James Laughlin

Background

James Laughlin was born on October 24, 1948 in Portadown, Northern Ireland.

Education

In 1977 James received B.A. (with first class honors) at Northern Ireland Polytechnic, and then got Ph.D. at Trinity College in Dublin.

Career

James worked as a substitute teacher in local secondary schools in 1982-1983. He also was a lecturer in modem European and British history at University of Ulster. Then he moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland, and served at Queen’s University of Belfast as junior research fellow at Institute of Irish Studies, research associate, senior research fellow, and lecturer in modern history and politics. Since 1988 he was a lecturer in history at University of Ulster.

James was a contributor to books, including Parnell in Perspective, edited by D. G. Boyce and A. O’Day, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1991, and to periodicals, including Retrospect, Irish Historical Studies, Eire-Ireland, and History.

Achievements

• James is famous for his works Gladstone, Home Rule, and the Ulster Question, 1882-93, and Ulster Unionism and British National Identity Since 1885.

Works

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• book

  • Britishness in Ulster
  • Nationality Problems Soviet Union
  • Columbus the Catholic : a comprehensive story of the discovery book - Kindle edition by George Barton, James Loughlin. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. 2013
  • The British Monarchy and Ireland: 1800 to the Present 2011
  • Columbus the Catholic - a Comprehensive Story of the Discovery 2016
  • Ulster Unionism and British National Identity Since 1885 1995

Membership

• fellow

  Royal Historical Society

Connections

On July 26, 1975, James married Jacinta Haddock, and they gave birth to two daughters: Caroline and Carmen.

Wife:

Jacinta Haddock

Daughter:

Caroline

Daughter:

Carmen