Dr Brian Conway

    Sociology

    Lecturer

    Auxilia House
    3.2
    (01) 708 4789

    Biography

    Research Interests

    Sociology of religion, especially Catholicism

    Books

      Year Publication
    2012 Sociology of Ireland.
    Share, Perry, Mary P. Corcoran, and Brian Conway (2012) Sociology of Ireland. : Gill & Macmillan. [Details]
    2010 Commemoration and Bloody Sunday: Pathways of Memory.
    Conway, Brian (2010) Commemoration and Bloody Sunday: Pathways of Memory. : Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2009 'Harriet Martineau and Ireland'
    Conway, B., Hill, M. R. (2009) 'Harriet Martineau and Ireland' In: Social Thought in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century. Dublin: University College Dublin Press. [IR Link] [Details]
    2008 '1916 in 2006'
    Conway, Brian (2008) '1916 in 2006' In: Belongings: Shaping Identity in Modern Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [IR Link] [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2014 'Religious institutions and sexual scandals: a comparative study of Catholicism in Ireland, South Africa, and the United States'
    Conway, Brian (2014) 'Religious institutions and sexual scandals: a comparative study of Catholicism in Ireland, South Africa, and the United States'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY, 55 [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'David Yamane: Becoming Catholic: Finding Rome in the American Religious Landscape: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014, 242 pp'
    Conway B. (2014) 'David Yamane: Becoming Catholic: Finding Rome in the American Religious Landscape: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014, 242 pp'. Review of Religious Research, 56 (3):489-490 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'Religious Public Discourses and Institutional Structures: A Cross-National Analysis of Catholicism in Chile, Ireland, and Nigeria'
    Conway, B (2014) 'Religious Public Discourses and Institutional Structures: A Cross-National Analysis of Catholicism in Chile, Ireland, and Nigeria'. Sociological Perspectives, 57 :149-166 [DOI] [Details]
    2013 'Social Correlates of Church Attendance in Three European Catholic Countries'
    Conway, B (2013) 'Social Correlates of Church Attendance in Three European Catholic Countries'. Review of Religious Research, 55 :61-80 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'Catholic Sociology in Ireland in Comparative Perspective'
    Conway B. (2011) 'Catholic Sociology in Ireland in Comparative Perspective'. The American Sociologist, 42 (1):34-55 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2008 'Local conditions, global environment and transnational discourses in memory work: The case of Bloody Sunday (1972)'
    Conway, B (2008) 'Local conditions, global environment and transnational discourses in memory work: The case of Bloody Sunday (1972)'. Memory Studies, 1 :187-209 [DOI] [Details]
    2007 'Texts, bodies, and the memory of Bloody Sunday'
    Spillman L.;Conway B. (2007) 'Texts, bodies, and the memory of Bloody Sunday'. Symbolic Interaction, 30 (1):79-103 [DOI] [Details]
    2014 'Religious institutions and sexual scandals: A comparative study of Catholicism in Ireland, South Africa, and the United States'
    Conway, B (2014) 'Religious institutions and sexual scandals: A comparative study of Catholicism in Ireland, South Africa, and the United States'. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 55 :318-341 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'Religious Public Discourses and Institutional Structures: a Cross-National Analysis of Catholicism in Chile, Ireland, and Nigeria'
    Conway, Brian (2014) 'Religious Public Discourses and Institutional Structures: a Cross-National Analysis of Catholicism in Chile, Ireland, and Nigeria'. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, 57 [IR Link] [Details]
    2012 'Social Correlates of Church Attendance in Three European Catholic Countries'
    Conway, Brian (2012) 'Social Correlates of Church Attendance in Three European Catholic Countries'. Review of Religious Research, 54 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'New Directions in the Sociology of Collective Memory and Commemoration'
