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Prof Linda Connolly

Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)

Director of MUSSI

Location Iontas Building

Floor 2nd Floor

Room 2.24

Phone (01) 708 6171

Email linda.connolly@mu.ie

Biography

Biography

Research

Research Projects

	Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date	Amount
	Women in Irish History 1917-1922: Feminism, Violence, Activism	PI		30/01/2017	30/09/2017	14800

Publications

Book

	Year	Publication
	2005	Linda Connolly and Tina O'Toole (2005) Documenting Irish Feminisms: the second wave. Dublin: Wood field Press.
	2003	Linda Connolly (2003) The Irish Women's Movement: from revolution to devolution. London and New York: Macmillan/Palgrave.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2020	Linda Connolly (2020) 'Towards a further understanding of the violence experienced by women in the Irish Revolution' In: Women and the Irish Revolution. Dublin : Irish Academic Press.
	1997	Linda Connolly (1997) 'From Revolution to Devolution: Mapping the Contemporary Women's Movement in Ireland' In: Women and Irish Society: A Sociological Reader. Belfast : Beyond the Pale.
	2007	Linda Connolly (2007) 'The Limits of 'Irish Studies': Historicism, Culturalism, Paternalism' In: Enemies of Empire: New perspectives on literature, imperialism and historiography. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2020	Linda Connolly (2020) 'Explaining Repeal: A Long-term View' In: After Repeal: Rethinking Abortion Politics. London : Zed Books.
	2020	Linda Connolly (2020) 'Introduction: Women and the Irish Revolution' In: Women and the Irish Revolution. Dublin : Irish Academic Press.
	2020	Linda Connolly (2020) 'Honest Commemoration: Reconciling Women's Troubled and Troubling History in Centennial Ireland' In: Women and the Decade of Commemorations. Indiana : Indiana University Press.
	2016	Linda Connolly (2016) 'Migration and Domestic Service: past and present trends in Ireland and Quebec' In: Ireland and Quebec: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on History, Culture and Society. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2006	Linda Connolly and Niamh Hourigan (2006) 'Introduction' In: Social Movements and Ireland. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
	2006	Linda Connolly (2006) 'The consequences and outcomes of second-wave feminism in Ireland' In: Social Movements and Ireland. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
	2006	Linda Connolly (2006) 'Theories of social movements: a review of the field' In: Social Movements and Ireland. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
	2015	Linda Connolly (2015) 'Locating the Irish Family: Towards a Plurality of Family Forms' In: The 'Irish' Family. London and New York : Rutledge.
	2015	Linda Connolly (2015) 'Introduction' In: The 'Irish' Family. London and New York : Routledge.
	2014	Linda Connolly (2014) 'A New Vision for Irish Studies' In: Who are the Irish?. Manchester : Manchester University Press.

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2020	Linda Connolly (Ed.). (2020) Women and the Irish Revolution. Dublin: Irish Academic Press,
	2015	Linda Connolly (Ed.). (2015) The 'Irish' Family. London and New York: Routledge,
	2006	Linda Connolly and Niamh Hourigan (Ed.). (2006) Social Movements and Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press,

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2020	Connolly, L (2020) 'Sexual violence in the Irish Civil War: a forgotten war crime?'. Women's History Review, . [DOI]
	1999	Linda Connolly (1999) 'Feminist Politics and the Peace Process'. Capital and Class, (69):145-160.
	2005	Linda Connolly (2005) 'Comparing Ireland and Quebec: the case of Feminism'. Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 31 (1):76-85. [Full-Text]
	2004	Linda Connolly (2004) 'The Limits of 'Irish Studies': Historicism, Culturalism, Paternalism'. Irish Studies Review, :139-162.
	1996	Linda Connolly (1996) 'The Women's Movement in Ireland 1970-1995: A Social Movements Analysis'. Irish Journal of Feminist Studies, 1 (1):43-77. [Full-Text]
	2019	Maxwell N.;Connolly L.;Ní Laoire C. (2019) 'Informality, emotion and gendered career paths: The hidden toll of maternity leave on female academics and researchers'. Gender, Work and Organization, 26 (2):140-157. [DOI]
	2015	O Grada, A., Ni Laoire, C., Linehan, C., Boylan, G., Connolly, L. (2015) 'Naming the parts: a case-study of a gender equality initiative with academic women'. Gender in Management, . [Full-Text]
	2015	Linda Connolly (2015) 'Understanding the 'Irish' Family'. DUBLIN REVIEW OF BOOKS, . [Link]

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2019	Linda Connolly (2019) 'Sexual Violence in the Irish Revolution: an inconvenient truth?' History Ireland, .

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2016	Mullally G; Dunphy, NP; McCarthy, J; Connolly, L; Harris, C; Lennon, B; and Gaffney, C (2016) 2nd eseia Conference on Smart and Green Transitions in Cities and Regions Technical University, Graz, AT, 04/04/2016-06/04/2016 *Energy Citizenship and Public Engagement in Energy Systems Transformations: Reflections on an Emergent Concept [Invited Lectures (Conference)]*
	2016	Dunphy NP, Mullally G, Connolly L, McCarthy J, Harris C, Lennon B, Gaffney C (2016) 26th Irish Environmental Researchers' Colloquium Limerick, Ireland, 22/03/2016-24/03/2016 *Energy System Transition Through Stakeholder Activation [Poster Presentation]*

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2018	Connolly, L. (2018) Application for a Bronze Institutional Athena Swan Award, Maynooth University. ECU: 2018. Maynooth University, . [Link]
	2012	O'Grada, A., Ni Laoire, C., Linehan, C. Connolly, L., & Boylan, G. (2012) Through the glass ceiling: Career progression programme and strategy for female academics and researchers. Department of Justice and Equality, . [Link]

Blog

	Year	Publication
	2016	Linda Connolly (2016) Linda Connolly's Blogspot. BLOG [Link]

Electronic Article

	Year	Publication
	2020	Linda Connolly (2020) How forced hair cutting was used as a weapon of war in Ireland. ELEA [Link]

Electronic Publication

	Year	Publication
	2017	Linda Connolly and Maggie O'Neill (2017) Walk 10. Walking with sociologist Linda Connolly in Cork. ELECP [Link]

Foreword

	Year	Publication
	2020	Linda Connolly (2020) Foreword: Trauma and Identity in Contemporary irish Culture. London: FOR
	2018	Linda Connolly (2018) Foreword: 1918 in 2018. Dublin: FOR

Newspaper Articles

	Year	Publication
	2019	Connolly, L. (2019) Sexual violence a dark secret of War of Independence and Civil War. NEWSA [Link]
	2018	Connolly, L. (2018) MacGill Summer School shows the way forward on gender issues. NEWSA [Link]
	2018	Connolly, L. (2018) Creating a meaningful space for women's voices to be heard. NEWSA [Link]
	2017	Linda Connolly (2017) Why it's time for a woman to become president of an Irish university. NEWSA [Link]
	2016	Linda Connolly (2016) Symphysiotomy report begets more questions. NEWSA [Link]

Research Paper

	Year	Publication
	2020	Linda Connolly (2020) How Irish families have evolved over time from a sociological perspective. RP

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	2019	Connolly, L. (2019) Towards a further understanding of the violence experienced by women in the Irish Revolution. Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute: WP [Link] [Full-Text]

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Professional

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Athena SWAN Gender Equality Steering Group, Maynooth University	Chair	01/01/2017 -
	Royal Irish Academy, Social Sciences Committee	Member	01/01/2015 - 01/01/2018