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Dr Kieran Connell

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy And Politics

Dr Kieran Connell

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy And Politics

Dr Kieran Connell is a historian of twentieth century Britain with expertise in immigration, race, multiculturalism and urban history. He has published widely in these areas, including his most recent book, Multicultural Britain: A People’s History, which was shortlisted for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize. He is currently working on a history of Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses, and is leading a major new research project examining immigration and diversity on the island of Ireland.

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Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

Race, immigration and multiculturalism
Urban history
Social movements
The New Left
The history of everyday life

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Public outreach & key achievements

Dr Connell is a regular commentator in the media, appearing in the Irish Times, The Guardian, The Observer, and elsewhere. In 2022 he researched, wrote and presented a three-part BBC Sounds podcast on the experiences of asylum seekers in Belfast, The Crisis Files.

Research students

Sinead Burns, A place apart? Visualising west Belfast, 1969 – 1998
Nadine Gilmore, Gay activism in Northern Ireland, 1970s-1990s
Padraig Durnin, International solidarity movements and the left in Ireland, 1964–1994
Tom Ward, Subverting sexuality: gay men and the battle over sexual hegemony in England and Northern Ireland, 1970-1991
Jack Crangle, Migrants, Immigration and Diversity in Twentieth-century Northern Ireland

Alumni: Where are they now

Jack Crangle, Migrants, Immigration and Diversity in Twentieth-century Northern Ireland (AHRC Northern Bridge, 2019-2022) – currently Lecturer in Contemporary British History at QUB.