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Supervisor	Research Opportunities	School	Department
Dr Timofey Agarin Open to PhD applications in the field of Interplay of social and institutional change in postcommunism in issue areas of non-discrimination Minori...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Interplay of social and institutional change in postcommunism in issue areas of non-discrimination Minority protection Migration Civil society	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Dominic Bryan Open to PhD applications in the field of Rituals, symbols and group identity Commemoration and memory The anthropology of Ireland Conflict transfo...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Rituals, symbols and group identity Commemoration and memory The anthropology of Ireland Conflict transformation Political violence Anthropology and policy	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Ian Campbell Open to PhD applications in the field of Early Modern British and Irish History European Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Early Modern British and Irish History European Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought Renaissance Humanism Scholasticism and Early Modern Universities Church History, whether Catholic or Protestant	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Marie Coleman I am open to PhD applications in the fields of… Twentieth century Ireland Irish revolution (1916-23) Women in modern Ireland Politics and s... irish revolution, twentieth century Ireland, veterans of conflict	I am open to PhD applications in the fields of… Twentieth century Ireland Irish revolution (1916-23) Women in modern Ireland Politics and society in independent Ireland (after 1921) The Protestant minority in southern Ireland during and after the revolution	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Kieran Connell Open to PhD applications in the field of Race and immigration Urban history The New Left	Open to PhD applications in the field of Race and immigration Urban history The New Left	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Paul Corthorn Open to PhD applications in the field of British Political History after 1918, including the Thatcher Era Britain and the Cold War British Politic...	Open to PhD applications in the field of British Political History after 1918, including the Thatcher Era Britain and the Cold War British Political History and Northern Ireland	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Niamh Cullen Open to PhD applications in the field of Twentieth century Italian history Sexuality and emotions in twentieth-century (especially southern) Europ...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Twentieth century Italian history Sexuality and emotions in twentieth-century (especially southern) Europe The post-war European ‘economic miracle’, 1950s-1970s History of motherhood and infant feeding	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr John Curran I am open to PhD applications in the fields of: Roman history Roman law early Christianity ancient Judaism Greek history Late Antique history.	I am open to PhD applications in the fields of: Roman history Roman law early Christianity ancient Judaism Greek history Late Antique history.	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor James Davis Open to PhD applications in the field of Medieval social and economic history Medieval urban history Pre-modern markets and trade Markets; Towns; Economic; Social; Medieval	Open to PhD applications in the field of Medieval social and economic history Medieval urban history Pre-modern markets and trade	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Aglaia De Angeli Open to PhD applications in the field of Sino-Western encounter, especially China and Italy, France, Ireland or Russia Visual sources and historic...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Sino-Western encounter, especially China and Italy, France, Ireland or Russia Visual sources and historical photography in China Sir Robert Hart and Chinese Customs Law and society in modern China	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Scott Dixon Open to PhD applications in the field of European Reformation History Early Modern Religious History (1450-1800) Social and Cultural History of Ge...	Open to PhD applications in the field of European Reformation History Early Modern Religious History (1450-1800) Social and Cultural History of Germany German Renaissance	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Elaine Farrell Open to PhD applications in the field of Irish social history migration history crime history women's or gender history women, crime, migration, history	Open to PhD applications in the field of Irish social history migration history crime history women's or gender history	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Peter Gray Open to PhD applications in the field of Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Irish History British Political History c.1780-1900 Comparative Fa... Ireland, Ulster, Famine, Land, Poverty, Radicalism, Government	Open to PhD applications in the field of Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Irish History British Political History c.1780-1900 Comparative Famine History Pre-Troubles History of Northern Ireland	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Crawford Gribben Open to PhD applications in the field of Puritanism, especially John Owen John Nelson Darby Contemporary American evangelicalism	