Dr Paul Brendan O'Leary

BA, PhD (Wales)

Dr Paul Brendan O'Leary

Professor in Welsh History

Department Director of Welsh

Institute Director of Welsh Lanaguage & Culture

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Profile

Prof. Paul O'Leary, BA, PhD (Wales), FRhist, is a specialist in the history of 19th and early twentieth-century Wales, especially its social and cultural histories. Among other topics, he has written on Irish migration, the history of minority ethnic groups, on urban history and the history of sport. He is currently interested in the international dimensions to the history of Wales by exploring relationships with Ireland, analyzing the impact of imperialism on Welsh life and by studying French-language interpretations of 19th century Wales. He was co-manager of the AHRC-funded Ireland-Wales International Research Network and is co-editor (post-1700) of the Welsh History Review. He is a member of the AHRC's Peer Review College. He is also Director of Welsh Language and Culture in the Institute of Geography, History and Politics.

Teaching

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PhD Supervision:

Prof. O'Learyl has extensive experience of postgraduate supervision, having supervised successfully more than thirty postgraduate dissertations on a wide variety of topics in the social, cultural and political history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly in relation to the histories of Wales and the British Isles. The topics studied include aspects of urban history, the history of minority ethnic groups, religious history, political cultures, the history of policing and aspects of the comparative histories of Wales, Ireland and France. He is happy to discuss proposals for future research projects.

Publications

Revolution, Culture and Industry, c.1700‒1850O'Leary, P. 2017 (Accepted/In press) The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature. Evans, G. & Fulton, H. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Wales and the First World War: Themes and DebatesO'Leary, P. 2017 In : Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru | Welsh History Review.28, 4, p. 591-61716 p.
“A Vertiginous Sense of Impending Loss”: Four Nations History and the Problem of NarrativeO'Leary, P. 2017 Four Nations Approaches to Modern ‘British History’: A (Dis)United Kingdom?. Lloyd-Jones, N. & Scull, M. M. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 59-82
Welsh Keywords: CrachachO'Leary, P. 2017 Planet: The Welsh Internationalist
Obituary: John Davies (1938-2015)O'Leary, P. 2017 In : Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru | Welsh History Review.28, 2, p. 549-56315 p.
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