History of punishment and penal colonies; colonial criminal justice systems; forced labour and migration; empires and aftermaths; maritime history; global history
Modern British and Irish history; the history of war, particularly political violence, and terrorism, public security, emergency powers and counter-insurgency in Ireland and Palestine under British rule
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