Founded in 2008, the UCD Centre for War Studies promotes a wide range of international research activities focused on the origins, nature, and consequences of all war-related violence from ancient times to the present day.
An interdisciplinary research institution based at University College Dublin, the Centre for War Studies aims to develop new research projects in partnership with other research institutions in Europe and North America and to attract resources for these projects from external funding bodies. Over the first two years of its existence, the Centre has attracted grants in excess of 2m Euro through competitive funding from national and international agencies such as the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) and the European Research Council (ERC).
The centre builds upon the existing research interests of a substantial number of staff in the schools of History, Classics, Archaeology, and Politics and also serves as a forum for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows working on the history of war and interpersonal violence.
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL PROJECT:
THE LIMITS OF DEMOBILIZATION
This project investigates the often violent (and sometimes peaceful) global paths of transition from war to ‘peace’ during one of the most formative, yet surprisingly understudied, periods in modern history: the years between 1917 and 1923.
Forthcoming Events
Dr Tamir Libel, a Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow at UCD will kick off the 2013 Seminar Series by presenting a paper entitled 'The Israel Air Force's UAV's Squadrons: Origins, Trends and Implications' on Thursday 24 January at 4:30 PM - Room K115, UCD School of History and Archives.
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