Fr Joe McVeigh spoke on his experience of campaigning for hunger striker Bobby Sands for MP at the 'Rethinking the 1980/81 Hunger Strike' symposium on 27 June 2016 at the University of Notre Dame's London Campus. This symposium was co-organised by Dr Alison Garden and Maggie Scull.

For more information on the symposium: rethinkingthehungerstrikes.wordpress.com/

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Fr Joe McVeigh on the symposium roundtable

Dr Maggie Scull is a modern historian whose work explores religious institutions, secularisation, political violence, sectarianism, and peace. She is an adjunct professor of history and politics at Syracuse University London. Previously, she held an Irish Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at NUI Galway. After graduating from Boston University, Dr Scull earned a Master’s and PhD at King’s College London while beginning her teaching career. Her interdisciplinary research explores the relationship between religion and politics in the contemporary period. Her current work examines the role of funerals throughout the conflict in Northern Ireland. Oxford University Press publishes her first book, The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-98, in 2019. She has been a regular contributor to the international press including the BBC, the Irish Times, and RTÉ Brainstorm.