Open to PhD applications in the field of Puritanism, especially John Owen John Nelson Darby Contemporary American evangelicalism	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Leonie Hannan Open to PhD applications in the field of Social and cultural history of Britain and Ireland (c.1650-1850) Gender and power Material culture histor... social history, cultural history, life writing, gender, home, material culture, intellectual life, public history	Open to PhD applications in the field of Social and cultural history of Britain and Ireland (c.1650-1850) Gender and power Material culture history Life-writing Histories of home and family Histories of intellectual life Heritage and public history	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Andrew R. Holmes Open to PhD applications in the field of Protestantism in Ireland since 1600 Comparative history of evangelical Protestantism Pre-Troubles religio... Presbyterian, Evangelicalism, Protestantism, Ulster, Ireland	Open to PhD applications in the field of Protestantism in Ireland since 1600 Comparative history of evangelical Protestantism Pre-Troubles religious history of Northern Ireland	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Tom Hulme Open to PhD applications in the fields of Urban history from the late 19th to mid-20th century in Britain The nature of citizenship and belonging ... sexuality, urban history, Ireland, Britain, USA	Open to PhD applications in the fields of Urban history from the late 19th to mid-20th century in Britain The nature of citizenship and belonging The history of male sexuality The place of the past, and especially of historical re-enactment	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Brian Kelly Open to PhD applications in the field of US Labor Slavery and Emancipation Race and Class Slavery; US Civil War; Emancipation; Labor History	Open to PhD applications in the field of US Labor Slavery and Emancipation Race and Class	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Danny Kowalsky Open to PhD applications in the fields of… Modern Europe Interwar Europe 1919-1939 the European Civil Wars, 1914-1945 the Spanish Civil War Modern...	Open to PhD applications in the fields of… Modern Europe Interwar Europe 1919-1939 the European Civil Wars, 1914-1945 the Spanish Civil War Modern Spain the Second World War	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Jonathan A. Lanman Open to PhD applications in the field of Cognitive Anthropology of Religion & Ritual Cognitive Anthropology of Atheism	Open to PhD applications in the field of Cognitive Anthropology of Religion & Ritual Cognitive Anthropology of Atheism	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Fiona Magowan Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Music and storytelling in conflict transformation/peacebuilding Arts and reconciliation Sense and emoti... Sense, Emotion, Music, the Arts, Peacebuilding, Conflict Transformation	Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Music and storytelling in conflict transformation/peacebuilding Arts and reconciliation Sense and emotion Dance, movement and empathy Indigenous ritual, religion and performance Christianity and missions Gender and performance	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Ashok Malhotra I am open to PhD applications in the field of British imperial history in India from the eighteenth to twentieth century, Imperial Science, twentie... Environmental History, the Organic Farming Movement, Agriculture, Imperial Science, India, Colonialism, Literary History, Missionaries, Nutrition, Twentieth Century Lifestyle Movements	I am open to PhD applications in the field of British imperial history in India from the eighteenth to twentieth century, Imperial Science, twentieth century British and US agricultural and environmental history and global history.	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Christopher Marsh Open to PhD applications in the field of Early modern British history, particularly social and cultural history	Open to PhD applications in the field of Early modern British history, particularly social and cultural history	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Fearghal McGarry Open to PhD applications in the field of Politics and culture in 20th century Ireland Transnational and global Irish history Commemoration and his... ireland, revolution, historical memory, commemoration	Open to PhD applications in the field of Politics and culture in 20th century Ireland Transnational and global Irish history Commemoration and historical memory	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Eric Morier-Genoud Open to PhD applications in the field of Africa Armed conflict Religion History Politics armed conflict, religion, jihad, history, politics, Africa, Switzerland, missionary, Christianity	Open to PhD applications in the field of Africa Armed conflict Religion History Politics	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Sean O'Connell Open to PhD applications in the field of Oral history Working class community Deindustrialisation Gender history Twentieth century Belfast/Norther... Oral history. Gender, social history, Belfast.	