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Richard Ludlow English CBE FBA MRIA FRSE FRHistS (born 1963) is a Northern Irish historian and political scientist from Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast . He studied as an undergraduate at Keble College , Oxford , and subsequently at Keele University , where he was awarded a PhD in History.
Richard English is a leading scholar of political violence, terrorism, and nationalism, with a focus on Ireland and Britain. He has published several books, including Does Terrorism Work? A History, and received many awards and honors for his research.
Richard English is a renowned scholar of terrorism and political violence, with books on the IRA, Irish nationalism, and the history of terrorism. He is a Fellow of several academic institutions and a CBE recipient, and currently directs the Mitchell Institute at Queen's University Belfast.
Responses to terrorism have frequently shaped world history and politics, from the emergence of the First World War to the post-9/11 War on Terror and beyond. Crucial to our individual and societal responses to terrorism is the central question of whether, or to what extent, or how, or why, or when, terrorism works.
May 2, 2023 · Richard English is a leading scholar of terrorism and political violence, and the Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute at Queen's University Belfast. He has written several books on the history of the IRA, Irish nationalism, and the effectiveness of terrorism.
Professor Richard English FBA is Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast, where he is also Professor of Politics.
Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews. Richard English’s research and teaching focus on terrorism and political violence, Irish and British politics and history, and the politics and history of nationalism and the state.
