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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose NUI Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at NUI Galway is all about here.
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About NUI Galway
About NUI Galway
Since 1845, NUI Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
NUI Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
NUI Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at NUI Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at NUI Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni, Friends & Supporters
Alumni, Friends & Supporters
There are over 90,000 NUI Galway graduates Worldwide, connect with us and tap into the online community.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At NUI Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Staff
Administrative Staff
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Professor Enrico Dal Lago Head of School of History and Philosophy Rm. 406, ext. 3546 enrico.dallago@nuigalway.ie |
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Academic Staff
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Dr. Gearóid Barry, B.A. (Moderatorship in History & Political Sciences), PhD. (University of Dublin) Exam Officer Room 401, ext. 3342, gearoid.barry@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Cultural and Political History of the First World War; History of Pacifism in the Euro-American World; History of Modern France; History of World Catholicism; Twentieth-Century European History; The First World War in Transnational Perspective; Vichy France. |
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Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley, B.A. PhD. (NUI) Head of DepartmentRoom 408, ext. 4294, sarahanne.buckley@nuigalway.ieResearch interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Irish Social History; History of Childhood and Youth; Gender History and Women's History; History of Institutions and Welfare; Twentieth-Century British History; History of Social Movements; Transnational History. |
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Dr. Caitriona Clear, M.A., Ph.D. (NUI) Head of First Year Room 414, ext. 3099, caitriona.clear@nuigalway.ieResearch interests: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Women's History; Modern Irish Social History; History of Poverty, History of World Catholicism; Neglected Twentieth-Century Irish Writers; Modern European and Irish Social and Economic History; History of Poverty and Crime; Women's/Gender History; Oral History. |
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Dr. Carmel Connolly Room 411, carmel.connolly@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Early Modern Atlantic World History; Black Women and Slavery, Teaching History through Art. |
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Dr. John Cunningham Director of MA History Room 404, ext. 5642, john.cunningham@nuigalway.ieResearch interests: Labour Biography; Transnational Syndicalism; Social Protest and Moral Economy; Irish Local History; History of Urban Galway;History of Irish Education; Modern Ireland; Labour Movements – Irish and Transnational. |
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Professor Enrico Dal Lago, Laurea in Lettere (Roma), M.A. (Kansas), M.A., Ph.D. (Lond.), D.Litt.(NUI), MRIAEstablished Chair of History Room 406, ext. 3546, enrico.dallago@nuigalway.ieResearch interests: Comparative History; Slavery and Unfree Labour; Antislavery and Abolitionism; The American Civil War in Comparative and Transnational Perspective; Nineteenth-Century Nationalism; Nineteenth-Century and Twentieth-Century United States; Italian National Unification; Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Italy |
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Dr. Tomas Finn Room 312, ext. 2552, tomas.finn@nuigalway.ieResearch interests: Modern Irish and British History and Politics; The Role of Intellectuals and civil society; Public Policy; Church-State Relations;Northern Ireland; Ireland since the Famine; Irish Political Thought; Skills for Historians. |
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Professor Alison Forrestal, M.A. (NUI), Ph.D. (Manchester), MRIA Coordinator of new BA History, Social Media Officer Room 412, ext. 5629, alison.forrestal@nuigalway.ieResearch interests: Early Modern History, c. 1400-1750, with Broad Expertise in the History of Catholicism; Religious Culture of Seventeenth-Century France;The Catholic Reformation; Bourbon Political and Social History; The Protestant Reformation. |
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Dr. Róisín Healy M.A., (NUI), M.A.G.E.S., Ph.D. (Georgetown) Sabbatical Leave 2021-22 Room 415, ext. 2551, roisin.healy@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Prussian Poland, 1772-1918; Irish-Polish Relations 1772-Present; Colonialism within Modern Europe; Religion and Church-State Relations in Modern Central Europe;Modern European History; Nazi Germany; Coming to Terms with the Nazi Past; Irish Contacts with Continental Europe. |
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Dr. Pádraig Lenihan Head of Final Year Room 403, ext. 5680, padraig.lenihan@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Seventeenth-Century Irish History; European Military History, 1618-1763; Neo-Latin Texts Pertaining to Ireland, 1641-1763;Seventeenth-Century Irish history; European Military History 1618-1763; Eighteenth Century Irish History;Technology and Social Change, 1780-1940 |
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Dr. Kimberly LoPrete, B.A. (Duke), M.A. (Notre Dame), Ph.D.(Chicago)Director of MA/PhD in Medieval Studies Room 407, ext. 3547, kim.loprete@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Social, Political and Cultural History of Medieval Europe, particularly Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century France; Aristocratic Women in Medieval Society; Gender and Lordship;The First Crusade and Crusading; Europeans' Travels in Asia; Medieval Historical Writing; Manuscripts, Codicology, Diplomacy,Transmission of Texts. |
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Dr. Laurence Marley, M.A., PhD (NUI) Director of Postgraduate Studies Room 314, ext. 3791, laurence.marley@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Social protest and political radicalism in nineteenth-century Ireland and Britain; |
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Dr. Niall Ó Ciosáin, B.A. (Dub.), Ph.D. (Eur.Univ.Inst.) Head of Second Year, Head of BA History (Single Honours) Room 410, ext. 3019, niall.ociosain@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Popular Literacy and Education in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Ireland and Europe; Literacy and Language Shift in Ireland, Britain and France; History of the Book,particularly Cheap Publishing; State Publications in the Nineteenth Century The Great Irish Famine. |
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Dr. Kevin O' Sullivan B.A., Ph.D. (Dub.) Director of B.A. History and Globalisation StudiesRoom 413, ext. 3625, kevin.k.osullivan@nuigalway.ie Research interests: History of Globalisation; Contemporary Irish History; Non-Governmental Organisations;Humanitarianism, Aid and Development;Global History;Contemporary Irish History; Modern African History. |
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Dr. Jackie Uí Chionna, B.A (UCD), M.A.(UCC), H.Dip.Ed. (TCD), Ph.D. (NUIG.) Room 411. Email: jackie.uichionna@nuigalway.ie Research interests: Social and cultural history of Ireland since the Famine; Biography; History of Irish family businesses; History of Education; Oral history. History of intelligence and cryptography. |
Emeritus Faculty
Professor Nicholas Canny
Email: nicholas.canny@nuigalway.ie
Professor Steven Ellis
Email: steven.ellis@nuigalway.ie
Dr. Mary Harris
Email: mary.harris@nuigalway.ie
Professor Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Email: daibhi.ocroinin@nuigalway.ie
Professor Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
Email: gearoid.otuathaigh@nuigalway.ie