Heather Laird

Heather Laird is Senior Lecturer in English at University College Cork, focusing on Irish postcolonial studies, agrarian conflict, and commemoration. She holds a PhD from University College Dublin.

Her research examines resistance practices, historical memory, and class/gender dynamics in Irish cultural production. Monographs include Subversive Law in Ireland (2005) and Commemoration (2018), analyzing alternative legal systems during the Land War and critical approaches to centenary commemorations.

Laird leads projects on digital archives of Irish composers and community-based arts. She collaborates with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on labor history initiatives and contributes to public discourse via RTÉ Brainstorm.