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Dr. John Morrissey B.A.,M.A.,Ph.D
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Biography:
Dr Morrissey graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a first class degree in Natural Science, majoring in Geography, before beginning an ESRC-funded PhD in Geography at the University of Exeter. His doctoral research drew on postcolonial theory to explore the currents of imperialism and resistance in England’s first geopolitical imaginary in the early modern period, Ireland. After completing his PhD, Dr Morrissey taught at Exeter for a year before going to NUI Galway in 2001, where he lectures on political and cultural geography, geopolitics and international development. His current research explores the interventionary practices of US national security interests in the Middle East, with particular reference to US Central Command (CENTCOM). |
Research Interests
| Dr Morrissey is a political and cultural geographer with research interests in geopolitics, imperialism and international development. His current research is broadly concerned with the geopolitical scripting and political economy of contemporary US interventionism in the Middle East. He is author of Negotiating Colonialism (RGS-IBG Historical Geography Research Series, 2003), co-author of Key Concepts in Historical Geography (Sage, 2014) and co-editor of Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis (Royal Irish Academy, 2014). At NUI Galway, he is cluster leader of the Geopolitics and Justice Research Group and programme director of the MA in Environment, Society and Development.
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Research Projects
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Project: EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD JOHN MORRISSEY ( ROG1084) Start/End Dates: 17-SEP-12 / 31-DEC-13 |
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Project: GENERAL RESEARCH ACCOUNT JOHN MORRISSEY ( RNR1149) Start/End Dates: 14-JAN-13 / 13-JAN-23 |
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Project: Participatory Development: Bridging Academic Critique and Civic Engagement in Sarajevo, Bosnia ( D2141) Start/End Dates: 01-JUL-11 / 30-NOV-11 |
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Project: IRCHSS FELLOWSHIP 2007 08 DR.J.MORRISSEY ( RCS626) Start/End Dates: 10-SEP-07 / 24-AUG-09 |
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Project: War and American Identity ( UCC/NUIG) Start/End Dates: 02-JAN-06 / 30-JUN-08 |
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Project: US CENTCOM: The Historical Geopolitics of the Shaping of the Middle East ( RM2006) Start/End Dates: 30-JAN-06 / 31-DEC-06 |
Books
Morrissey, J., Nally, D., Strohymayer, U. and Whelan, Y. (2014) Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage.  [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Negotiating Colonialism. London: HGRG, Royal Geographical Society. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Kearns, G., Meredith, D. and Morrissey, J (Ed.). (2014) Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Morrissey, J. (2015) 'Securitizing Instability: The US Military and Full Spectrum Operations'. Environment And Planning D: Society And Space, 33 . [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2015) 'Geoeconomics in the Long War'. Antipode, 47 . [Details] |
| Reilly, K., Clavin, A. and Morrissey. J. (2015) 'Participative Critical Enquiry in Graduate Field-Based Learning'. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 39 . [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'US Central Command and Liberal Imperial Reach: Shaping the Central Region for the 21st Century'. Geographical Journal, Early View . [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) 'Regimes of Performance: Practices of the Normalised Self in the Neoliberal University'. British Journal Of Sociology Of Education, Latest Articles . [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J., Clavin, A. and Reilly, K. (2013) 'Field-Based Learning: The Challenge of Practising Participatory Knowledge'. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37 (4):619-627. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J (2013) 'Governing the Academic Subject: Foucault, Governmentality and the Performing University'. Oxford Review Of Education, 39 (6):797-810. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) 'Colonial Biopolitics: 'Human Incumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine' (Review Essay)'. Progress In Human Geography, 36 (6):831-833. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) 'Podcast Steering of Independent Learning in Higher Education'. AISHE-J, 4 (1):1-9. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2011) 'Architects of Empire: The Military-Strategic Studies Complex and the Scripting of US National Security'. Antipode, 43 (2):435-470. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2011) 'Liberal Lawfare and Biopolitics: US Juridical Warfare in the War on Terror'. Geopolitics, 16 (2):280-305. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2010) 'Closing the Neoliberal Gap: Risk and Regulation in the Long War of Securitization'. Antipode, 43 (3):874-900. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2009) 'Lessons in American Geopolitik: Kaplan and the Return of Spatial Absolutism'. Human Geography, 2 (2):36-39. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2009) 'Imperial Geopolitics'. Foreign Policy, May/June . [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) 'Cultural Geography: A Critical Dictionary of Key Concepts (Review Essay)'. Area, 38 (4):476-478. