Sokols: Pan-Slavism and Patriotism in the ‘New Europe’ after 1918 – Reflections on SPUR 2019

This is part one of a two part blog on the activities of students who participated in the SPUR programme this year under the guidance of Dr. John Paul Newman Spur project overview – John Paul Newman This summer I was lucky to work with two excellent Maynooth University students on the SPUR programme: Aleksandra…

Exploring the material culture of the Sudan, Laura Servilan Brown reflects on her PhD research

This blog is from Laura Servilan Brown who has just finished her PhD on the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, or the British and Egyptian administration of the Sudan between 1899 and 1956. She commenced research in 2015, thanks to a John and Pat Hume postgraduate scholarship, and was working under the supervision of Dr. David Murphy, from…

James Cunningham’s visit to Downside Abbey

This blog post is written by James Cunningham, a first year M.Litt student who has been partially funded by the Department of History for his studies. This current academic year I began an MLitt in history, that I hope will turn into a PhD, under the supervision of Professor De Meneses. For my theses I…

PhD life in the second year: an update from Declan Monaghan

My name is Declan Monaghan, a second year PhD student at Maynooth University. My research began in 2017 under the supervision of Professor Terence Dooley. The focus of the research concentrates on the history of the Irish National Stud in Ireland and its political links with the United Kingdom. Moreover, the study contemplates the political…

Seán Ó Hoireabhárd Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar on his work on the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.

This blog comes from one of our current PhD students, Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, who has completed both his undergraduate and MA studies with us in the Department of History. Here he reveals more about his research on the impact of the English invasion on the Irish provincial kingdoms, which is funded by the Irish Research…

NUI PhD scholar Keith Harrington on his research:

Keith Harrington is an NUI Travelling Scholar in Humanities and Social Sciences and a PhD Candidate at the Department of History and the Centre for European and Eurasian Studies at Maynooth University. Here he talks about his research to date.  A bust of Lenin inn rural Transnistria. Authors own photograph. I began my research in 2017 under the joint supervision…

Dr Frances Nolan, Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, profiles her research

We are delighted to have Dr. Frances Nolan as part of our department as she completes a prestigious fellowship funded by the Irish Research Council . Dr. Nolan will give a talk at the History Research Seminar  on Thursday 29th November 2018 at 6pm in the first floor seminar room, Iontas Building, north campus, Maynooth…

New PhD student Sven Milekić begins work on Croatian war

This blog has been written by Sven Milekić, a recipient of funding from the Irish Research Council , who will be working with Dr. John Paul Newman  As a recipient of the Iris Research Council’s full scholarship for postgraduate research, I recently started my PhD at Maynooth’s History department, under the supervision of Dr. John Paul…

‘Fake News’ in the Georgian Era: My Accidental Quest for Ireland’s Tallest Man by SPUR student Ben Herron

This summer our undergraduate student Ben Herron also worked with Dr. Alison FitzGerald on a research project examining the leisure pursuits of those in Ireland between 1750 and 1870. Here he reflects on what he learned. Conflicting reports, apparently sworn statements, and morally questionable advertising: these were just some of the obstacles I encountered on…

SPUR student Andrea Byrne on her time working on Spectacles and Shows, Exhibitions and Entertainment in Ireland 1750-1870

Each year a selection of students compete to get a place working with an academic in our department on a research project. This gives them paid experience of professional research and the chance to visit and work in different archival repositories. This reflection was written by Andrea Byrne after her experience of SPUR in the…