Thomas Gerard Gallagher
Encyclopedia
Education and career
Tom Gallagher is holder of the chair of ethnic peace and conflict at the department of peace studies, University of BradfordUniversity of Bradford
The University of Bradford is a British university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The University received its Royal Charter in 1966, making it the 40th University to be created in Britain, but its origins date back to the early 1800s...
. Ironically it has been alleged that he has been known to vocally support the INLA, who carried out a twenty-four year campaign of terror including the murders of innocent Roman Catholics and Protestants, and has written passionately and positively about supporters of Glasgow Celtic, even though these supporters are famous for chanting songs in favour of the IRA
Ira
IRA most commonly refers to:*Irish Republican Army, which has existed in various forms since 1916**List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army**Provisional Irish Republican Army...
and promoting the ethnic cleansing of protestants with lyrics such as "North men, south men comrades all, soon there will be no Protestants at all.
Tom Gallagher claims he is an "authority on religion as a source of conflict in modern Europe
Europe
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", but has failed to be recognised by many national and international institutions such as the BBC
BBC
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. His published work has focussed on inter-group disputes and the role of the state in managing or indeed exacerbating them.
Journalist
Is a collaborator of Journal of Communist Studies & Transition Politics, European History Quarterly, Security Dialogue, History TodayHistory Today
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, The National Interest
The National Interest
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, Democratization
Democratization
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, Balkanologie, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Ethnic and Racial Studies is a peer-reviewed social science academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on anthropology, cultural studies, ethnicity and race, and sociology. The editors in chief are Martin Bulmer and John Solomos ....
, and a columnist for the Romanian-language newspaper România Liberă
România Libera
România Liberă is one of the leading newspapers in Romania. Based in Bucharest, the Romanian-language daily has a paid daily circulation of 40,000....
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Works
- Portugal: A Twentieth-Century Interpretation, Manchester University PressManchester University PressManchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals. Manchester University Press has developed into an international publisher...
(1983) - Glasgow the Uneasy Peace, Manchester University Press (1987)
- Outcast Europe, Routledge (2001)
- The Balkans After the Cold War, Routledge (2003)
- The Balkans in the New Millennium, Routledge (2005)
- Theft of a Nation: Romania Since Communism, C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (2005)
External links
- Professor Gallagher's website at the University of Bradford http://www.brad.ac.uk/peace/staff/academic/ProfessorTomGallagher/