Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- The Ulster covenant and the role of women, by Invitation (Healing through Remembering Project (Northern Ireland), 2012)
- Chair sessions, by Invitation (Society for the study of 19th-century Ireland, 2011)
- Paper 'Patriotism and patronage: the Women's Legion, 1915-18', 24 Feb. 2011, by Invitation (Irish Literary Society, London, 2011)
- Radio interview, ‘Talking History’ programme on 'Irish women at war' edited collection, by Invitation (Newstalk Radio, 106-8 FM , 2011)
- Paper on women's unionism to commemorate centenary of 1912 Solemn League and Covenant, by Invitation (King’s College London in conjunction with the Irish Embassy, 2011)
- AHRC History of Marriage Workshop, 23 June 2011, by Invitation (Queen's University,Belfast/Uni. of Warwick/AHRC, 2011)
- Paper, 'The Old tortuous method: Ireland and the 1857 divorce act', by Invitation (Hertford College, Oxford, 2010)
- Paper, 'Domestic violence and Irish divorce, 1886-1922', by Invitation (Conference of Irish Historians in Britain, 2010)
- Radio interview on Ladies Londonderry monograph, by Invitation (Invited by RTE, Radio 1, 2008)
- Radio interview on Ladies Londonderry monograph, by Invitation (Invited by BBC Radio 4, 2007)
- Radio interview on Ladies Londonerrry monograph, by Invitation (Invited by BBC NI, 2007)
- Chair session , by Invitation (BAIS, 2007)
- The Ulster Women's Unionist Council, by Invitation (Professor Mary Daly, 2005)
Editorships
- Irish Academic Press (Reader)
- Signs: journal of visual culture (Peer reviewer)
- Irish Historical Studies (Peer reviewer)
- Liverpool University Press (Reader)
- Irish Studies Review (Reviewer,, 2011 - present)
- Irish Women's Writing (LUP) (Member of Editorial Board , 2007 - present)
- Manchester University Press (Reader, 2006 - present)
- Ulster Historical Foundation (Reader, 2005 - present)
- Journal of Women's History (Peer reviewer, 2003 - present)
- Routledge (Reader, 2000 - present)
Examination Roles
- King's College (University of London), PhD (2014)
- University of Limerick (Ireland), MA (PGT, 2014)
- University of Cambridge, MPhil (2013)
- University of Ulster, MRes (PGT, 2011)
- University of Ulster, BA (UG, 2011)
- University College Chester, PhD (2005)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Representative of the Institute of Irish Studies
- Representative of the Institute of Irish Studies
Professional Body Memberships
- Women on Ireland Research Network (Member)
- Royal Historical Society (Fellow, 2011 - present)
- British Association of Irish Studies (Ordinary Member, 2007 - present)
- Women's History Association of Ireland (Member, 2000 - present)