Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Social and cultural history of Britain and Ireland (c.1650-1850)
- Gender and power
- Material culture history
- Life-writing
- Histories of home and family
- Histories of intellectual life
- Heritage and public history
Public outreach & key achievements
Dr Hannan is a member of the steering committee for The Centre for Public History at Queen’s:
/research-centres/CentreforPublicHistory/ and has a long track record of working with museums and heritage sites to develop public engagement projects and events on historical subjects.
She coordinates the MA History/Public History internship scheme and has good connections with many NI heritage organisations.
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | 'Beyond materiality: Religion and ritual in museums and heritage sites' (awarded 2022) |
| Name | Emma J. McAlister |
| Current Position | Curatorial Researcher at the National Museum of Ireland |
| PhD Title | 'Sibling relations in Protestant middle-class Ulster families, c.1850-1900' (awarded 2021) |
| Name | Shannon Devlin |
| Current Position | Lecturer in History at NUI Galway |
| PhD Title | 'Material memoirs on the journey of life: an exploration of the self in later life through personal possessions' (awarded 2024) |
| Name | Ángel Leira Pernas |
| Current Position | Policy and Research Officer for the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
- School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Leonie Hannan is Director of the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies (/schools/CentreforEighteenth-CenturyStudies/); Co-Lead of the Science and Culture Research Group (/sites/ScienceandCultureResearchGroup/); and Deputy Director of the Centre for Public History (/research-centres/CentreforPublicHistory/)