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) 'Ireland’s Great War: Representation, Public Space and the Place of Dissonant Heritages'. Journal Of The Galway Archaeological And Historical Society, 58 :98-113. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) 'Cultural Geographies of the Contact Zone'. Social And Cultural Geography, 6 (4):551-566. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) 'Searching for Common Ground: Colonialism and Collaboration in Early Modern Tipperary'. Tipperary Historical Journal, 18 :25-30. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) 'Geography Militant: Resistance and the Essentialisation of Identity in Colonial Ireland'. Irish Geography, 37 (2):166-176. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) 'Contours of Colonialism: Gaelic Ireland and the Early Colonial Subject'. Irish Geography, 37 (1):88-102. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) 'Kilnamanagh and the Frontier: Surviving the New English of the Early Seventeenth Century'. Tipperary Historical Journal, 17 :101-113. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. and Merriman, P. (1999) 'Theoretical Currents in Contemporary Historical Geography: The RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Leicester'. Journal Of Historical Geography, 25 (3):389-392. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Challenging the Political Economies of Injustice: An Interview with David Harvey' In: Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Historical Geographies in the Present' In: Morrissey, J. et al (eds). Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Imperialism and Empire' In: Morrissey, J. et al (eds). Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Colonialism and Anti-Colonialism' In: Morrissey, J. et al (eds). Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Identity and the Nation' In: Morrissey, J. et al (eds). Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Imaginative Geographies and Geopolitics' In: Morrissey, J. et al (eds). Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Illustrative Geographies' In: Morrissey, J. et al (eds). Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'Evidence and Representation' In: Morrissey, J. et al (eds). Key Concepts in Historical Geography. London: Sage. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) 'The Imperial Present: Geography, Imperialism and its Continued Effects' In: Johnson, N., Schein, R. and Winders, J (eds). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Cultural Geography. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) 'Foucault and the Colonial Subject: Emergent Forms of Colonial Governmentality in Early Modern Ireland' In: Duffy, P. and Nolan, W (eds). At the Anvil: Essays in Honour of William J. Smyth. Geography Publications: Dublin. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) 'Liberal Lawfare and Biopolitics' In: Grondin, D (eds). War Beyond the Battlefield. London: Routledge. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2008) 'The Geoeconomic Pivot of the Global War on Terror: US Central Command and the War in Iraq' In: Ryan, D. and Kiely, P (eds). America and Iraq: Policy-Making, Intervention and Regional Politics. New York: Routledge. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) 'A Lost Heritage: The Connaught Rangers and Multivocal Irishness' In: McCarthy, M (eds). Ireland's Heritages: Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity. Aldershot: Ashgate. [Details] |
Other Journals
| Morrissey, J. (2014) 'CENTCOM and the Long War in the Middle East' Emmanuel College Magazine 96 :83-93. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) 'Subaltern Narratives, Biopolitical Violence, Strategic Studies' Exploring Geopolitics . [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) 'Ireland's Great War' Journal of the Medal Society of Ireland 76 :8-18. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) 'Encountering Colonialism' Social And Cultural Geography 2 (3) :217-218. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2001) 'Encountering Colonialism: Gaelic-Irish Responses to New English Expansion in Early Modern West Tipperary, c.1541-1641' Irish Economic And Social History 28 :76-77. [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (1997) 'Galbertstown and Fertiana: An Historical Perspective' Holycross Journal 1 :6-14. [Details] |
Thesis
| Morrissey, J. (2012) The New Academic Subjectivity: Enabling Performance and Engagement in the Contemporary University. MA Thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway. Thesis [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2000) Encountering Colonialism: Gaelic-Irish Responses to New English Expansion in Early Modern West Tipperary, c.1541-1641. PhD Thesis, University of Exeter. Thesis [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (1996) Landscape and Society in Seventeenth-Century West Tipperary. BA Thesis, Trinity College, University of Dublin. Thesis [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Report of the Proceedings of the 8th Annual Practising Historical Geography Conference (HGRG Newsletter, Spring) HGRG Practising Historical Geography 8th Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society University of Durham, [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Report of the Proceedings of the 7th Annual Practising Historical Geography Conference (HGRG Newsletter, Spring) HGRG Practising Historical Geography 7th Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society University of Wales Swansea, [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2001) Report of the Proceedings of the 6th Annual Practising Historical Geography Conference (HGRG Newsletter, Spring) HGRG Practising Historical Geography 6th Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society Royal Holloway, University of London, [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (1999) Report of the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference in Historical Geography (HGRG Newsletter, Spring) 10th International Conference in Historical Geography University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Israeli Detention of Geographer (Irish Times). Newspaper Articles [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Release of Geographer Detained in Israel (Irish Times). Newspaper Articles [Details] |
