Dr Bronagh Ann McShane (Department of History) awarded a Royal Irish Academy Charlemont Award

Congratulations to Dr Bronagh Anne McShane, Department of History who won an award for her study 'Global Women Religious: the case of the Irish Dominican Sisters in South Africa’. Incorporating digital and oral history approaches, the project investigates the role of the Congregation of Irish Dominican Sisters in the history of global Catholicism, from the late nineteenth century, when the IDS first initiated their missionary activities in Cape Town, South Africa, down to the present day. The Royal Irish Academy's Charlemont Grants Scheme is an international research scheme awarded to outstanding early career researchers in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.