Encounters in the Common Room
The School of History and Anthropology Common Room is used on a regular basis by students and staff ...
And remember to check out our 'Encounters with ...' section to hear from our students and staff!

Undergraduate & postgraduate History students at 'Buns and Bevs', in aid of 'Project Rwanda' (QUB) April '11. 'Project Rwanda' raises money for the education of children in Rwanda.
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- What was life like in Belfast 100 years ago? Take a look at Dr Olwen Purdue's BBC slideshow
- Interested in the Easter Rising? Listen to the esteemed Dr Fearghal McGarry discuss the event
- What do you know about the Troubles and the Good Friday Agreement? Check out a lecture by Dr Stuart Aveyard on the subject
- Looking for an interesting book to read? Check out the review of Quiet revolutionaries: Irish women in education, medicine and sport, 1861-1964 or the review of Cliona Rattigan's 'What else could I do?'
- Our Head of School talks about the Famine. Have a listen
- New entry on WWII in Northern Ireland
- Read about 19th-century emigration
- What do you know about Civil Authority (Special Powers) Act? Read here!
- Watch our Professor Liam Kennedy on Canadian tv
- Read about Queen Victoria and her visit to Ireland in August 1849
- Learn about the Williamite Wars
- Read about women at Queen's College Belfast in the early 20th century






