Political Studies Association of Ireland Conference 2013
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:57:00 GMT
The Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) Conference was held at Trinity College, Dublin, 18-20 November 2013. ABIS was represented by staff whose research focuses on political identity throughout the UK. Academy Director Professor Jim McAuley, who is also a member of editorial board of the PSAI’s journal Irish Political Studies, presented findings about ‘Contemporary Loyalist narratives: collective memory and shared futures’.
Meanwhile, Research Fellow Dr Shaun McDaid presented his latest work, building on his recent book, about the failure of power-sharing in Northern Ireland during the 1970s, and the implications of the reasons behind this failure for our understanding of the factors affecting the prolongation of conflict in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. McDaid and McAuley are working towards a joint publication related to contemporary political identities in Northern Ireland to be completed by mid-2014.
