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BIOGRAPHY

I am currently working as a lecturer in the School of History, University College Cork. My teaching centres on children/childhood and the family in modern Irish and British history. 

In 2010, I was awarded my PhD by University College Cork entitled `Protecting `the family cell¿? Child Welfare, the NSPCC and the State in Ireland, 1880-1944.¿ I am currently finishing a revised version of the thesis for publication with Manchester university Press.

My research interests include nineteenth and twentieth-century Irish and British history, institutional histories, welfare history, social history, the history of medicine, the history of childhood and the family in Ireland. 
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Research Interests

Nineteenth and twentieth-century Irish social, political, and social policy history; women and gender; institutional histories; welfare history and the history of childhood and the family in Ireland. I am currently conducting research on the industrial school system in twentieth-century Ireland through interviews with past residents. For my future research, I hope to place my work on child welfare in Ireland in an international context.

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Publications

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Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2009)	29th Irish Conference of Historians, University of Limerick, Sarah-Anne Buckley; (2009) 'Family and Power: Incest in Ireland, 1880-1950',. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], 29th Irish Conference of Historians, University of Limerick, University of Limerick, Ireland , 18-JUN-09 - 20-SEP-09
	(2010)	 `¿SAVER OF THE CHILDREN¿: the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Ireland 1889-1900¿, Sarah-Anne Buckley; (2010)  `¿SAVER OF THE CHILDREN¿: the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Ireland 1889-1900¿. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson],  `¿SAVER OF THE CHILDREN¿: the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Ireland 1889-1900¿, University College Cork , 17-JUN-10 - 19-JUN-10
	(2010)	The History of Families and Households: Comparative European Dimensions, Sarah-Anne Buckley; (2010)  `¿There is a soul in question¿: the NSPCC, the State, the Catholic Church and the Industrial School System in Ireland, 1900-1950¿. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The History of Families and Households: Comparative European Dimensions, Institute of Historical Research, University of London , 24-JUN-10 - 26-JUN-10
	(2010)	Ireland and Victims: recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation?, Sarah-Anne Buckley; (2010) ¿ ¿Imprisoned for poverty: the NSPCC, the State and the industrial school system in Ireland, 1900-1950¿. [Oral Presentation], Ireland and Victims: recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation?, Université Rennes 2, France , 09-SEP-10 - 12-SEP-10
	(2011)	Looking Back-Looking Forward, Women¿s History Network Conference 2011, Sarah-Anne Buckley; (2011) `Deserted wives and deserting husbands: an analysis of State, press and voluntary responses to desertion in Ireland, 1920-1960'. [Oral Presentation], Looking Back-Looking Forward, Women¿s History Network Conference 2011, Women's Library, UCL, London , 09-SEP-11 - 11-SEP-11

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Professional Activities

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Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2005	Father Martin Harney Fellowship	UCC
	2006	John A Murphy Prize in Irish History	UCC
	2007	Government of Ireland Scholar	Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
	2010	Outstanding Postgraduate of the Year	School of History

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Associations

	Assocation	Function	From / To
	Irish Economic and History Society	Member	/
	Women's History Association of Ireland	Member	/
	Irish Labour History Society	Member	01-OCT-08 / 30-AUG-11
	Irish Historical Society	Member	/

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Education

	Year	Instituion	Qualification	Subject
	2005	University College Cork	BA (Hons)	History and Sociology as a minor subject
	2010	UCC	Ph.D. (NUI)	History

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Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	French	Functional	Functional	Functional

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Teaching Activities

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Teaching Interests

Interests:

• Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Irish Economic and Social History
• History of Childhood
• History of the Family
• Gender History
• Institutional Histories
• Welfare History

Modules

• HI3200 - Children and the State in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ireland
• HI2002 - Case Study, Lindsey Earner-Byrne Mother and Child: Maternity and Child Welfare in Ireland, 1922-1960
• Coordinator of First Year History
• Head Tutor