History
Prof. D. O'Connor
Distinguished Fellow of Southshore university College · Trinity College Dublin
Biography
Prof. O'Connor's work traces 18th- and 19th-century West African–European entanglements, supporting Southshore's archives and oral-history initiative.
- Discipline
- History
- Country
- Ireland
- Current university
- Trinity College Dublin
- Languages
- English, Irish, French
Areas of expertise
- Atlantic history
- Archival method
- Oral history
- Gold Coast studies
Appointments
- Distinguished Fellow, Southshore university College (Present)
- Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin (2014 – present)
Education
- PhD History, Trinity College Dublin (2004)
- MPhil Modern History, University of Cambridge (1999)
Selected publications
- Letters from the Gold Coast, 1780–1850. Cambridge UP, 2023.
- Empire's Clerks. Past & Present, 2019.
Awards & honours
- Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal (2021)
Contact
- Email: d.oconnor@southshore.edu.gh
- Office: Humanities Wing · 1F
- ORCID: 0000-0003-5566-1122
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