Our Research Projects
- Governing Jihad in Africa: Ideology, Political Economy, and Violence. Professor Eric Morier-Genoud (PI) has been awarded major funding from Round eight of the Open Research Area (ORA8) from UKRI in collaboration with colleagues in France (funded by ANR) and Germany (funded by DFG). QUB Research Fellow: Dr Abdulhakim Nsobya.
- Crafting Knowledge in the Early Medieval West: Glosses, Learning and Culture, circa 800-1050. Sinead O'Sullivan (PI), AHRC Leadership Fellowship, 2020-21 Wordpress
- Voyaging through History: The Meanings of the Mayflower in Britain, 1620-2020. Tom Hulme (PI) and Dr Martha Vandrei (CI, Exeter), AHRC, 2018-21
- Fundamentalism as an Ulster Phenomena? Popular Protestantism, 1859-1939. Andrew Holmes (PI) and Prof David Livingstone (CI, NBE), Leverhulme Trust, 2018-20
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A Global History of Irish Revolution, 1916-1923, AHRC, 2017-20. Fearghal McGarry (PI) and Professor Enda Delaney (CI, Edinburgh), YouTube
- Oral History of Mother and Baby Homes / Magdalene Laundries. Sean O'Connell and Dr Leanne McCormick (UU), commissioned by the Department of Health, 2018-19; the QUOTE website
- Welfare Regimes under the Irish Poor Law 1850-1921. Peter Gray (PI), funded by the ESRC, 2016-19
- War and the supernatural in early-modern Europe -European Commission CORDIS webpage; Directed by Dr Ian Campbell (PI). ERC Starting Grant 2016-20 Website
- Bad Bridget: criminal and deviant Irishwomen in North America, 1838-1918. Directed by Dr Elaine Farrell (CI) and Dr Leanne McCormick (UU, PI). AHRC 2015-18. Website
- Hit songs and their significance in 17th century England. Directed by Prof. Chris Marsh (PI). AHRC 2014-17. Website
- Past, present and future: connecting communities with shared histories. Directed by Dr Kieran Connell (CI) and Dr Matthew Hilton (Birmingham, PI). AHRC 2015-16
- Northern Ireland's 1916: approaching the contested commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme. Directed by Dr Marie Coleman (PI) and Dr Dominic Bryan (CI). AHRC / Government of Ireland 2014-16
- World War One at home.Directed by Prof. Fran Brearton (English, PI) and Dr Marie Coleman (CI). AHRC/BBC 2014-15 Website
- Radical Religion in the trans-Atlantic world: Ulster-Scots perspectives. Directed by Prof Crawford Gribben (PI). DCAL 2014-15
- Welfare and public health in Belfast and the its region, c.1800-1973. Directed by Prof. Peter Gray (PI) and Dr Olwen Purdue (CI). AHRC 2012-15
- Sir Robert Hart project. Directed by Dr Emma Reisz (PI) Ms Deirdre Wildy (McClay Library), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Website
- Documentary film and the public communication of historical knowledge in Northern Ireland. Directed by Dr Fearghal McGarry (PI). AHRC 2011-14. Website
- The politics of consumer credit in the UK 1938-1992. Directed by Dr Sean O'Connell (PI) and Dr Paul Corthorn (CI). Leverhulme Trust 2012-13
- An urban history of Belfast. Directed by Professor Sean Connolly (PI). Leverhulme Trust 2010-11
- Documenting Ireland – parliament, people and migration 18th-20th centuries (DIPPAM). Directed by Professor Peter Gray (PI). AHRC 2010-11. Website
- Marriage in Ireland, 1660 - 1925. Co-directed by Prof Mary O'Dowd (CI) and Prof Maria Luddy (PI, Warwick). AHRC 2007-10
- After slavery: race, labour and politics in the post-emancipation Carolinas. Directed by Dr Brian Kelly (PI) in partnership with Bruce Baker (University of London- Royal Holloway) and Susan E. O’Donovan (Harvard University). AHRC 2006-10. Website
- Welfare regimes under the Irish Poor Law 1850 - 192 Co-directed by Prof Peter Gray (CI) and Dr Virginia Crossman (PI, Oxford Brookes). ESRC 2006-9.