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Dr Anna Lively

Dr Anna Lively
Dr Anna Lively
Dr Anna Lively

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101a Crombie Annexe
Old Aberdeen Campus
College Bounds
AB24 3TS

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School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

Biography

I am a historian of twentieth-century Ireland and Russia, specialising in transnational approaches, the history of revolutions and international press networks. I completed my PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2022 and recently held the Roy Foster Irish Government Research Fellowship in the History and Culture of Ireland at Hertford College, Oxford (2022-23). 

I teach widely across modern history, historical skills and methods. I am currently course co-ordinator for Global Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century, as well as a tutor on American Civilizations and History in Practice and a lecturer on Thinking History. 

Latest Publications

  • 'Playing at International Politics?': Irish Nationalist Responses to the Russian Revolution, 1917-1921

    Lively, A.
    The Irish Revolution: A Global History. Mannion, P., McGarry, F. (eds.). NYU Press, pp. 93, 115 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Antirevolutionary Commemoration: The Centenary of 1917 in Russia

    Rendle, M., Lively, A.
    History and Memory, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 3-45
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Limerick: the Irish Revolution, 1912–23. By John O'Callaghan. Pp xiii + 177. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2018. €19.95. - Derry: the Irish Revolution, 1912–23. By Adrian Grant. Pp xiii + 192. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2018. €19.95

    Lively, A.
    Irish Historical Studies, vol. 43, no. 164, pp. 357-358
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Three Colours of Truth: The Centenary of the Civil War in Russia

    Lively, A.
    Revolutionary Russia, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 290-294
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Inspiring a 'Fourth Revolution'?: The Modern Revolutionary Tradition and the Problems Surrounding the Commemoration of 1917 in 2017 in Russia

    Rendle, M., Lively, A.
    Historical Research, vol. 90, no. 247, pp. 230-249
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Research

Research Overview

My research interests relate primarily to the history of ideas, revolutions and the press. My PhD explored relations between revolutionary Russia and Ireland from 1905 to 1923, focusing on the translation of news and ideas across borders. Using a wide range of Russian-language and Irish sources, it looked in both directions at Irish responses to revolutionary Russia and at representations of Irish history and politics in late imperial and early Soviet Russia. This research will form the basis of my first monograph, provisionally titled Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-23. My postdoctoral research explores the role of Irish women in global anti-communist networks between 1919 and 1939, including in the Irish diaspora in Britain, the US and Australia. 

 

Research Areas

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Research Specialisms

  • Irish History
  • Russian History
  • Russian and East European Studies

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

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  • 'Playing at International Politics?': Irish Nationalist Responses to the Russian Revolution, 1917-1921

    Lively, A.
    The Irish Revolution: A Global History. Mannion, P., McGarry, F. (eds.). NYU Press, pp. 93, 115 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The Antirevolutionary Commemoration: The Centenary of 1917 in Russia

    Rendle, M., Lively, A.
    History and Memory, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 3-45
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Limerick: the Irish Revolution, 1912–23. By John O'Callaghan. Pp xiii + 177. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2018. €19.95. - Derry: the Irish Revolution, 1912–23. By Adrian Grant. Pp xiii + 192. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2018. €19.95

    Lively, A.
    Irish Historical Studies, vol. 43, no. 164, pp. 357-358
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Three Colours of Truth: The Centenary of the Civil War in Russia

    Lively, A.
    Revolutionary Russia, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 290-294
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Inspiring a 'Fourth Revolution'?: The Modern Revolutionary Tradition and the Problems Surrounding the Commemoration of 1917 in 2017 in Russia

    Rendle, M., Lively, A.
    Historical Research, vol. 90, no. 247, pp. 230-249
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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