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DrDeclan Downey

Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of History

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  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor
    School of History
  • 01 716 8633
  • University College Dublin, School of History, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Thomas MacGreevy: Kerryman & Cosmopolitan,
    20 May 2021
    Lecture given on Zoom Media Platform to An Seanchaí – Kerry Writer’s Museum, and chaired by its Director, Ms Cara Trant
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    The Hospitaller Knights of St John in Carlow & South Leinsterfrom the 12th to the 21st Centuries
    17 Feb 2021
    Public lecture delivered on Zoom Media Platform for Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Award of the Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation, Government of Japan
    1 Dec 2020
    A most significant honour in recognition of Dr Downey's teaching and promotion of Japanese History and of Japanese Studies at UCD and throughout Ireland
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Testimonio de la Gran Armada contra Inglaterra de 1588 en la costa irlandesa. Actualidad y perspectivas para una necesaria revisión,
    27 Nov 2019
    The fourth and final presentation in a series of public lectures intitled Naves, Tumbas y Tesoros. Nuestro patrimonio sumergido (6-27 November 2019), on behalf of the Royal Academy of History at the Fundación Ramón Areces in Madrid, and chaired by H.E. D. Hugo O’Donnell y Duque de Estrada, Duke of Tetuán, chancellor of the Royal Academy and vice-president of the Spanish Commission of Military History. The series was organized by the Spanish Royal Academy of History and sponsored by the Fundación Ramón Areces.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Obligations & Opportunities for Post-Brexit Ireland: perspectives and guidance from historical experience
    20 Nov 2019
    Discourse given at the invitation of the Circle of EU Ambassadors to Ireland, and chaired by H.E. Ms. Anna Sochańska the Polish Ambassador to Ireland.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    The Hospitaller Order of St. John and its humanitarian activity in Limerick since the year 1212
    20 Oct 2019
    Special Historical Address at at the invitation of the Dean and Chapter of St. Mary’s Cathedral (Anglican) in Limerick, for the Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving for the Presence and Humanitarian Activity of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta in Limerick, and the dedication of a memorial in the grounds of the cathedral where the Order’s medieval frankhouse had once stood until 1540.
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    From Galway to Győr: the Irish presence in the Hungarian Crownlands, c. 1630 -c.1919,
    3 Oct 2019
    The Seamus Heaney Memorial Lecture at the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, chaired by Professor Győző Ferencz in the presence of HE Ambassador Ronan Gargan, sponsored by the Embassy of Ireland to Hungary.
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    First International Congress on La Armada española de 1588 y la Contra Armada Inglesa de 1589. El Conflicto Naval Entre España e Inglaterra: 1580-1607.The Spanish Armada of 1588 and the English Counter Armada of 1589. Naval Conflict between Spain and England, 1580-1607,, ARQUA: Museo Nacional de Arqueologia Subacuática,; ARQUA: Museo Nacional de Arqueologia Subacuática,, Government of Spain
    5 Oct 2018 - 21 Jul 2021
    Scientific Quality Evaluation of Proposed Contributions and Editorial Consultation
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Council for Hispano-Irish Historical Studies
    29 Oct 2015
    Secretary
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle
    20 Apr 2012 - 31 May 2017
    Trustee
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Executive Committee of the Council for Spanish-Irish Historical Studies
    1 Mar 2011
    Member
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Japanese Ambassadorial Commendation
    1 Jan 2010
    This award was presented by H.E. the Japanese Ambassador to Ireland, Dr. Toshinao Urabe, in recognition of my teaching of Japanese History & International Relations and of my promotion of Japanese Studies at University College Dublin since 1995.
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Spanish Royal Academy of History
    4 Dec 2008
    Corresponding Member
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Knight-Commander in the Royal Order of Isabel la Cat�lica: Encomienda en la Orden de Isabel la Cat�lica
    1 Jan 2007
    This honour is in recognition of my research and publications concerning the historical ties between Ireland and Spain which were assessed by the Spanish Royal Academy of History and the Higher Council of Scientific Research in Madrid and for my valuable contribution to strengthening relations between both countries.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Spanish-Irish Historians Conference
    1 Nov 2006
    Director
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society Heritage Award
    1 Jan 2006
    In recognition of work in advising and supporting the Society�s work for the preservation and promotion of the County�s history & heritage.
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Knight's Cross of the Austrian Order of Merit (Ritterskreuz des Silbernes Ehrenzeichen fur Verdienste an der Repubik Osterreich)
    1 Jan 2003
    In recognition of my pioneering research and publications on Austrian-Irish Relations since 1600. This work was evaluated and recommended by five leading Austrian historians who are members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Irish Historical Society
    1 Jan 1998
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Hoghe Raad van Adel, Den Haag, The Netherlands
    1 Sep 1991
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Association of European Historians
    1 Jan 1989
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Board of Trustees of Chester Beatty Library