| Carolyn Conley, Ph.D. |
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Professor 
205-975-7176
I have been at UAB since 1985. I am a specialist in British and Irish history and my research focuses on the social history of criminal violence. I have published three books, The Unwritten Law: Criminal Justice in Victorian Kent (Oxford, 1991); Melancholy Accidents: The Meaning of Violence in Post-Famine Ireland (Lexington Books, 1999); Certain Other Countries: Homicide, Gender and National Identity in Late Nineteenth Century England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (Ohio State University Press, 2007). Education: BA, Duke University MA, University of Chicago PhD, Duke University Current book projects: Female killers in London, 1671-1913 British interactions with non-European people Teaching areas: British Political and Social History Western Civilization Britain and the Third World Social History of Crime and Violence History of Ireland, Scotland and Wales and Historiography Recent courses taught: Western Civilization The Celtic Fringe: Ireland, Scotland and Wales History of England Problems in Contemporary Britain Crime and Punishment in European History Britain and the Third World Peasant Revolts to Puritan Revolutions: England, 1381-1660 North Atlantic Triangle: Britain, Ireland and the United States |