Conference Paper
| Morrissey, J. (2014) Securitizing Instability: The Notional Legal Spectrum. 110th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) The Lifework of Neil Smith. 45th Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI Galway. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) “Thinking Smarter About Defense”: Enabling Rapid Military-Economic Securitization. 108th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) Foucault and the Colonial Subject. People, Past, and Place: Studies in Irish Historical Geography Conference, NUI Maynooth. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J., Clavin, A. and Reilly, K. (2012) Field-Based Learning: Enhancing Student Learning through Community Engagement in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Edinburgh. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2011) Deconstructing the Political and Cultural Ascriptions of Irishness. Space, Identity and the Authentic Symposium, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2010) Critical Knowledge, Activism and the Academy. 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center, New York. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2010) Biopolitics on the New Frontier: US Juridical Warfare in the War on Terror. Ordnance: War, Architecture and Space, University College Cork. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2009) Rhetorics of Risk and Reconstruction: US Geoeconomic Calculation and the Long War of Securitization in the Persian Gulf. 105th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas. Conference Paper [Details] |
| J. Morrissey (2009) US Juridical Warfare: Strategies of Military Biopower. 105th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas. Conference Paper [Details] |
| J. Morrissey (2008) The Derivative War in the Middle East: Risk, Preemption and the Political Economy of Securitization. 104th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) US CENTCOM and the Middle East: Grand Strategy and the Exceptional Spaces of the Global War on Terror. 103rd Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) Shannon and Ireland’s Geopolitical Positioning in the Global War on Terror. 103rd Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) An Empire of Disorder: English Hegemony and the Projection of Power in Colonial Ireland. 102nd Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) 'Shaping the Central Region for the 21st Century’: CENTCOM and the Exceptional Spaces of Intervention. 6th European Social Science History Conference, Amsterdam. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Strategies of Resistance in Early Colonial Tipperary. 35th Annual Conference of the Group for the Study of Irish Historical Settlement, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) The Iraqi Mission Civilisatrice: Grand Strategy and the Exceptional Spaces of the Global War on Terror. The United States and Iraq: Reflections and Projections Conference, Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) Narrating Ireland’s Heritages: The Connaught Rangers and the Possibility of Memory. Galway International Genealogical Conference, Oranmore, Co. Galway. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) World War I and the Place of Ireland’s Dissonant Heritages. 101st Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) US Centcom and the Iraq War: Imaginative Geographies and the Circulation of Non-Knowledge. Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI Galway. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Remembering the Connaught Rangers, Connaught Rangers 80th Anniversary Weekend, King House, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) Inactive Geographies of Memory: Forgetting Ireland’s Involvement in the British Army. 5th European Social Science History Conference Humboldt University, Berlin. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Fighting Irish / Fighting Britishness: (Re)presenting the Connaught Rangers. 99th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) New English Exclusivism and the 1641 Irish Rebellion. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Queens University Belfast. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) (Re)membering the Connaught Rangers: Voices from the Margins. Remembering the Connaught Rangers Symposium, Renmore, Galway. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) The Connaught Rangers: A Lost Heritage. Irelands Heritages Conference, GMIT Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2001) Recovering the Voices of Resistance: The Contact Zone in the Archives. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, University of Plymouth. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2001) Negotiating Difference: Geographies of Self and Other in Early Modern Ireland. Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Cork. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2001) Ethnicity and Resistance in Early Modern Ireland. 11th International Conference of Historical Geographers, Université Laval, Quebec. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (1999) Fields of Conflict and Transformation: The Changing Cultural Context of Early Seventeenth-Century West Tipperary. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, University of Leicester. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (1998) Cultural Change in Seventeenth-Century West Tipperary, Ireland. Wessex Consortium Conference, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, London. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (1998) Geographies of Accommodation and Resistance in Early Colonial West Tipperary. 10th International Conference of Historical Geographers, University of Ulster. Conference Paper [Details] |
