Dr Gearóid Barry

BA, PhD

 
researcher
 

Biography


Having taken the BA degree in History and Politics at Trinity College Dublin (1999) I completed my PhD in History ¿ on the cultural legacy of World War One - at TCD in 2005. During my time as a graduate student, I was fortunate to have my work supported by a Government of Ireland Scholarship (Irish Research Council) Whilst conducting archival research in France, I worked an an English-language assistant at ENS Cachan and participated in research seminars at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris.   Appointed Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Galway in 2005, my teaching and research interests lie in the area of modern European history.

My monograph The Disarmament of Hatred: Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the legacy of the First World War, 1914-1945 was published with Palgrave Macmillan in 2012; it analyses the Christian Democratic peace movement in France in the aftermath of the First World War and its transnational contacts with peace activists across Europe, secular and religious. In 2013, on strength of this monograph, the US-based Peace History Society awarded me the Scott Bills Memorial Prize, a biennial award which recognizes an outstanding first book in the field of peace history. As well as publishing articles on pacifism and on religious history in front-line international journals such as Parlement(s): revue d¿histoire, the European History Quarterly and the Journal of Ecclesiastical History, I am also co-editor, with my Galway colleagues Róisín Healy and Enrico Dal Lago, of three peer-reviewed edited volumes. Two of these  -- Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War One (Brill, 2016) and The Global 1916: An anti-imperial moment (Routledge, 2018) - examine the transnational experience of the First World War from novel perspectives and are based on conferences we organized here at the University of Galway. The third - Family Histories of World War II. Survivors and descendants (Bloomsbury, 2021) ¿ addresses intergenerational memory of World War Two drawing, uniquely, on the family experiences of the University of Galway¿s diverse and international staff.  
My research-led teaching covers a wide range of modern European history but with a particular emphasis on the First World War and its legacies, French history and religious history. In keeping with this specialism. I have authored a number of thematic articles for `1914¿1918-online. The International Encyclopedia of the First World War,¿ which has become an important reference work in the field of First World War studies. I have successfully supervised a doctoral student, Dr Gavan Duffy, whose PhD (History)  ¿ on the history of the League of Nations C Mandates, former German territories and the British Dominions in the southern hemisphere- was awarded in 2020.

For my ongoing research project I am investigating the 1920s physical and cultural reconstruction of the north-east of France after the First World War, including its religious dimensions at diocesan level. My past and present research resonates with a number of the School of History and Philosophy¿s Signature Research Themes, in particular Religion and Faith/Beliefs in Society, State and Society but also, because of my mongraph¿s emphasis on peace and youth activism, with the themes of Childhood, Youth and Gender. Research and professional collaborations have included membership of the advisory board of the AHRC-funded Great War and Global Religions research project, which was based at the Faculty of History, Oxford University, from 2014-19Currently I serve on the founding editorial board of a French-based international journal Histoire, Europe et Relations Internationales, Cahiers Sirice-Pierre Renouvin (since July 2022) publishing in French and English. I am also a regular contributor to the national media including Irish-language media such as TG4 (national television service) and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (national Irish-language radio).





Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2017) '‘ “L’effort des pacifistes en Allemagne”: Discours du député Marc Sangnier prononcé à la Chambre des Députés (16 novembre 1923)''
Gearóid Barry (2017) '‘ “L’effort des pacifistes en Allemagne”: Discours du député Marc Sangnier prononcé à la Chambre des Députés (16 novembre 1923)''. Parlement[s], Revue d'histoire politique, 26 (2):171-174 [Details]
(2017) '‘ La création d’un “pacifisme parlementaire “ ? Mouvements de paix, parlements et politique électorale en Grande-Bretagne et en France pendant la Première Guerre mondiale‘'
Gearóid Barry (2017) '‘ La création d’un “pacifisme parlementaire “ ? Mouvements de paix, parlements et politique électorale en Grande-Bretagne et en France pendant la Première Guerre mondiale‘'. Parlement[s], Revue d'histoire politique, 26 (2):125-143 [Details]
(2015) 'Political Religion: A User's Guide'
Barry, G (2015) 'Political Religion: A User's Guide'. Contemporary European History, 24 :623-638 [DOI] [Details]
(2011) 'Marc Sangnier and 'the Other Germany': The Freiburg International Democratic Peace Congress and the Ruhr invasion, 1923'
Barry, G (2011) 'Marc Sangnier and 'the Other Germany': The Freiburg International Democratic Peace Congress and the Ruhr invasion, 1923'. European History Quarterly, 41 :25-49 [DOI] [Details]
(2009) 'Rehabilitating a Radical Catholic: Pope Benedict XV and Marc Sangnier, 1914-1922'
Barry, G (2009) 'Rehabilitating a Radical Catholic: Pope Benedict XV and Marc Sangnier, 1914-1922'. Journal Of Ecclesiastical History, 60 :514-533 [DOI] [Details]

