Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of…
- an nualitríocht
- athbheochan na Gaeilge (in Éirinn agus i Meiriceá Thuaidh)
- legacies of war and revolution
- trauma & testimony studies; medical histories; medical humanities
Public outreach & key achievements
My monograph, 'Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War' (2022) was awarded the 2023 Whitfield Prize from the Royal Historical Society and the Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books in Language and Culture 2022 by the American Conference of Irish Studies (ACIS). I am the QUB Fulbright Ambassador, a member of the Young Academy Ireland (YAI), and a board member of the pioneering Irish-language youth and community organisation, Glór na Móna.
Research students
| PhD Title | 'Cneasú Fileata: An Scríbhneoireacht mar Theiripe i Nuafhilíocht na Gaeilge' [Poetic Healing: Therapeutic Writing and Modern Irish Poetry] |
| Name | Katie Nic Con Midhe |
| Years of Study | 2022 - 2026 |
| PhD Title | 'Rannpháirtíocht na n-óg in Athbheochan na Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste ó 1998' [Youth participation in the Irish-language revival in Belfast since 1998] |
| Name | Róisín Nic Liam |
| Years of Study | 2023 - 2027 |
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