Invited papers
| Morrissey, J. (2014) The Securitization of Underdevelopment: Stability Operations in “An Era of Persistent Conflict”. Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) Colonial Subjection: Emergent Forms of Governmentality in Early Modern Ireland. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) The Long War: CENTCOM, Grand Strategy and Global Security. Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2014) Podcasted Virtual Learning Support. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) Knowledge Portals for the Contemporary Student. Hardiman Library, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) Ireland and the Use of History: Envisioning the Great War. Connaught Rangers Gathering, Markree Castle, Co. Sligo. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) Historical Geographies in the Present: Historicizing Western Interventionism. Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) The Securitization of Instability. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) Enabling Performance and Engagement in the Contemporary University. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey (2012) Large Group Teaching. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) Podcasting in Higher Education. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2011) Podcast Steering of Independent Learning. Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2010) That This House Believes Barack Obama Will Continue to Disappoint. Literary and Debating Society, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2010) The Imperial Present: Scripting US National Security Concerns in the Long War. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2008) The Political Economy of US CENTCOM. Center for Place, Culture and Politics, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2008) CENTCOM's Middle East: Geopolitical Imaginings and Interventionary Practices. School of Public and International Affairs and the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, Virginia Tech. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2008) From “Arc of Crisis” to “Axis of Evil”: CENTCOM, Securitization and the Long War in the Middle East. Department of Geography, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) The Political Geography of the War on Terror. Geographical Society, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) The Force of Law Without Law: Exception, Exemption and the Global War on Terror. Department of Geography, University of Exeter. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) Agamben, Bare Life and the Biopolitical Geography of the War on Terror. Department of Philosophy, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) Ireland’s Great War: Representation, Public Space and the Place of Dissonant Heritages. Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College Dublin. Invited papers [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Mapping the Global War on Terror: The New Imperial Geopolitics. Department of Geography, University College Cork. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Ireland and the First World War: The Politics and Selectivity of Remembrance. United States Military Academy, West Point (NY). Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) The Last Days of Gaelic Kilnamanagh: Resistance and the Endgame of 1641. O’Dwyer Clan Rally 2006, Ballykisteen, Co. Tipperary. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Reading the Geopolitics of the New Imperialism. Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) Incorporating Memory / Memories of Incorporation: The Connaught Rangers of the Great War. Department of Geography, University of Liverpool. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) The Connaught Rangers: Multivocal Irishness and the Place of Dissonant Heritages. Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) Ireland, the Great War and the Politics of Representation. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Lost Voices / Hidden Memory: The Connaught Rangers and Multivocal Irishness. GMIT Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) The Heritage of the Connaught Rangers. Department of Geography, NUI Galway. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2000) Encountering Colonialism: The Changing Cultural Context of Early Seventeenth-Century West Tipperary. Department of Geography, University of Exeter. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey (1998) The Cultural Landscape of 17th-Century County Tipperary, Department of Geography, University of Exeter. Invited papers [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (1996) Landscape and Society in 17th-Century West Tipperary. Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin. Invited papers [Details] |
Workshops
