Royal Irish Academy honours Professor Stephen Mennell
In recognition of his academic excellence, Professor Stephen Mennell of University College Dublin has been elected member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). This is the highest academic honour available to scholars working in Ireland. Candidates for election must have made a significant contribution to scholarly or scientific research as shown in published academic work.
Left to right Prof Anne Fuchs, UCD; Prof Nicholas Canny, President of the Royal
Irish Academy; and Professor Stephen Mennell, UCD
“The Academy's new members are amongst a small group of academics in Ireland that set the international hallmark of excellence in their fields of study,” said Professor Nicholas Canny, President of the Royal Irish Academy.
Stephen Mennell is Professor of Sociology in the UCD School of Sociology, University College Dublin, and was the founding director of what is now the UCD Geary Institute. His main research interest is comparative-historical sociology. His published books include All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present (1985), which was a pioneering study into the historical sociology of food and eating.
The 24 newly elected members of the Royal Irish Academy.
In 2006 Professor Christopher Whelan, Head of Sociology, was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.