Our Research Projects
- Crafting Knowledge in the Early Medieval West: Glosses, Learning and Culture, circa 800-1050. Sinead O'Sullivan (PI), AHRC Leadership Fellowship, 2020-21 Wordpress
- Voyaging through History: The Meanings of the Mayflower in Britain, 1620-2020. Tom Hulme (PI) and Dr Martha Vandrei (CI, Exeter), AHRC, 2018-21
- Fundamentalism as an Ulster Phenomena? Popular Protestantism, 1859-1939. Andrew Holmes (PI) and Prof David Livingstone (CI, NBE), Leverhulme Trust, 2018-20
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A Global History of Irish Revolution, 1916-1923, AHRC, 2017-20. Fearghal McGarry (PI) and Professor Enda Delaney (CI, Edinburgh), YouTube
- Oral History of Mother and Baby Homes / Magdalene Laundries. Sean O'Connell and Dr Leanne McCormick (UU), commissioned by the Department of Health, 2018-19; the QUOTE website
- Welfare Regimes under the Irish Poor Law 1850-1921. Peter Gray (PI), funded by the ESRC, 2016-19
- War and the supernatural in early-modern Europe -European Commission CORDIS webpage; Directed by Dr Ian Campbell (PI). ERC Starting Grant 2016-20 Website
- Bad Bridget: criminal and deviant Irishwomen in North America, 1838-1918. Directed by Dr Elaine Farrell (CI) and Dr Leanne McCormick (UU, PI). AHRC 2015-18. Website
- Hit songs and their significance in 17th century England. Directed by Prof. Chris Marsh (PI). AHRC 2014-17. Website
- Past, present and future: connecting communities with shared histories. Directed by Dr Kieran Connell (CI) and Dr Matthew Hilton (Birmingham, PI). AHRC 2015-16
- Northern Ireland's 1916: approaching the contested commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme. Directed by Dr Marie Coleman (PI) and Dr Dominic Bryan (CI). AHRC / Government of Ireland 2014-16
- World War One at home.Directed by Prof. Fran Brearton (English, PI) and Dr Marie Coleman (CI). AHRC/BBC 2014-15 Website
- Radical Religion in the trans-Atlantic world: Ulster-Scots perspectives. Directed by Prof Crawford Gribben (PI). DCAL 2014-15
- Welfare and public health in Belfast and the its region, c.1800-1973. Directed by Prof. Peter Gray (PI) and Dr Olwen Purdue (CI). AHRC 2012-15 Website
- Sir Robert Hart project. Directed by Dr Emma Reisz (PI) Ms Deirdre Wildy (McClay Library), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Website
- Documentary film and the public communication of historical knowledge in Northern Ireland.Directed by Dr Fearghal McGarry (PI). AHRC 2011-14. Website
- The politics of consumer credit in the UK 1938-1992. Directed by Dr Sean O'Connell (PI) and Dr Paul Corthorn (CI). Leverhulme Trust 2012-13
- An urban history of Belfast. Directed by Professor Sean Connolly (PI). Leverhulme Trust 2010-11
- Documenting Ireland – parliament, people and migration 18th-20th centuries (DIPPAM). Directed by Professor Peter Gray (PI). AHRC 2010-11. Website
- Marriage in Ireland, 1660 - 1925. Co-directed by Prof Mary O'Dowd (CI) and Prof Maria Luddy (PI, Warwick). AHRC 2007-10
- After slavery: race, labour and politics in the post-emancipation Carolinas. Directed by Dr Brian Kelly (PI) in partnership with Bruce Baker (University of London- Royal Holloway) and Susan E. O’Donovan (Harvard University). AHRC 2006-10. Website
- Welfare regimes under the Irish Poor Law 1850 - 192 Co-directed by Prof Peter Gray (CI) and Dr Virginia Crossman (PI, Oxford Brookes). ESRC 2006-9. Website