| Morrissey, J. (2010) Field-Based Learning: Participatory Development Theory Beyond the Laptop. Civic Engagement Symposium, Community Knowledge Initiative, NUI Galway. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2010) Experiences of Podcasting for Undergraduate Students. 8th Annual Galway Symposium, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, NUI Galway. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) Visual Sources in Geographical Research. Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Annual Conference, Glencree Centre, Co. Wicklow. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Visual Archives in Historical Research. 12th Annual HGRG Practising Historical Geography Conference, Queen's University Belfast. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) Postgraduate Transferable Skills in Geography. Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Annual Conference, Glencree Centre, Co. Wicklow. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) Deconstructing Images. Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Annual Conference, Glencree Centre, Co. Wicklow. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Theory and Representation. Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Annual Conference, Bellinter House, Co Meath. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Using Theory in Geography. Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Annual Conference, Bellinter House, Co Meath. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Using Archives in Geography. 8th Annual HGRG Practising Historical Geography Conference, University of Durham. Workshops [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2000) The Geography Postgraduate Experience. 6th Annual HGRG Practising Historical Geography Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London. Workshops [Details] |
Report
| Morrissey, J. (2012) Geography at NUI Galway, 2011/2012. GeoNews, Issue 54: Report [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2011) Geography at NUI Galway, 2010/2011. GeoNews, Issue 53: Report [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Meeting 2007. Geography Department, NUI Galway: Report [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Meeting 2005. Geography Department, NUI Galway: Report [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Meeting 2004. Geography Department, NUI Galway: Report [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Meeting 2003. Geography Department, NUI Galway: Report [Details] |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Meeting 2002. Geography Department, NUI Galway: Report [Details] |
Education
| Year 1996 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: BACHELOR OF ARTS Subject: Geography |
| Year 2000 Institution: University of Exeter Qualification: PhD Subject: Geography |
| Year 2012 Institution: NUI Qualification: Masters of Arts Subject: Education |
Employment
| Employer: University of Cambridge Position: Visiting Fellow |
| Employer: NUI Galway Position: Senior Lecturer in Geography |
| Employer: City University of New York Position: Senior Research Scholar in Geopolitics |
| Employer: University College Cork Position: Visiting Scholar in Geography |
| Employer: University of Exeter Position: Lecturer in Geography |
| Employer: University of Exeter Position: Tutor in Geography |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2014. Title: Derek Brewer Quatercentenary Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge |
| Year: 2013. Title: Visiting Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge |
| Year: 2012. Title: NAIRTL National Academy Award for Research and Teaching Excellence |
| Year: 2011. Title: President's Award for Teaching Excellence |
| Year: 2011. Title: CKI Learning and Teaching Innovation Award |
| Year: 2010. Title: Fulbright US Institute Scholar Nomination |
| Year: 2008. Title: Visiting Scholar, Virginia Tech |
| Year: 2007. Title: Senior Research Scholar, City University of New York |
| Year: 2007. Title: Government of Ireland IRCHSS Fellow |
| Year: 2006. Title: Visiting Scholar, University College Cork |
| Year: 2002. Title: Royal Geographical Society Young Researcher Award |
| Year: 2001. Title: British Academy Research Award |
| Year: 1997. Title: UK Economic and Social Research Council PhD Scholarship |
| Year: 1997. Title: University of Exeter PhD Studentship |
| Year: 1996. Title: Dissertation Distinction, Trinity College Dublin |
| Year: 1992. Title: All-Ireland Short Story Writing Champion |
Committees
| Committee : Advisory Board of the International Conference of Historical Geography (ICHG) |
| Committee : Geographical Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy |
| Committee : Historical Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society |
| Committee : Geopolitics and Justice Research Cluster |
| Committee : Conflicts, Humanitarianism and Security Research Cluster |
| Committee : Environment, Development and Sustainability Research Cluster |
| Committee : College of Arts Taught Graduate Programme Committee |
| Committee : School of Geography and Archaeology Research Committee |
Associations
| Association: Association of American Geographers, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Royal Geographical Society, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Geographical Society of Ireland, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: UK Overseas Development Institute Humanitarian Practice Network, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Irish Environmental History Network, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Function/Role: Member |
Conference Contributions
| Morrissey, J. (2014) Paper. [Chaired Session], 110th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, USA , 08-APR-14 - 12-APR-14. |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) Opening Address. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], 4th Annual Symposium on Environment, Society and Development, NUI Galway , 27-AUG-13 - 27-AUG-13. |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) Plenary Welcome. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 45th Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI Galway , 16-MAY-13 - 18-MAY-13. |
