)
Jamie Goggins (civil engineering)
Mike Gormally (environmental science)
Mark Healy (environmental engineering)
Padraic Kenna (law)
Sarah Knight (environmental, marine and energy)
Su-ming Koo (sociology and politics)
Marie Mahon (geography)
John Morrissey (geography)
Felix Ó Murchadha (philosophy)
Kieran O’Conor (archaeology)
Ulf Strohmayer (geography)

Description:

Labour history has traditionally been preoccupied with the ‘high’ politics of labour organization, with institutional studies of trade unions, labour parties, and associated topics such as strikes, policies and leadership. However, in recent decades its parameters have widened to include the study of the working class in the context of areas such as family life, institutional life, mentalities and values, culture, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. A 2

transnational approach has also characterised the recent direction of the study of labour and class, with a particular focus on connections between the developed and underdeveloped worlds, and with an interrogation and re-conceptualisation of terms such as ‘labour’, ‘worker’, ‘strike’ and ‘class’. The proposed Centre, as reflected in its full title, aims to engage with and to advance this area of research. It will also undertake long-term work in archival retrieval and in the recording of oral testimony. With a view to enhancing the attractiveness of NUI Galway for doctoral researchers, it will be a priority of the Centre to encourage the deposit of labour-related records in the James Hardiman Library.

Status: On-going