Books

  Year Publication
(2012) THE DISARMAMENT OF HATRED.' Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 .
Barry, G. (2012) THE DISARMAMENT OF HATRED.' Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 . Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2023) '`Ireland and the ¿end of the European crisis,¿ 1923-24¿'
Elaine Callinan, Mel Farrell & Thomas Tormey (eds) (2023) '`Ireland and the ¿end of the European crisis,¿ 1923-24¿' In: Vying for victory. The 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State. :110-120 Dublin: UCD Press. [Details]
(2022) '`¿Our Dismay is not Despair¿. The Fellowship of Reconciliation, Personal Itineraries and Christian Pacificist Narratives of War, 1914-20¿'
Jean-Michel Guieu & Stéphane Tison (eds) (2022) '`¿Our Dismay is not Despair¿. The Fellowship of Reconciliation, Personal Itineraries and Christian Pacificist Narratives of War, 1914-20¿' In: La paix dans la guerre. Espoirs et expréiences de paix (1914-1919). :261-274 Paris: Éditions de la Sorbonne. [Details]
(2021) '`Pope Benedict XV and Pacifism: ¿An Invincible Phalanx for Peace?¿'
Alberto Melloni, Giovanni Cavagnini & Giulia Grossi (eds.) (2021) '`Pope Benedict XV and Pacifism: ¿An Invincible Phalanx for Peace?¿' In: A Pope in the World of the 'Useless Slaughter' (1914-1918). :319-335 Turnhout: Brepols. [DOI] [Details]
(2021) '¿From generation to generation: World War Two narratives in transition¿'
Gearóid Barry & Róisín Healy (2021) '¿From generation to generation: World War Two narratives in transition¿' In: Family Histories of World War II: Survivors and Descendants. London: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2017) '‘Benedetto XV e il pacifismo : una “ invincible phalange per la pace” ?’'
Alberto Melloni, Giovanni Cavagnini & Giulia Grossi (eds.) (2017) '‘Benedetto XV e il pacifismo : una “ invincible phalange per la pace” ?’' In: Benedetto XV. Papa Giacomo Della Chiesa mondo dell’ « inutile stage » vol. 1. :202-214 Bologna: Società editrice Il Mulino. [Details]
(2018) 'Alfred Vanderpol (1854-1915), religious internationalism and the pre-history of Catholic pacifism in France, 1906-1917’'
• Rémi Fabre, Thierry Bonzon, Jean-Michel Guieu, Elisa Marcobelli & Michel Rapoport (eds) (2018) 'Alfred Vanderpol (1854-1915), religious internationalism and the pre-history of Catholic pacifism in France, 1906-1917’' In: Les défenseurs de la paix, 1899-1917. :141-150 Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes. [Details]
(2010) 'The Crusade of Youth”: Pacifism and the militarization of youth culture in Marc Sangnier’s peace congresses, 1923-32'
Barry, G. (2010) 'The Crusade of Youth”: Pacifism and the militarization of youth culture in Marc Sangnier’s peace congresses, 1923-32' In: Finding Common Ground: New Directions in First World War Studies. :239-266 Leiden: Brill. [Details]
(2005) '‘Marc Sangnier’s War, 1914-1919: Portrait of a Soldier, Catholic and Social Activist’'
Barry, G. (2005) '‘Marc Sangnier’s War, 1914-1919: Portrait of a Soldier, Catholic and Social Activist’' In: Warfare and Belligerence. Perspectives in First World War Studies. :125-50 Leiden: Brill. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2021) Family Histories of World War II: Survivors and Descendants.
Gearóid Barry & Róisín Healy (Ed.). (2021) Family Histories of World War II: Survivors and Descendants Family Histories of World War II: Survivors and Descendants. London: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2018) 1916 in Global Context: An Anti-Imperial Moment.
Enrico Dal Lago, Róisín Healy & Gearóid Barry (Ed.). (2018) 1916 in Global Context: An Anti-Imperial Moment 1916 in Global Context: An Anti-Imperial Moment. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2016) Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War One.
Gearóid Barry, Enrico Dal Lago & Róisín Healy (eds) (Ed.). (2016) Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War One Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War One. Leiden & Boston: Brill. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2016) Pope Benedict XV in the world of useless slaughter. Internataional Conference,
