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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Jason Knirck

Jason Knirck is a professor of history at Central Washington University. His research focuses on the political culture of the Irish revolution, including intersections of revolutionary politics with notions of gender, dissent and empire. His most recent book is Afterimage of the Revolution: Cumann na nGaedheal and Irish politics, 1922–32 University of Wisconsin Press, 2014).

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