| Morrissey, J. (2013) Opening Address. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], 1st Annual Symposium on Geopolitics and Justice, NUI Galway , 22-MAR-13 - 22-MAR-13. |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) Opening Address. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], 3rd Annual Symposium on Environment, Society and Development, NUI Galway , 28-AUG-12 - 28-AUG-12. |
| Morrissey, J. (2012) Paper. [Chaired Session], 108th Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, New York, NY, USA , 24-FEB-12 - 28-FEB-12. |
| Morrissey, J. (2011) Opening Address. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], 2nd Annual Symposium on Environment, Society and Development, NUI Galway , 23-AUG-11 - 23-AUG-11. |
| Morrissey, J. (2010) Opening Address. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], 1st Annual Symposium on Environment, Society and Development, NUI Galway , 24-AUG-10 - 24-AUG-10. |
| Morrissey, J. (2009) Paper. [Chaired Session], 105th Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA , 22-MAR-09 - 27-MAR-09. |
| Morrissey, J. (2008) Paper. [Chaired Session], 104th Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Boston, MA, USA , 15-APR-08 - 19-APR-08. |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) Paper. [Chaired Session], 103rd Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA , 17-APR-07 - 21-APR-07. |
| Morrissey, J. (2007) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 8th Annual Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Conference, Glencree Centre, Co. Wicklow , 09-FEB-07 - 11-FEB-07. |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 12th Annual HGRG Practising Historical Geography Conference, Queen's University Belfast , 01-NOV-06 - 01-NOV-06. |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Paper. [Chaired Session], 6th European Social Science History Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands , 22-MAR-06 - 25-MAR-06. |
| Morrissey, J. (2006) Paper. [Chaired Session], 102nd Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA , 07-MAR-06 - 11-MAR-06. |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) Plenary Welcome. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 37th Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI Galway , 06-MAY-05 - 08-MAY-05. |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) Paper. [Chaired Session], 101st Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA , 05-APR-05 - 09-APR-05. |
| Morrissey, J. (2005) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 6th Annual Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Conference, Glencree, Co. Wicklow , 28-JAN-05 - 30-JAN-05. |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) Paper. [Chaired Session], 5th European Social Science History Conference, Berlin, Germany , 24-MAR-04 - 27-MAR-04. |
| Morrissey, J. (2004) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 5th Annual Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Conference, Glencree, Co. Wicklow , 20-FEB-04 - 22-FEB-04. |
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Paper. [Chaired Session], 99th Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA , 05-MAR-03 - 08-MAR-03. |
| Morrissey, J. (2003) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 4th Annual Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Conference, Bellinter House, Co. Meath , 24-JAN-03 - 26-JAN-03. |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 8th Annual HGRG Practising Historical Geography Conference, University of Durham , 06-NOV-02 - 06-NOV-02. |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 3rd Annual Irish Postgraduate Training Consortium Conference, Bellinter House, Co. Meath , 08-FEB-02 - 10-FEB-02. |
| Morrissey, J. (2002) Paper. [Chaired Session], RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Queen's University Belfast , 02-JAN-02 - 06-JAN-02. |
| Morrissey, J. (2001) Paper. [Chaired Session], 11th International Conference of Historical Geographers, Quebec, Canada , 12-AUG-01 - 18-AUG-01. |
| Morrissey, J. (2001) Paper. [Chaired Session], RGS-IBG Annual Conference, University of Plymouth , 02-JAN-01 - 05-JAN-01. |
| Morrissey, J. (2000) Workshop. [Conference Organising Committee Member], 6th Annual HGRG Practising Historical Geography Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London , 08-NOV-00 - 08-NOV-00. |
| Morrissey, J. (1999) Paper. [Chaired Session], RGS-IBG Annual Conference, University of Leicester , 04-JAN-99 - 07-JAN-99. |
| Morrissey, J. (1998) Paper. [Chaired Session], 10th International Conference of Historical Geographers, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland , 19-JUL-98 - 28-JUL-98. |
Community Engagement
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Dr Morrissey is a member of the Geographical Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy, and has worked closely with colleagues in the 2011 production of 'The Geography of Climate Justice' educational resource for local governments and schools. In April 2013, he co-organised a 2-day conference on 'Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis', which was attended by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. A co-edited book on the proceedings was published by the RIA in September 2014. Type: Policy Development From/To: 06-SEP-10-05-SEP-14 |
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In 2009/2010, Dr Morrissey established an annual 1-day student symposium on ‘Environment, Society and Development’ in the UN headquarters in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where students on the MA in Environment, Society and Development present their various field research projects to the development practitioners and community partners we work with on the ground. It is an inspiring example of making knowledge count. The 4th Annual Student Symposium took place in April 2013. Type: Research (e.g. Community based research) From/To: 22-APR-10-25-APR-13 |
