Civil War & the early years of the Irish Free State
b'Dr. Gavin Foster received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame and is Associate Professor of modern Irish history in the School of Irish Studies, with a cross-appointment in History. He is a Core Member of Concordia\\xb7s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and serves as History Reviews Editor for the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies. His research has focused on republican political culture, revolutionary violence, social conflicts, class and social status, labour history, migration, and commemoration/memory themes in the Irish Revolution(1913-23), particularly its final Civil War phase and the early years of the Irish Free State. His book, The Irish Civil War and Society: Politics, Class and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) was awarded the 2015 James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences by the American Conference for Irish Studies. Dr. Gavin Foster received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame and is Associate Professor of modern Irish history in the School of Irish Studies, with a cross-appointment in History. He is a Core Member of Concordia\\u2019s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and serves as History Reviews Editor for the Canadian Journal of Irish Studies. His research has focused on republican political culture, revolutionary violence, social conflicts, class and social status, labour history, migration, and commemoration/memory themes in the Irish Revolution(1913-23), particularly its final Civil War phase and the early years of the Irish Free State. His book, The Irish Civil War and Society: Politics, Class and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) was awarded the 2015 James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences by the American Conference for Irish Studies.'