    Conway, Brian (2011) 'New Directions in the Sociology of Collective Memory and Commemoration'. Sociology Compass, 4 :442-453 [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'The 'miracle' of Fatima: media framing and the regeneration of a Dublin housing estate'
    Conway, Brian, Corcoran, Mary Cahill, Lynne M. (2011) 'The 'miracle' of Fatima: media framing and the regeneration of a Dublin housing estate'. JOURNALISM, 13 [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'A Brief History of Sociology at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth: The Legacy of Fr. Peter McKevitt'
    Conway, Brian (2011) 'A Brief History of Sociology at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth: The Legacy of Fr. Peter McKevitt'. SOCIOLOGICAL ORIGINS, 7 :41-47 [Details]
    2011 'The Vanishing Catholic Priest'
    Conway, Brian (2011) 'The Vanishing Catholic Priest'. CONTEXTS, 10 :64-65 [IR Link] [Details]
    2009 'Rethinking Difficult Pasts: Bloody Sunday (1972) as a Case Study'
    Conway, Brian (2009) 'Rethinking Difficult Pasts: Bloody Sunday (1972) as a Case Study'. CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY, 3 :397-413 [IR Link] [Details]
    2008 'Local Conditions, Global Environment and Transnational Discourses in Memory Work: The Case of Bloody Sunday (1972)'
    Conway, B. (2008) 'Local Conditions, Global Environment and Transnational Discourses in Memory Work: The Case of Bloody Sunday (1972)'. MEMORY STUDIES, 1 :187-209 [IR Link] [Details]
    2007 'Moving through Time and Space: Performing Bodies in Derry, Northern Ireland'
    Conway, B. (2007) 'Moving through Time and Space: Performing Bodies in Derry, Northern Ireland'. JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY, 20 :103-125 [IR Link] [Details]
    2007 'Texts, Bodies, and the Memory of Bloody Sunday'
    Spillman, L. and Conway, B. (2007) 'Texts, Bodies, and the Memory of Bloody Sunday'. SYMBOLIC INTERACTION, 30 :79-103 [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'Who Do We Think We Are? Immigration and the Discursive Construction of National Identity in an Irish Daily Mainstream Newspaper, 1996-2004'
    Conway, B. (2006) 'Who Do We Think We Are? Immigration and the Discursive Construction of National Identity in an Irish Daily Mainstream Newspaper, 1996-2004'. TRANSLOCATIONS: THE IRISH MIGRATION, RACE AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION REVIEW, 1 :76-94 [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'Foreigners, Faith and Fatherland: The Historical Origins, Development and Present Status of Irish Sociology’, 5(1): 1-36'
    Conway, B. (2006) 'Foreigners, Faith and Fatherland: The Historical Origins, Development and Present Status of Irish Sociology’, 5(1): 1-36'. SOCIOLOGICAL ORIGINS, 5 :1-36 [IR Link] [Details]
    2005 'Determinants and Consequences of Social Trust'
    Welch, M.R., Rivera, R.E.N., Conway, B., Yonkoski, J., Lupton, P.M. and Giancola, R. (2005) 'Determinants and Consequences of Social Trust'. SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY, 75 :453-473 [IR Link] [Details]
    2005 'Attachments, Grievances, Resources and Efficacy: The Determinants of Tenant Association Participation Among Public Housing Tenants'
    Conway, B. and Hachen, D.S. (2005) 'Attachments, Grievances, Resources and Efficacy: The Determinants of Tenant Association Participation Among Public Housing Tenants'. JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS, 27 :25-52 [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 'Traveller Horses, Local Authorities and Public Policy in Contemporary Ireland'
    Conway, B. (2004) 'Traveller Horses, Local Authorities and Public Policy in Contemporary Ireland'. Nomadic Peoples, 8 :65-80 [IR Link] [Details]
    2003 'Active Remembering, Selective Forgetting, and Collective Identity: The Case of Bloody Sunday'
    Conway, B. (2003) 'Active Remembering, Selective Forgetting, and Collective Identity: The Case of Bloody Sunday'. IDENTITY, 3 :305-323 [IR Link] [Details]
    2001 'Housing and Social Inclusion: Democratising the Local Authority-Tenant Community Relationship'
    Conway, B. (2001) 'Housing and Social Inclusion: Democratising the Local Authority-Tenant Community Relationship'. Administration, 49 :3-19 [Details]