Joan Redmond

Joan Redmond is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern British History at King's College London, specializing in religious conflict, identity formation, and violence during the 17th century. Her research examines how religious divisions shaped ethnic and national identities in Ireland following the 1641 Rebellion, with particular attention to Protestant communities and colonial power dynamics.

She investigates how narratives of violence were instrumentalized in political discourse and explores conversion practices as tools of cultural assimilation. Her methodological approach bridges social history with political theory to understand the construction of 'Britishness' in contested territories.