Conor J . Donnan
Conor Joseph Donnan is a historian and political commentator. He received his B.A. in History from Ulster University in Ireland, a Master's degree in Historical Studies from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), and a Master's and Ph.D. in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Donnan's expertise lies in Irish politics, anti-colonialism, Indigenous politics, and the American West. He teaches courses at Hood College and Anne Arundel Community College in American History, American Popular Culture, and Cultural Geography.
He recently published "Kindred Spirits and Sacred Bonds: Irish Catholics, Native Americans, and the Battle Against Anglo-Protestant Imperialism, 1840–1930," U.S. Catholic Historian, 38, no. 3 (2020), 1-23.
He is an active public historian and a board member of the Irish Railroad Workers Museum. In this capacity, he has developed a historical video game, appeared as a guest speaker on the U.S. National Parks Service's Heritage Area podcast, and appeared in a documentary about railroad history for LifeFM radio.
Outside of academia, Conor has published various articles on Irish politics for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Irish Central, and the Daily Express. The Irish Echo named Conor a recipient of the Irish Top 40 Under 40 Award in 2021 due to his work in academia, nonprofits, and political consulting.
Supervisors: Walter Licht, Adolph Reed Jr. , Eiichiro Azuma, Kathy Peiss , and David Emmons
He recently published "Kindred Spirits and Sacred Bonds: Irish Catholics, Native Americans, and the Battle Against Anglo-Protestant Imperialism, 1840–1930," U.S. Catholic Historian, 38, no. 3 (2020), 1-23.
He is an active public historian and a board member of the Irish Railroad Workers Museum. In this capacity, he has developed a historical video game, appeared as a guest speaker on the U.S. National Parks Service's Heritage Area podcast, and appeared in a documentary about railroad history for LifeFM radio.
Outside of academia, Conor has published various articles on Irish politics for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Irish Central, and the Daily Express. The Irish Echo named Conor a recipient of the Irish Top 40 Under 40 Award in 2021 due to his work in academia, nonprofits, and political consulting.
Supervisors: Walter Licht, Adolph Reed Jr. , Eiichiro Azuma, Kathy Peiss , and David Emmons
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With over 750,000 votes across the island’s two governments, Sinn Féin is the most significant force in Irish politics. The New York Times, Guardian, and the BBC portray the party’s Stormont victory as a shocking shift in Irish politics, but Sinn Féin has been the largest party in Ireland since 2020. Since 2016, it has paved its path to success in both the North and South of Ireland by courting young votes, prioritizing its left-leaning platform, reframing its message surrounding Irish unity, and strictly opposing Brexit. Now, they are poised to ride the momentum from this victory to victory in the 2025 general election in the Republic of Ireland. Their rivals are weak. Unionists such as the DUP face the identity crisis of Brexit and no longer hold a majority in Northern Ireland. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael lost the popular vote to Sinn Féin in 2020 and were forced to form a coalition.
Talks by Conor J . Donnan
FPRI’s Main Line Briefings are a series of discussions on global affairs and national security hosted by Dr. John Nagl, the ninth Head of the Haverford School. Dr. Nagl is a Senior Fellow with FPRI’s National Security Program and a member of FPRI’s Board of Advisors. A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, Nagl was part of the writing team that produced the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual. In this series, Dr. Nagl will draw on FPRI’s vast network of scholars and outside experts to highlight their voices and insight on world affairs, global engagement, and foreign policy. This series is co-Chaired by James Gately, John Piasecki, and Eileen Rosenau.
For more information about FPRI, please visit www.fpri.org
Topics covered include rituals, blood memory, the autumn equinox, and Samhain, myth-making, and storytelling.
The Rev. Dr. Hilary Raining is half Native American, half Irish. She has studied extensively spirituality in both cultures. Historian Conor Donnan from Belfast is completing his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and has researched Irish and Native American crossovers in culture extensively.
Books by Conor J . Donnan
With over 750,000 votes across the island’s two governments, Sinn Féin is the most significant force in Irish politics. The New York Times, Guardian, and the BBC portray the party’s Stormont victory as a shocking shift in Irish politics, but Sinn Féin has been the largest party in Ireland since 2020. Since 2016, it has paved its path to success in both the North and South of Ireland by courting young votes, prioritizing its left-leaning platform, reframing its message surrounding Irish unity, and strictly opposing Brexit. Now, they are poised to ride the momentum from this victory to victory in the 2025 general election in the Republic of Ireland. Their rivals are weak. Unionists such as the DUP face the identity crisis of Brexit and no longer hold a majority in Northern Ireland. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael lost the popular vote to Sinn Féin in 2020 and were forced to form a coalition.
FPRI’s Main Line Briefings are a series of discussions on global affairs and national security hosted by Dr. John Nagl, the ninth Head of the Haverford School. Dr. Nagl is a Senior Fellow with FPRI’s National Security Program and a member of FPRI’s Board of Advisors. A retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, Nagl was part of the writing team that produced the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual. In this series, Dr. Nagl will draw on FPRI’s vast network of scholars and outside experts to highlight their voices and insight on world affairs, global engagement, and foreign policy. This series is co-Chaired by James Gately, John Piasecki, and Eileen Rosenau.
For more information about FPRI, please visit www.fpri.org
Topics covered include rituals, blood memory, the autumn equinox, and Samhain, myth-making, and storytelling.
The Rev. Dr. Hilary Raining is half Native American, half Irish. She has studied extensively spirituality in both cultures. Historian Conor Donnan from Belfast is completing his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and has researched Irish and Native American crossovers in culture extensively.