THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

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Heather Jones

Heather Jones is professor of Modern and Contemporary European History at University College London. She is the author of Violence against prisoners of war in the First World War: Britain, France and Germany, 1914–1920 (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and For King and country: the British monarchy and the First World War (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and over 50 chapters and articles on the Great War era.

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