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UCD Centre for War Studies

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 academic research centre based at University College Dublin, the Centre for War Studies aims to develop new research projects in partnership with other research institutions around the globe. Since its foundation, the Centre has attracted research grants from various national and international agencies such as the Irish Research Council (IRC), the European Research Council (ERC) and the Gerda-Henkel Foundation in Germany. We have also hosted a number of Marie Curie Actions.

The Centre builds upon the existing research interests of a substantial number of staff members in the schools of History, Sociology, and Politics and also serves as a forum for graduate students and early career researchers working on the history of war and interpersonal violence. The Centre prides itself on its international complexion and past and current postodctoral fellows and PhD students have come from the Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, Argentina, Australia, Germany, Lithuania, Serbia, the US and the UK, Spain, Italy and Russia. The Centre currently hosts seven funded postdoctoral researchers.

Spotlights

Current Funded Research Projects

'CivilWars' is an Advanced ERC project, funded by an ERC Advanced Grant (2022-2027) under grant agreement 101054647 and led by Prof Robert Gerwarth. It challenges exceptionalist approaches to civil war. This project remains very busy and will be running two workshops in October 2024. The first will be held in Greece, run by project researcher, Dr Charalampos Minasidis and hosted by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The event, entitled 'Entangled Trajectories: Global Connections and Legacies of Europe’s ‘Age of Civil Wars’ (1917–1949)', will take place on 18-19 October 2024. Then, on 25 October, project researcher, Dr Sofya Anisimova will run an online workshop entitled: 'Languages and Concepts of European Civil Wars, 1914-1949'. The programmes for both events can be viewed at https://civil-wars.eu/workshops/.

$Join us on 14 November 2024 at 3pm for the \'The Balkan Wars of 1912/13 and the 1990s in Comparative Perspective\' roundtable discussion. \n \nParticipants: Dr Lea David (UCD Sociology) Prof Dejan Djokić (Maynooth University, History) Prof Robert Gerwarth (UCD History) and Prof Siniša Malešević (UCD Sociology)\n\nFull details at https://www.ucd.ie/warstudies/conferences/.$ Centre for War Studies Seminar Series: next event

Join us on 14 November 2024 at 3pm for the 'The Balkan Wars of 1912/13 and the 1990s in Comparative Perspective' roundtable discussion. Participants: Dr Lea David (UCD Sociology) Prof Dejan Djokić (Maynooth University, History) Prof Robert Gerwarth (UCD History) and Prof Siniša Malešević (UCD Sociology) Full details at https://www.ucd.ie/warstudies/conferences/.

Current Members and Their Research

Check out our Current Members list to learn about their projects and specialisms.

Credits

We would like to thank the (opens in a new window)Imperial War Museum, (opens in a new window)National Library of Ireland, (opens in a new window)Agence France-Presse and (opens in a new window)Museum Centre Vapriikki for their kind permission to use their images on this website. Please note that these images may not be copied without the prior permission of the IWM, NLI, AFP or MCV.