Liam Alex Heffron

University teacher, researcher and award-winning historian, completing PhD in the undocumented social causes of the Irish Revolution. Passionate about bringing history to life and using echoes of our shared past to breathe context, clarity and compassion into the ‘long now’. Embracing innovative communication routes and critical appraisal tools to meet students where they are at, in developing a shared understanding of evolving historiography with healthy quests for truth in yesterday’s transformative events and today’s complex intra-societal conversations.

As heritage charity CEO and community development project manager - successfully leveraged public funding and corporate sponsorship for history R&D in marginalised or neglected study areas. Expert in engaging teams with creative and practical solutions for the digital archiving and online publishing of historical record sets. Interests in subaltern revolutionary and intersectional political history, NGO’s and oral history. Member of the Irish Association of Professional Historians (IAPH).