History, Anthropology, Philosophy And Politics At Qub

The School of HAPP hosted their Winter Graduation on the afternoon of Friday 14th Dec. Several PhD students graduated. The photos below are a selection of graduating students along with their Supervisors.

Our own Kieran Connell features on the BBC's A Very British History: the First Black Brummies, available on iPlayer now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/…/a-very-british- history-series-1-the…. Kieran was talking about his research for his book, Black Handsworth: race in 1980s Britain, which will be published by California this January!

Loaded an interesting podcast that might be of interest.
https://www.historyireland.com/…/the-19 18-general-electio…/Y

On the night that Queen's hosted the annual Keith Jeffery Public History lecture, which commemorates and celebrates our late friend and colleagues Professor Keith Jeffrey, History staff gathered to celebrate a year of great achievement. Amongst the numerous highlights in 2018 were:
Nine monographs or significant edited collections involving Queen's historians. Seven major research grants on-going within the team. Eleven PhD students successfully passed their viva.... History hosted the European Social Science History Conference (over 1,500 delegates) and hosted the Oral History Society (UK)/Irish Oral History Network conference (200 delegates) and a dozen other symposia. In the process we made dozens of new friends across the academic world. History hosted the Wiles Lectures (Professor Alison Bashford, University of New South Wales), the annual Keith Jeffery Public History lecture (Dr Deborah Mack, Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture) and a symposium on Civil Wars featuring Professor David Armitage (Harvard) We revamped PGT teaching, including the launch of MA Public History.
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Matt O'Neill a LINCS scholar studying for a PhD Politics (HAPP) in deep discussions with Prime Minster Theresa May on 27th November 2018.

MA in Violence, Terrorism and Security and MA in Politics (School of HAPP) students participated in the Youth Parliament in the EU Parliament and visited the EU Commission as well as various NGOs in Brussels and Leuven, Belgium between 18th and 21st November for lengthy discussions on counter-terrorism, Brexit and other important contemporary political issues of our times.

Congratulations to Dr Matthew Kirk who passed his viva today. Dr Kirk's Thesis title was: 'Palestinian Female Suicide Bombers and Western Broadcast News: Gender, Race and Representations of Agency', and his supervisor was Prof Debbie Lisle.

Congratulations to Dr Gary Lavery. Dr Lavery passed his viva on 5 December with a Thesis title: The Emergence and Development of Deontic Competence, and supervisor: Dr Paulo Sousa

Lovely to see one of the School's Student Ambassadors James taking part in a charity spinathon to raise money for the charity 'Aware'.

First hour of spin

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Congratulations to Dr Michelle McCann who passed her viva on 4 December. Dr McCann's Thesis Title: The Casebooks of a Nineteenth Century Coroner: Death, Murder and Politics in County Monaghan (1846-78). Her supervisor was Professor Peter Gray

Congratulations to Dr Samuel Ward who passed his viva on 3 December. Dr Ward's Thesis title is: Vodou economics: Contagious and reciprocal exchange with the spirits in New Orleans. Dr Ward had Dr Jon Lanman as his supervisor

Congratulations to Dr Matthew Houston who passed his viva on 30 November. Dr Houston's thesis title was: The churches, Northern Ireland and the Second World War, and his supervisor was Dr Andrew Holmes

MA in Violence, Terrorism and Security and MA in Politics (School of HAPP) students participated in the Youth Parliament in the EU Parliament and visited the EU Commission as well as various NGOs in Brussels and Leuven, Belgium between 18th and 21st November for lengthy discussions on counter-terrorism, Brexit and other important contemporary political issues of our times.

Dr Andrew Newby (Tampere University) is the guest speaker with a lecture title of "Death had lost its meaning": remebering the Great Finnish Famine (1867-68)

Congratulations to Dr Nirosha Ranmalie Jayawardana on passing her viva on 29 November. Dr Jayawardana defended her Thesis titled: (In)Security and Storytelling in Sri Lanka: Negotiating Safe Spaces to Remember, Reenact and Reconcile Violence. Her supervisors was Professor Fiona Magowan

Congratulations to Dr Anna Szabelska. Anna Szabelska passed her viva on 28 November. Her Thesis title was: Moral disagreement and radicalization: the case of abortion and her supervisor was Paulo Sousa