Dr. Anthony Daly

My academic specialties center on Europe after 1500. In my research I concentrate on Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth century, especially radical activity in areas such as land, religion, and nationalism. Currently, I am working on a project that examines Chartism, a movement in the mid-nineteenth century that sought to expand voting rights to the working class. Specifically, I am researching the role of William Sharman Crawford and how his involvement with the Chartists enriches our understanding of Irish and British reform movements.

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As a historian of Europe, leading travel courses across the Atlantic is an exciting part of my work. Travel courses are semester-long, three credit classes that meet for discussions, presentations, and assignments. The courses center on a travel component, typically a ten day trip over spring break. I have taught two travel courses to France, and in spring 2024 led a travel course to Ireland for the fifth time.

2026 Ireland Travel Course

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Daly, Anthony.  "'The Most Consistent of Them All': William Sharman Crawford and the Politics of Suffrage." Labour History Review 89 (July 2024): 95-125.

Daly, Anthony. "'The true remedy for Irish grievances is to be found in good political institutions’: English radicals and Irish nationalism, 1847–74." Historical Research 86 (February 2013): 53-75.

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“An Irish Outsider in English Radicalism,” Canadian Association for Irish Studies (CAIS), Ottawa, Ontario, 2023.

“‘A machine for the purposes of the state’: William Sharman Crawford and the Established Church,” North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS), Denver, Colorado, November 2017.

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