Gearóid Barry (2016) Paper on Pope Benedict XV and pacifist movements. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Pope Benedict XV in the world of useless slaughter. Internataional Conference, Bologna, Italy (FSCIRE research institute) , 03-NOV-16 - 05-NOV-16. [Details]
(2016) 1916 in Context; Public Symposium,
Gearóid Barry (2016) `1916 in Context: Public Symposium¿ centenary event hosted by the School of History & Geography, DCU/St Patrick¿s Campus, Dublin. [Invited Oral Presentation], 1916 in Context; Public Symposium, DCU St Patrick¿s Campus, Dublin , 23-JAN-16 - 23-JAN-16. [Details]
(2017) : `1917: Aftermath of Rebellion. A Public Symposium,¿ organized by the DCU School of History & Geography,
Gearóid Barry (2017) Presentation entitled: ¿1917 beyond Ireland: a year of mutiny and revolt¿. [Invited Oral Presentation], : `1917: Aftermath of Rebellion. A Public Symposium,¿ organized by the DCU School of History & Geography, DCU St Patrick¿s Campus, Dublin , 28-JAN-17 - 28-JAN-17. [Details]
(2018) Transitions, 1918-1919: marking the December 1918 General Election and post-war demobilizations at their centenaries,
Gearóid Barry (2018) Presentation on European societies and military demobilizations of 1918-19. [Oral Presentation], Transitions, 1918-1919: marking the December 1918 General Election and post-war demobilizations at their centenaries, Moore Institute (University of Galway) , 17-DEC-18 - 17-DEC-18. [Details]
(2018) Transitions, 1918-1919: marking the December 1918 General Election and post-war demobilizations at their centenaries,
Gearóid Barry (2018) Pop-up public history seminar to mark centenary of 1918-19 post-World War One transitions in Ireland and Europe. [Organising Chair], Transitions, 1918-1919: marking the December 1918 General Election and post-war demobilizations at their centenaries, Moore Institute (University of Galway) , 17-DEC-18 - 17-DEC-18. [Details]
(2019) Royal Military College of Canada Annual Symposium - ¿The People¿s Conference: The Transnational Legacies of 1919. La conférence des peuples : les héritages transnationaux de 1919¿,
Gearóid Barry (2019) ¿`The providential hour¿: Christian activists and European reconstruction in 1919.¿. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Royal Military College of Canada Annual Symposium - ¿The People¿s Conference: The Transnational Legacies of 1919. La conférence des peuples : les héritages transnationaux de 1919¿, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston (Ontario) , 07-NOV-19 - 08-NOV-19. [Details]
(2023) History Workshop: ¿Religion re-imagines the world, 1870-1930.¿ Organized by Dr Catriona Clear, University of Galway,
Gearóid Barry (2023) ¿Rebuilding as resurrection? Preliminary thoughts on French Catholics and the reconstruction of the `devastated regions¿ of the First World War¿. [Invited Oral Presentation], History Workshop: ¿Religion re-imagines the world, 1870-1930.¿ Organized by Dr Catriona Clear, University of Galway, Moore Institute (University of Galway) , 26-APR-23 - 26-APR-23. [Details]
(2023) Clonakilty Dúchas Heritage Group, local history society lecture series,
Gearóid Barry (2023) Title of lecture: ¿The ravages of war stand out on every hand¿: France and the reconstruction of the `devastated regions¿ of the First World War. [Invited Lecture], Clonakilty Dúchas Heritage Group, local history society lecture series, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland , 27-APR-23 - 27-APR-23. [Details]
(2023) Journée d¿étude: Penser et agir pour la paix au Québec au 20e siècle,
Gearóid Barry (2023) `French Catholics building Peace: from the Belle époque to the atomic age¿ Invited masterclass (on Zoom) for French Canadian graduate students organized by Prof Carl Bouchard, Université de Montréal. [Keynote Address], Journée d¿étude: Penser et agir pour la paix au Québec au 20e siècle, History graduate school, Université de Montréal, Québec , 10-NOV-23 - 11-NOV-23. [Details]
(2023) American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 5-8 January 2023,
Gearóid Barry (2023) Catholic Internationalists, Building Peace, and the French Connection, 1920¿38: The ¿Democratic International¿ and the Legacy of the First World War. [International Refereed Conference], American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 5-8 January 2023, Philadelphia, USA , 07-JAN-23 - 07-JAN-23. [Details]

