Guy Beiner
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Guy Beiner is a historian
of the late-modern period. He is a senior lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
in Beer Sheva, Israel
.
and holds a PhD
from the National University of Ireland
. He was a Government of Ireland Scholar at University College Dublin
, a Government of Ireland Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies in the University of Notre Dame
. His research focuses on remembrance and forgetting in modern history
, with a particular interest in modern Ireland
. He has also published on other subjects, including oral history
, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19, and the history of terrorism
.
His book Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory (University of Wisconsin Press
: Madison, 2007; paperback 2009) won several international awards, including the Ratcliff Prize 2007 for "an important contribution by an individual to the study of Folklore or Folk Life in Great Britain and Ireland"; the Wayland D. Hand Prize 2008 for an outstanding publication in history and folklore; the National Council on Public History
[NCPH] Book Award 2008 finalist, commended for "outstanding contribution in the subfield of public history and policy"; Cundill International Prize 2008 longlist for a book determined to have a profound literary, social and academic impact in the area of history.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
of the late-modern period. He is a senior lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is a university in Beersheba, Israel, established in 1969. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has a current enrollment of 17,400 students, and is one of Israel's fastest growing universities....
in Beer Sheva, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
Life and works
Guy Beiner is a graduate of Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
and holds a PhD
PHD
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from the National University of Ireland
National University of Ireland
The National University of Ireland , , is a federal university system of constituent universities, previously called constituent colleges, and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997.The constituent universities are...
. He was a Government of Ireland Scholar at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
, a Government of Ireland Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies in the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
. His research focuses on remembrance and forgetting in modern history
Modern history
Modern history, or the modern era, describes the historical timeline after the Middle Ages. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period after the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution...
, with a particular interest in modern Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. He has also published on other subjects, including oral history
Oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews...
, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19, and the history of terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
.
His book Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory (University of Wisconsin Press
University of Wisconsin Press
The University of Wisconsin Press is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals. It primarily publishes work by scholars from the global academic community but also serves the citizens of Wisconsin by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and...
: Madison, 2007; paperback 2009) won several international awards, including the Ratcliff Prize 2007 for "an important contribution by an individual to the study of Folklore or Folk Life in Great Britain and Ireland"; the Wayland D. Hand Prize 2008 for an outstanding publication in history and folklore; the National Council on Public History
National Council on Public History
The National Council on Public History is a professional membership association established in 1979 to support a diverse group of people, institutions, agencies, businesses, and academic programs associated with the field of public history. The NCPH publishes a quarterly journal, The Public...
[NCPH] Book Award 2008 finalist, commended for "outstanding contribution in the subfield of public history and policy"; Cundill International Prize 2008 longlist for a book determined to have a profound literary, social and academic impact in the area of history.
Publications
- Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory (University of Wisconsin PressUniversity of Wisconsin PressThe University of Wisconsin Press is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals. It primarily publishes work by scholars from the global academic community but also serves the citizens of Wisconsin by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and...
: Madison, 2007) Google Books
Sources
- Guy Beiner at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies website
- Cundill International Prize in History longlist annunciation
- Gabriel Sanders, "Israeli Scholar Trains an Eye on the Emerald Isle", Forward (March, 2007)
External links
- Faculty Page at Ben Gurion University of the Negev [in Hebrew]