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During the summers of 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, Dr Morrissey worked with ‘Burren Chernobyl Project’ for 1 month in southern Belarus - working with children with physical and mental disabilities in orphanages in Goradishche and Cherven. Type: Outreach From/To: 01-JUN-02-01-JUL-05 |
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In 2002 and 2003, Dr Morrissey was involved in the NUI Galway Access Office programme ‘Sport for Success’, which was a combined sport and homework initiative that sought to promote third level education, as well as improving sporting techniques and skills. Type: Teaching (e.g. Service learning / comunity based learning) From/To: 01-AUG-02-02-MAY-03 |
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Over the last 10 years, Dr Morrissey has given public lectures to Volunteer Services Overseas, Amnesty International, the Royal Geographical Society, the Geographical Society of Ireland, Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Connaught Rangers Association and Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement. He has also actively supported various student societies including: the Political Discussion Society; the Literary and Debating Society; and the Volunteer Services Abroad Society. Type: Advocacy From/To: 09-SEP-02-12-APR-13 |
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Dr Morrissey has had a number of letters published in the Irish Times respecting a variety of human and environmental geographical concerns on the national and global scale, and has similarly contributed to RTE and BBC radio on issues specifically in relation to international development. He also runs a popular interactive blog for the MA in Environment, Society and Development at NUI Galway on Facebook, and posts regularly on Twitter on a variety of educational, political and social themes. Type: Outreach From/To: 12-AUG-06-12-APR-13 |
Consultancy
| Client: : Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs |
| Client: : UNDP Bosnia |
Languages
| Gaeilge: |
| French: |
| Italian: |
Teaching Interests
| Dr Morrissey is a political and cultural geographer, with particular research and teaching interests in geopolitics, imperialism and international security. His teaching also explores broader questions of representation, especially the geopolitical and cultural discursive power of abstracted geographical knowledges. |
Recent Postgraduates
| PhD (current students in italics) Darren Keegan, PhD (2013-2017); NUIG College of Arts Fellow) Extra-Territorial Violence: Interrogating the Role of Drone Strikes in Contemporary Western Geopolitics Sharon Leahy, PhD (2005-2009; NUIG College of Arts Fellow) Multi-Ethnic Discourses in Irish Current Affairs Programming (External: Prof. Gillian Rose) Annaleigh Margey, PhD (2001-2004; funded by HEA PRTLI Cycle 2) Mapping the Irish Plantations, c.1580-1636 (External: Prof. Roger Kain) MLitt Stephanie Egan, MLitt (2006-2011 part-time; NUI Lady Gregory Scholar) The Irish-Palestinian Solidarity Campaign: Resistance and the Production of Knowledge (External: Prof. Brian Graham) Jacinta Moloney, MLitt (2003-2005) Unveiling Identities: Muslim Women and the Negotiation of Public Space in Galway (External: Prof. Gerry Kearns) MA Aileen Bellew, MA (2009-2010) Scripting Orientalism, Foreign Affairs Magazine, 2001-2003 (External: Prof. Neil Smith) Charles McLaughlin, MA (2009-2010) Imperial Visions of India in Punch Magazine in the Interwar Years (External: Prof. Neil Smith) Killian McCormack, MA (2010-2011) Sustaining Hegemony: Discourses of Securitization in Joint Force Quarterly (External: Prof. Neil Smith) Thomas Rush, MA (2010-2011) Popular Geopolitics, Affect and the ‘Other’ (External: Prof. Neil Smith) |
Modules Taught
| MA in Environment, Society and Development TI 703 Geography: Geopolitics and Security |
| MA in Environment, Society and Development TI 706 Geography: Field-Based Learning |
| MA in Environment, Society and Development TI 707 Geography: MA Dissertation |
| 3BA/4BA TI 355 Geography: Research Seminar in Historical and Cultural Geography |
| 3BA/4BA TI 326 Geography: War and Representation |
| 2BA TI 254 Geography and Archaelogy: Space, Place and the Irish Landscape |
Internal Collaborators
| Cluster Leader: Geopolitics and Justice Cluster Theme Leader: Conflicts, Humanitarianism and Security Cluster Member: Environment, Development and Sustainability Other Collaborations: Community Knowledge Initiative Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching |
External Collaborators
| Member: Geographical Sciences Committee, Royal Irish Academy Member: Historical Geography Research Group, Royal Geographical Society Member: UK Overseas Development Institute Humanitarian Practice Network Member: Advisory Board of the International Conference of Historical Geography (ICHG) Member: Association of American Geographers Member: Geographical Society of Ireland Member: Irish Environmental History Network Member: Galway Archaeological and Historical Society Other Collaborations: Derek Gregory, Geography, University of British Columbia (Canada) David Harvey, Anthropology, City University of New York (USA) Gerry Kearns, Geography, National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Ireland) David Nally, Geography, University of Cambridge (UK) David Ryan, History, University College Cork (Ireland) Marilyn Young, History, New York University (USA) |
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