Blog

  Year Publication
(2020) `Some unfinished business¿: New Zealand, Samoa and the legacy of the Great Flu pandemic of 1918, Moore Institute (University of Galway) blog.
Gearóid Barry & Gavan Duffy (2020) `Some unfinished business¿: New Zealand, Samoa and the legacy of the Great Flu pandemic of 1918, Moore Institute (University of Galway) blog. University of Galway: Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies Blog [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
(2023) Review of Patriot priests: French Catholic clergy and national identity in World War One by Anita Rasi May (2018), First World War Studies.
Gearóid Barry (2023) Review of Patriot priests: French Catholic clergy and national identity in World War One by Anita Rasi May (2018), First World War Studies. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2021) Review of Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union by Stella Ghervas. European History Quarterly, 51(4), 587-588.
Gearóid Barry (2021) Review of Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union by Stella Ghervas. European History Quarterly, 51(4), 587-588. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2020) Double Book Review of Marcus M. Payk and Roberta Pergher, eds, Beyond Versailles: Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and the Formation of New Polities after the Great War. European History Quarterly, 50(2), 358-361.
Gearóid Barry (2020) Double Book Review of Marcus M. Payk and Roberta Pergher, eds, Beyond Versailles: Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and the Formation of New Polities after the Great War. European History Quarterly, 50(2), 358-361. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2019) Review of Conan Fischer, A Vision of Europe: Franco-German Relations during the Great Depression, 1929¿1932. European History Quarterly, 49(3), 506-508.
Gearóid Barry (2019) Review of Conan Fischer, A Vision of Europe: Franco-German Relations during the Great Depression, 1929¿1932. European History Quarterly, 49(3), 506-508. European History Quarterly Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2019) Review of No Way Out. The Irish in wartime France, 1939-1945. Isadore Ryan. (Cork: Mercier, 2017) reviewed in CERCLES Book Reviews (May 2019) (University of Rouen) http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html.
Gearóid Barry (2019) Review of No Way Out. The Irish in wartime France, 1939-1945. Isadore Ryan. (Cork: Mercier, 2017) reviewed in CERCLES Book Reviews (May 2019) (University of Rouen) http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html. University of Rouen: Book Review [Details]
(2010) Maurice Blondel, social Catholicism, and Action Francaise. The clash over the Church's role in society during the Modernist era.
Barry, G (2010) Maurice Blondel, social Catholicism, and Action Francaise. The clash over the Church's role in society during the Modernist era. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2010) Georges Goyau (1869-1939). A Catholic intellectual under the IIIrd Republic.
Barry, G (2010) Georges Goyau (1869-1939). A Catholic intellectual under the IIIrd Republic. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Book Review [Details]
(2013) THE NEW HERETICS OF FRANCE: MINORITY RELIGIONS, LA RUPUBLIQUE, AND THE GOVERNMENT- SPONSORED WAR ON SECTS.
Barry, G (2013) THE NEW HERETICS OF FRANCE: MINORITY RELIGIONS, LA RUPUBLIQUE, AND THE GOVERNMENT- SPONSORED WAR ON SECTS. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2013) Review of Bernard Barbiche and Christian Sorrel, eds, La Jeunesse Etudiante Chrétienne, 1929-2009: Actes de la Journée d'Etude Organisée par le Centre National des Archives de l'Eglise de France. Paris, 7 décembre 2009' (Lyon: RESEA, 2011) in H-France Review, vol. 13 (June 2013), no. 84.
Barry, Gearóid (2013) Review of Bernard Barbiche and Christian Sorrel, eds, La Jeunesse Etudiante Chrétienne, 1929-2009: Actes de la Journée d'Etude Organisée par le Centre National des Archives de l'Eglise de France. Paris, 7 décembre 2009' (Lyon: RESEA, 2011) in H-France Review, vol. 13 (June 2013), no. 84. Book Review [Details]
(2013) Review of Susan J. Palmer, The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, La République, and the Government-Sponsored “War On Sects.” (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011) in Religious Studies Review, 39, (2013), pp. 118–119.
Barry, Gearóid (2013) Review of Susan J. Palmer, The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, La République, and the Government-Sponsored “War On Sects.” (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011) in Religious Studies Review, 39, (2013), pp. 118–119. Book Review [Details]
(2012) Review of François Bouloc, Les profiteurs de guerre, 1914-18 (Brussels: Editions Complexe, 2008) in First World War Studies, vol. 3 (2012), pp. 118-20.
Barry, G. (2012) Review of François Bouloc, Les profiteurs de guerre, 1914-18 (Brussels: Editions Complexe, 2008) in First World War Studies, vol. 3 (2012), pp. 118-20. Book Review [Details]
(2011) Review of Matt Perry, Memory of War in France, 1914-45: César Fauxbras, the Voice of the Lowly (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) in Reviews in History, Institute of Historical Research (review no. 1112).
Barry, G. (2011) Review of Matt Perry, Memory of War in France, 1914-45: César Fauxbras, the Voice of the Lowly (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) in Reviews in History, Institute of Historical Research (review no. 1112). Book Review [Details]
(2010) Maurice Blondel, social Catholicism, and Action Francaise. The clash over the Church's role in society during the Modernist era.
Barry, G (2010) Maurice Blondel, social Catholicism, and Action Francaise. The clash over the Church's role in society during the Modernist era. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
(2010) Un intellectuel catholique sous la IIIe République (1869-1939). Journal of Ecclesiastical History.
Barry, G. (2010) Un intellectuel catholique sous la IIIe République (1869-1939). Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Ecole française de Rome: Book Review [Details]

