Established in November 2024, the Legal Humanities Working Group aims to provide a connective forum for encouraging interdisciplinary and inter-institutional scholarly collaboration; gather information on activities in the Legal Humanities conducted in HEIs across the island; gather expertise and resources; and provide a network to be drawn upon in the design and preparation of funding bids.
In May 2025, the WG organised a one-day symposium Antigone and Ireland: A Symposium in the Legal Humanities at the Peacock Stage, exploring the enduring influence of this ancient Greek heroine in Ireland. In March 2026, the WG co-hosted an online seminar - Legal-Literary Imaginaries across the Ireland–India Nexus - with the Ireland–India Institute (Dublin City University). IHA Working Groups Terms of Reference.
Members
Prof. Eugene McNulty WG Co-Chair - DCU eugene.mcnulty@dcu.ie
Dr Adam Hanna WG Co-Chair - UCC adam.hanna@ucc.ie
Dr Róisín Costello TCD Roisin.acostello@tcd.ie
Dr Maebh Harding UCD maebh.harding@ucd.ie
Dr Julie Morrissy MIC morrissyjt@gmail.com
Prof David Kenny TCD david.kenny@tcd.ie
Dr Sophie Doherty OU NI sophie.doherty@open.ac.uk
Dr Danny Shanahan UCC/Stanford dhshan@stanford.edu
Dr Sparky Booker TCD sparky.booker@tcd.ie
Dr Alan Eustace TCD EUSTACAL@tcd.ie
Legal-Literary Imaginaries across the Ireland–India Nexus
25 Mar 2026 / 25 Mar 2026
Location: International
Antigone and Ireland at the Peacock Theatre: Event overview
Posted: 17 Jun 2025
Antigone and Ireland: A Symposium in the Legal Humanities
1 May 2025 / 1 May 2025
Location: Dublin
The Legal Humanities Working Group: An Introduction
Posted: 25 Feb 2025
Born to Belong: The Origins and Impacts of US Birthright Citizenship
Posted: 13 Feb 2025
