The Memory, Narrative and Histories Research Collective cordially invites you to an online Round Table to launch the new book by Graham Dawson, Afterlives of the Troubles: Life Stories, Culture and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2026)
Focusing on experiential life stories across a range of forms and practices in the lengthening ‘afterlife’ of the Troubles, this book explores the complex temporal dynamics of ‘post-conflict’ subjectivities, emotions and memories, and the cultural politics of their representation, seen as a neglected dimension of conflict transformation in the Northern Irish peace process.
The round table will feature contributions from Ann Rigney (Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature and founder of the Forum for Memory Studies at Utrecht University), Claire Hackett (Director of the Dúchas Oral History Archive at Falls Community Council in West Belfast) and Roisín Higgins (Professor of History at Maynooth University).
Graham Dawson is Visiting Professor in INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute) at Ulster University, and a founder-member of the MNH Research Collective. Formerly he was Professor of Historical Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories at the University of Brighton.