Maurice Casey

Maurice Casey is an Irish historian of 20th century revolutionary movements with a particular focus on international communism, and is also an also an expert in Irish diaspora history, queer history and the impact of grassroots activism in modern Ireland.

With degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Cambridge University, he is a Fulbright Scholar and also studied at Stanford and Oxford before joining Queen’s University, Belfast as a Research Fellow. In addition to academic journals, his writing has appeared in the Irish Times, History Today, History Ireland, Contingent Magazine and others. He has spoken to public audiences in Ireland, the UK, Russia, and the US.