Research Interests
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
Public outreach & key achievements
- I have appeared on BBC Radio and podcasts talking about the history of sexuality in Belfast
- I am the Principal Investigator of a major AHRC-funded project, 'Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality before Liberation' - https://www.queerhistoryni.com/
- I previously led an AHRC-funded project on the history of the Mayflower in Britain - https://voyagingthroughhistory.exeter.ac.uk/
Research students
| PhD Title | Quare fellows abroad: homosexuality and the Irish diaspora, 1880-1960 |
| Name | Michael Lawrence (Primary supervisor, AHRC Northern Bridge 2021-) |
| PhD Title | Making Ulster the tourists Mecca": tourism, identity and modernization in the north of Ireland, 1901-1971 |
| Name | Jamie Nugent (Primary supervisor, AHRC Northern Bridge 2020-) |
| PhD Title | Queer citizenship in contemporary Britain, 1967-2005 |
| Name | Tom Ward (Secondary supervisor, Department of Education 2020-) |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Leisure, memory and class in post-war Belfast : A case study of the Templemore Avenue Baths |
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| Name | Rhianne Morgan (AHRC Northern Bridge, 2018-2022) |
| Current Position | Postdoctoral Researcher in Coproduction and Participatory Practices at the University of Luxembourg |