About
Dr Richard Kirwan is an Irish Research Council Laureate and Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Limerick. He specialises in early modern European history with a focus on the German-speaking lands of the Holy Roman Empire. His research interests include the social and cultural history of early modern universities and the world of learning, early modern print culture, and the culture and politics of religious conversion.
Dr Kirwan is Principal Investigator of ‘Malcontents: Order and Disorder in the Early Modern World of Learning,’ a four-year project funded under the Irish Research Council Consolidate Laureate Awards programme (2022-2026).
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#earlymodern JOB Posting: Post Doctoral Researcher sought for the IRC Laureate project 'MALCONTENTS: Order and Disorder in the Early Modern World of Learning.' Seeking a scholar to conduct research on deviance in the universities of the Holy Roman Empire. Deadline 13 July '23. Details: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DAT969/post-doctoral-researcher-level-1-in-early-modern-european-history-specific-purpose-contract (2023-06-23 ↗)
An introduction. I am an historian of early modern Europe with a particular interest in what went on in the German lands. My research explores different aspects of scholarly culture, university history, religious conversion and print. I am currently working on a book on religious conversion among scholars in early modern Germany. I am P.I. of 'Malcontents: Order and Disorder in the Early Modern World of Learning,' a recently commenced project funded by an Irish Research Council Laureate Award (2022-26). #histodon #earlymodern (2022-11-29 ↗)
