Jess Lumsden
PhD Candidate
Department of History
Keough Naughton Institute of Irish Studies
Modern European History / American History
British and Irish History / European Urban History
Atlantic History
Modern Germany
Education
University of Notre Dame, (2011- present), PhD Candidate, Modern European History
University of Notre Dame, (2011), M.A. Modern European History
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, (2008) M.A. Modern European History
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (2006), B. A. Ancient History
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (2006), B. A. Latin
Teaching
Instructor, Irish Secret Societies in the Atlantic World, University of Notre Dame (2014)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Genocide (2011)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Modern Europe: French Revolution to World War I (2011)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, American History 1608 to 1865 (2010)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Modern Germany 1871 to Reunification (2010)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, History of Ireland, 1603-1998 (2009)
Publications
“Night Marauders and Deluded Wretches: public discourses on Ribbonism in the pre-Famine era” in Crime, Violence and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015. *Forthcoming in 2015*
Grants and Awards
Zahm Travel and Research Grant, University of Notre Dame (2013)
Keough Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, Irish Language Study Grant (2010, 2013)
Paul G. Tobin Fellowship, Nanovic Institute for European Studies (2012-2013)
Travel and Research Grant, Nanovic Institute for European Studies (2012)
Keough Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, IRISH Seminar (2009, 2010, 2012)
Graduate Student Research Award, Institute for the Study of Liberal Arts (2011)
Conference Presentation Grant, Union of Graduate Historians, Notre Dame (2011, 2012, 2013)
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, University of Tennessee (2007-2008)
Galen Alan Broker Fund for Research in British History, University of Tennessee (2007)
Gamma Kappa Alpha Italian Language Honor Society, University of North Carolina (2006)
University Presentations
“Emerging from the Shadow of Death: how the Irish middle classes became more visible during the Great Famine, 1845-1851”, University of Tennessee (2007)
Conference Presentations
“Writing out the Ribbonmen: the creation of a nationalist narrative of Irish history in the nineteenth century”, Southern Conference of British Studies, St. Louis, MO (2013)
“The Richard Jones Trial of 1840: Ribbonism in Ireland and Abroad”, Midwest World History Association, Springfield, OH (2013)
“They Had the Appearance of Country People: Public Discourses and the Delegitimization of Ribbonism as Politics in Pre-Famine Ireland”, Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (2013)
“The Sad Histories of Ballybracken and Findramore; or William Carleton’s cautionary tales against the evils of Ribbonism and for the values of industrialism”, American Conference of Irish Studies, Chicago, IL (2013)
“Revealing the Conspiracy behind the Conspiracy: Ribbonism in Fiction”, Bielefeld University- Notre Dame Exchange Workshop (2013)
“From Terrorists to Heroes: The Transformative Memory of the Mollie Maguires”, North American History of Labor Conference, Detroit, MI (2012)
“The Men Bore It Well: The Mollie Maguires and Irishness in America”, American Conference of Irish Studies, New Orleans, LA (2012)
“Valentine McClutchy as Historical Source” Midwest American Conference of Irish Studies, Fargo, ND (2011)
Professional Service
Editor, Aigne Journal (2013-2014)
Graduate Student Professionalization Fund Committee (2012-2013, 2010)
Conference Organizing Committee, Britain, Ireland and Europe: From the Glorious Revolution to the European Union, University of Notre Dame (2012)
Conference Panel Moderator, Britain, Ireland and Europe: From the Glorious Revolution to the European Union, University of Notre Dame, (2012)
Vice President in charge of Social Affairs, Union of Graduate Historians (2010)
Conference Organizing Committee, Graduate Student Conference, University of Notre Dame (2009)
Professional Associations
American Historical Association
American Conference of Irish Studies
World History Association
Languages
Gaelic, high level speaking and reading proficiency
Spanish, high level speaking and reading proficiency
Latin, reading proficiency
Italian, reading proficiency
German, reading proficiency
References
Dr. James Smyth, Professor of European History, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Patrick Griffin, Madden-Hennebry Professor of History, University of Notre Dame Dr. Lauren Faulkner Rossi, Assistant Professor of European History, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Alexander Martin, Associate Professor of European History, University of Notre Dame