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Dr Rory Finegan is Assistant
Professor in Military History & Strategic Studies in the Centre for
Military History & Strategic Studies (CMHSS) at Maynooth University (MU),
which includes delivery of the MA in Leadership Management & Defence
Studies (MA LMDS) at the Irish Defence Forces Military College. He previously
served as an officer in the Irish Defence Forces (DF), in a diversity of portfolios,
that has included three separate tours of UN duty in the Middle East and a
fourth in Kosovo. His tenure in the DF
included being Head of Department at the United Nations Training School Ireland
(UNTSI); where, as Course Director & Coordinator he delivered the bespoke
International Human Rights Course. He
was Assistant Program Manager (2019-2020) of the Peace IV Legacy of Violence
Project based at the Glencree Peace & Reconciliation Centre working with
Victims & Survivors (V&S) Groups in Northern Ireland. Key issues of this project were captured in his
role as Editor of the Academic Journal “Dealing with the Legacy of Violence
in Northern Ireland through Mediation & Dialogue (2021).” He has lectured extensively in International
Relations, Conflict Resolution and Terrorism Studies, including as a Guest
Lecturer with the International Institute of Humanitarian Law at Sanremo,
Italy. His specific focus in academia is
on the Northern Ireland Conflict (The Troubles) and he will deliver a bespoke
undergraduate module (HY 257) in this sphere in 2022.