Open to PhD applications in the field of Oral history Working class community Deindustrialisation Gender history Twentieth century Belfast/Northern Ireland's social history	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Sinead O'Sullivan Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Carolingian history Early medieval intellectual history Glossing studies Carolingian, History, Glosses	Open to PhD applications in the fields of: Carolingian history Early medieval intellectual history Glossing studies	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Laura Pfuntner Open to PhD applications in the field of Roman history	Open to PhD applications in the field of Roman history	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Olwen Purdue Open to PhD applications in the field of The British and Irish industrial city 1850-1930 Urban poverty and welfare 1850-1930 Public history and me...	Open to PhD applications in the field of The British and Irish industrial city 1850-1930 Urban poverty and welfare 1850-1930 Public history and memory; heritage Child and family welfare Urban development and public health Irish landed estates and country houses	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Emma Reisz I welcome PhD applications from students in Asian, imperial, transnational or world history. Through the Robert Hart Project, we have a particular ...	I welcome PhD applications from students in Asian, imperial, transnational or world history. Through the Robert Hart Project, we have a particular concentration of research into Sino-Western relations. I am also keen to work with students around public history, digital methods or innovative methodologies. I am open to PhD applications in the fields of: Sino-Western relations and trade Imperial and transnational history Photography in Asia Ireland and empire	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Nik Ribianszky I am open to PhD applications in the fields of African American, women’s, and US history in the 18th and 19th centuries.	I am open to PhD applications in the fields of African American, women’s, and US history in the 18th and 19th centuries.	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Paulo Sousa I am open to PhD applications in the fields of… Cognitive Anthropology Psychology Experimental Philosophy	I am open to PhD applications in the fields of… Cognitive Anthropology Psychology Experimental Philosophy	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Maruska Svasek Material Production and Art Migration and Transnationalism Emotions and Affect	Material Production and Art Migration and Transnationalism Emotions and Affect	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Alex Titov Open to PhD applications in the fields of… Modern European history Russia and the Soviet Union Intellectual history in the 20th century Internatio...	Open to PhD applications in the fields of… Modern European history Russia and the Soviet Union Intellectual history in the 20th century International history and politics	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Ioannis Tsioulakis I am open to PhD applications in the fields of… Popular/folk music and politics Creative industries, production and labour Performance and ...	I am open to PhD applications in the fields of… Popular/folk music and politics Creative industries, production and labour Performance and identity Globalisation, cosmopolitanism and social/political movements Aesthetics, genre and improvisation	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor Diane Urquhart I am open to PhD applications in the fields of gender history since c.1800; Irish and British women's history since c.1800; Modern Irish history es... gender, women, divorce, marriage, legal reform, feminism, politics, abortion, Anglo-Irish	I am open to PhD applications in the fields of gender history since c.1800; Irish and British women's history since c.1800; Modern Irish history especially political activism, the Anglo-Irish and legal history including divorce, marriage, abortion and reform processes.	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Jeremy Watkins Open to PhD applications in the field of Moral philosophy, including applied ethics, bioethics and normative moral theory Transitional justice Leg...	Open to PhD applications in the field of Moral philosophy, including applied ethics, bioethics and normative moral theory Transitional justice Legal philosophy Analytical political philosophy Philosophy for children	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Dr Stefan Andreasson Open to PhD applications in the field of political economy of development in Africa energy transitions and the future of fossil fuels internationa... political economy, development, comparative politics, international relations, energy transition, natural resources, USA, Africa	Open to PhD applications in the field of political economy of development in Africa energy transitions and the future of fossil fuels international politics of oil politics and political economy of South Africa selected aspects of American Political Development, such as the evolution of energy politics and its interaction with questions of inequality and the dynamics of electoral politics	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Professor John Barry Open to PhD applications in the field of Radical/revolutionary green politics Post-growth political economy Political strategy and green/energy tr... green politics, climate change, planetary crisis, post-growth economics, green political economy, socio-technical/sustainability transitions, just transitions, climate activism	Open to PhD applications in the field of Radical/revolutionary green politics Post-growth political economy Political strategy and green/energy transformations	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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