Fenian Diaspora [audio 12min @16:25]

Dr Gerry Kearns, Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Cambridge, talks about his current research into the Irish abroad and their effect upon terrorist activities at home during the late 19th century. Dr Kearns examines the ‘Fenian Diaspora’ to look for the mechanisms that underly relationships between emigrants and nationalist conflicts at home. Dr Kearns is Senior Lecturer in Geography and director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge and Historical Geography Convenor for the European Social Science History Association.