Staff Profiles

Dr Fergus Campbell is Reader in Social and Cultural History. He was educated at St Margaret Mary's school, Carlisle, the Newman school, Carlisle and at the universities of Oxford and Bristol, and has lectured in both British and Irish history at the Queen's University, Belfast, and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth before becoming a lecturer in history at Newcastle University in August 2004. His research focuses on Irish social, cultural and political history between the Great Famine (1845-9) and the present, and also the history of psychoanalysis in Britain and Ireland during the 20th and 21st centuries. I have written three books and a number of articles on various aspects of modern Irish history including Land and Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2005) and The Irish Establishment, 1879-1914 (Oxford University Press, 2009). My current work is on the history of psychoanalysis in Britain and Ireland c. 1914-to the present; and I have recently published 'Freud in Dublin? The formation of psychoanalysis in Ireland, c. 1928-1993' in History Workshop Journal, 95, Spring 2023, pp. 101-130. I have completed the manuscript of my book, Freud in Ireland: a history of clinical psychoanalysis in Belfast, Cork and Dublin, 1928-2025 which is currently being considered for publication by the readers at Cork University Press.

My research is on the history of psychoanalysis in Britain and Ireland. My monograph Freud in Ireland: a history of clinical psychoanalysis in Belfast, Cork and Dublin, 1928-2025 is currently being considered for publication by Cork University Press. I have a complete draft of the book ready to publish. My second major project is a history of the British Psychoanalytical Society, 1919-2029. With the support of the BPAS, I have conducted more than 40 interviews with senior members of the Society and I am preparing a book proposal for submission to Cambridge University Press.

My teaching:

History lab 1 (HIS 1102)

Evidence and Argument (HIS 1030)

Famines in History (HIS 3026)

Research project in English and History (SEL 2218)

The Irish Revolution, 1879-1923 (HIS 3206)

Crafting History (HIS 2306)

Writing History (HIS 3020)

• Articles

  • Campbell F. Freud in Dublin? The Formation of Psychoanalysis in Ireland, c.1928-1993. History Workshop Journal 2023, 95, 101-130.
  • Campbell F. Land purchase and radicalisation in county Galway, c.1881-1931. Irish Studies Review 2020, 28(1), 20-42.
  • Campbell F. “Killing time” in rural Ireland, c.1881–2013. Irish Studies Review 2013, 21(3), 274-292.
  • Campbell F. Who ruled Ireland? The Irish administration, 1879-1914. Historical Journal 2007, 50(3), 623-644.
  • Campbell F. The Social Dynamics of Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1898-1918. Past & Present 2004, 182(1), 175-209.
  • Campbell F. 'The last land war'? Kevin O'Shiel's memoir of the Irish Revolution (1916-1921). Archivium Hibernicum 2003, LVII, 155-200.
  • Campbell FJM. Irish popular politics and the making of the Wyndham Land Act, 1901-1903. Historical Journal 2002, 45(4), 755-773.

• Authored Books

  • Campbell F. The Irish Establishment, 1879-1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Campbell F. Land and Revolution : Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1891-1921. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2005.

• Edited Book

  • Campbell F, Varley T, ed. Land, Politics and the State: New and Comparative Perspectives on the Irish Land Question. 2013. In Press.