Media - Community Engagement

  Year Publication
(2017) 'The Fall of France, 1940'.
Gearóid Barry (2017) 'The Fall of France, 1940'. Dublin: The Revolution Papers, no. 76 (2017) Media - Community Engagement [Details]

Electronic Article

  Year Publication
(2018) 'Pope Francis and the modern church'.
Gearóid Barry (2018) 'Pope Francis and the modern church'. Dublin: RTÉ Brainstorm Electronic Article [Details]

Review Articles

  Year Publication
(2015) Political Religion: A User's Guide.
Barry, G (2015) Political Religion: A User's Guide. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Review Articles [DOI] [Details]

Reviews

  Year Publication
(2008) Capital Cities at War, A Cultural History. H-France Review.
Barry, G. (2008) Capital Cities at War, A Cultural History. H-France Review. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press Reviews [Details]
(2008) Peter J. Bernardi, Maurice Blondel, Social Catholicism, & Action Française. The Clash over the Church's Social Role in Society during the Modernist Era. Journal of Ecclesiastical History.
Barry, G. (2008) Peter J. Bernardi, Maurice Blondel, Social Catholicism, & Action Française. The Clash over the Church's Social Role in Society during the Modernist Era. Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Washington D.C: The Catholic University of America Press Reviews [Details]
(2006) Charles Williams, Pétain: How the Hero of France became a Convicted Traitor and Changed the Course of History. H-France Review.
Barry, G. (2006) Charles Williams, Pétain: How the Hero of France became a Convicted Traitor and Changed the Course of History. H-France Review. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan Reviews [Details]