academy for irish cultural heritages - Research - University of Ulster
academy for irish cultural heritages - Research - University of Ulster
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and editor <strong>of</strong> 10 books and a considerable number <strong>of</strong> essays. In 2004, she was joint winner <strong>of</strong> the Ruth Michaelis-<br />
Jena Ratcliff research prize <strong>for</strong> folklife. Two years later, she was awarded a Senior Distinguished <strong>Research</strong> Fellowship<br />
at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ulster</strong>, She is a member <strong>of</strong> the sub-panel <strong>for</strong> European Studies in the current <strong>Research</strong><br />
Assessment Exercise.<br />
Qualifications<br />
PhD Anglicisation and culture contact in nineteenth-century Cork.<br />
MA (first class honours) Memoirs <strong>of</strong> Tomás Ó Criomhthain<br />
BA (hons) Philosophy, Irish<br />
BEd (hons) Education, Irish<br />
<strong>Research</strong><br />
Culture and identity politics;<br />
Minority Languages;<br />
European Ethnology;<br />
Autobiography as a research tool<br />
Dr Emmet O’Connor<br />
Emmet O’Connor is a member <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> History and International Affairs.<br />
Qualifications<br />
O’Connor graduated from <strong>University</strong> College, Galway with a BA in history and politics in 1977. Following an MA<br />
in UCG in 1979, he worked with Combat Poverty in Water<strong>for</strong>d and then read <strong>for</strong> a PhD at St John’s College,<br />
Cambridge. After post-doctoral work at Churchill College, Cambridge, he joined the staff at Magee College in 1985.<br />
<strong>Research</strong> Fields<br />
Emmet O’Connor’s primary research interest is labour history. He was co-editor <strong>of</strong> Saothar in 1983 and 1984 and<br />
from 1986 to 2002, and is an honorary president <strong>of</strong> the Irish Labour History Society.<br />
Dr Éamonn Ó Ciardha<br />
Dr. Éamonn Ó Ciardha, a native <strong>of</strong> County Monaghan, holds an M.A from the N.U.I. and a Ph.D from Cambridge<br />
<strong>University</strong>. He has published articles on Irish Jacobitism, law, order and disorder and the use <strong>of</strong> Irish-language<br />
sources <strong>for</strong> seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. Formerly a research fellow in the School <strong>of</strong> History,<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Aberdeen, visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> History at St. Michael’s College, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Toronto, and the Keough<br />
Institute <strong>for</strong> Irish Studies, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Notre Dame, he held a government <strong>of</strong> Ireland post-doctoral fellowship at<br />
the School <strong>of</strong> History, Trinity College Dublin. He is is now a lecturer in the School <strong>of</strong> History and International<br />
Affairs, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ulster</strong>.<br />
Qualifications<br />
PhD, Clare Hall, Cambridge <strong>University</strong><br />
MA, <strong>University</strong> College Dublin<br />
BA, <strong>University</strong> College Dublin (History/Irish).<br />
<strong>Research</strong> Fields<br />
Éamonn’s research interests focus on early modern Irish History, Jacobitism, the Irish Diaspora in 17th and 18th<br />
Century Europe, the Irish Outlaw, Irish military history and the history <strong>of</strong> the Irish book (in Irish) since 1567.<br />
Mr Elly Omondi Odhiambo<br />
Elly Ohiambo is a Kenyan researcher and analyst (international affairs and corporate responsibility). On completing<br />
his Masters degree in Peace Studies at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ulster</strong>, Elly did community development work in Nairobi,<br />
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