Connal Parr (Northumbria): ‘No Borders? The Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and its legacies’

Connal Parr is Assistant Professor in History and Programme Leader for History and Politics at Northumbria University. His first book was Inventing the Myth: Political Passions and the Ulster Protestant Imagination (OUP 2017). His current research builds on his expertise in Northern Ireland to comparatively explore how states such as South Africa, Spain, Chile and others deal with a divided and violent past. It illustrates how the arts and culture resonate with a transitional justice element, playing an active role in conflict transformation and peace-building across the world. His second book Solidarity and Pressure: The Story of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, was published by OUP in 2025.

This seminar will be available in hybrid form, in-person and online via Teams. 

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