Research interests: 

History of medicine in medieval Ireland, General and vascular surgery

Dr Kirsten Mulrennan

Research interests:

Archivistics; medical history, including psychiatric history and sensitive archival records; archival literacy, education and outreach; digital humanities and digital scholarship.

Dr Catriona Paul

Research interests: 

American history, 1700 – 1900; human-animal histories; social and cultural history; the American West.

Dr Matthew Potter

Research interests:

Urban History; History of Local Government; History of Limerick; Death and Cemeteries; Social Housing; Irish Textiles; local history; History of modern Ireland; The Anglo-Irish landed elite 1700-1921.

Research interests: 

The history of economic democracy and the historical relationship between capitalism and religion.

Dr Stephen Griffin

Research interests:

Early modern Europe; early modern Ireland; Jacobitism; New Diplomatic History; history of international relations; history of elites; court studies; diaspora studies.

 

Dr Holly O'Farrell

Research interests:

Histories of collecting, particularly women’s roles in the collection and preservation of Middle Eastern art and material culture. Exhibition histories and the display of empire in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. 

Museum and curatorial practices, including decolonial approaches and community engagement

School of History and GeographyContact the School of History and Geography

The School of History and Geography is located in the Main Building in Room C1076
The Head of School is Dr Alistair Malcolm
Individual staff members can be contacted through the details on their profile pages in the staff section
Email: history.geography@ul.ie
Phone: +353 61 202280

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