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Professor

Clare Downham

Professor of Medieval History

Institute of Irish Studies

Orcid identifier0000-0002-7000-7633
  • Professor of Medieval History
    Institute of Irish Studies

ABOUT

Personal Statement
Clare studied at St Andrews and Cambridge. She worked as a research scholar in Dublin and as a lecturer in Celtic and History in Aberdeen before starting at Liverpool in 2010. Her publications have focused on Viking Age history and contact across the Irish Sea in the Middle Ages. Her most recent book 'Medieval Ireland AD400-1500' was published by Cambridge University Press. She is currently under contract with Penguin Classics to produce a volume on Viking Age Britain and Ireland.

 

Research Overview
Medieval Studies
Medieval Europe, especially Ireland, Britain AD 400-1350, and vikings. I am interested in supervising MRes and PhD students in any of these subject areas

Current PhD researchers: Jen Roberts, James Davison, Ian Russell, Nik Frenzel, Hannah Evans, Ségdae Richardson-Read, Martin Brockett
Current Research Masters: James Hurley, Ben McGeiver-Carney
Completed Co-Supervision (outside Liverpool): Ian Faulds, Jacob O'Neill
Completed PhDs: Ivy Manning, Ray Ruhaak, Lynda McGuigan, Danica Ramsey-Brimberg, Andrew Foster, Louise Coyne, Elizabeth West

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UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 15 Life on Land
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH AREAS