Professor Robert Savage is an expert in Irish political, social and cultural history. His research addresses change in Irish society, Anglo-Irish relations, ‘the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and the history of film and the broadcast media in Ireland and Britain. He has published five books including The B51²è¹Ý’s Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern IrelandÌý(2015);ÌýA Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972Ìý(2010);ÌýSean Lemass: A Biography (1999 revised and expanded edition 2014); Irish Television: the Political and Social Origins (1996); and Ireland in the New Century, Politics, Identity and Culture (editor and contributing author, 2003). Professor Savage is also a long serving board member of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. His insight and expertise has been featured in The New York Times, The Irish Times, The Times of London, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Atlantic, National Public Radio, Ireland’s national radio and television services, ¸é°ÕÉ, the B51²è¹Ý, and C51²è¹ÝÌý(°ä²¹²Ô²¹»å²¹).Ìý
