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Congratulations Rachel Beck

20 October 2026 | 2 min read
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Rachel Beck passes her viva voce
Dr Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman (l); Rachel Beck (c), Dr Barbara Postema (r)

Congratulations to Rachel Beck 

We are delighted to congratulate Rachel Beck on passing her viva voce, chaired by Dr Maria Hickey, on 19 October, and the examiners have recommended the award of PhD, subject to minor corrections.

Rachel's dissertation, titled 'Drawing attention to Victorian Ireland: the webcomic in public history practice' was supervised by Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam.

Dr Barbara Postema (University of Groningen, Netherlands) was the external examiner and the internal examiner was Dr Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman. 

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