About My Work
I am a comparative urban historian focusing primarily on Britain and Ireland. My PhD research examined philanthropic activity in Dublin and Edinburgh in the early nineteenth-century and I am interested in 'stateless capitals', capital cities without national parliaments, as a type of city. I am interested in how stateless and secondary capitals were defined and redefined as capital cities as ideas about urban governance changed. My current research project 'An Urban History of Dublin Castle', examines how nineteenth-century Dublin's unique governance structures affected everyday life in the city. I have also taught a number of urban history courses with particular attention given to the interaction between urbanisation and ideas about 'modernity' in twentieth-century Britain. More generally I am interested in how comparative and transnational perspectives can help us to understand diverse processes of urbanisation.
Citations
Articles:
‘Charity, Finance, and Legitimacy Exploring ‘Stateless Capital Status’ in Early Nineteenth-Century Dublin and Edinburgh’ Journal of Urban History (Online Version 2019).
Professional Associations
Urban History
Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Irish Modern Urban History Network