Members Directory

Mr James Ivan McGuire

MA, DLitt(hc NUI)

Chairman, Irish Manuscripts Commission; Adjunct Professor, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2007

Offices held: On Council:2010-14, 2018-20

Professor Christopher Morash

BA(Dalhousie 1985), MPhil, PhD(Dubl 1986, 1990)

Vice- Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2007

Professor Ruairí Ó hUiginn

BA, MA(NUI 1976, 1980), PhD(QUB 1989)

Senior Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies  

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Irish Language, Literary And Cultural Studies

Elected in 2007

Professor William Anthony Schabas

BA, MA (Toronto), LLB, LLM, LLD (Montreal)

Professor of International Law, Director Doctoral Institute, Middlesex University

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Law

Elected in 2007

Awards: 2011 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Social Sciences

Professor Samson Shatashvili

PhD, DSc(Leningrad 1984, 1990)

Chair of Natural Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Mathematics

Elected in 2007

Awards: 2010 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Professor Jennifer Todd

BA(Kent 1972), PhD(Boston 1977)

Professor in Politics, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

Elected in 2007

Professor Emeritus Patricia Lysaght

Barrister at Law(Kings Inns 1971), BA(NUI 1975), PhD(NUI 1982)

Emerita Professor of European Ethnology, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Sociology, Political Sciences And Social Sciences

Elected in 2006

Professor Séamus Mac Mathúna

BA, PhD(QUB). FRSA

Professor of Irish and Celtic Studies, University of Ulster 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Irish Language, Literary And Cultural Studies

Elected in 2006

Offices held: On Council and in Office: 2007-09, VP 2009-13

Awards: Court Representative UU 2013

Professor Hugh Magennis

BA, MA, PhD(QUB 1970, 1972, 1981)

Emeritus Professor of English, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2006

Professor Seamus Joseph Martin

BSc, PhD(NUI). FTCD

Smurfit Professor of Medical Genetics, Trinity College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2006

Professor Peter Ian Mitchell

BSc, PhD(NUI). CPhys

Emeritus Professor, University College Dublin

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 2006

Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary for Science 2008-11

Professor Werner Nahm

PhD(Bonn). FRS

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies  

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 2006

Offices held: On Council: 2015-17

Awards: 2014 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal - Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Mrs Carmel Patricia Naughton

DPhil(hc, Notre Dame Indiana, American College, Dublin)

Glen Dimplex

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2006

Dr David Lorge Parnas

BS, MS(Carnegie Institute of Technology), PhD(Carnegie Mellon University), Dr.h.c.(ETH Zurich, Louva

Former Professor of Software Engineering, and Director of the Software Quality Research Laboratory, McMaster University

Member, Science

Discipline: Computer Science And Informatics

Elected in 2006

Professor Tigran Hakop Tchrakian

BSc(Lond), ARCS(Imperial College, London 1963), PhD(Edinburgh 1967)

Professor of Mathematical Physics, Maynooth University

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 2006

Professor Vani Kant Borooah

MA(Bombay 1969), PhD(Southampton 1978)

Professor of Applied Economics, University of Ulster 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Economics, Business And Management Sciences

Elected in 2006

Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary 2013-2015

Professor Robert Burch

BSc, PhD, DSc(QUB)

Research Professor in Catalysis, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Chemistry

Elected in 2006

Professor Andrew Carpenter

BA(Oxon 1963), MA(Oxon 1968), PhD(NUI 1970). FEA

Emeritus Professor of English, University College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Literary And Theatrical Studies

Elected in 2006

Offices held: On Council: 2010-14, 2015-19

Professor Michael Anthony Cronin

BA(Dubl 1982), MA(NUI 1986), PhD(Dubl 1991)

Professor of French, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies

Elected in 2006

Offices held: On Council and in Office: Secretary for PL&A 2010-12

Professor David Jocelyn Dickson

BA, PhD(Dubl). FTCD

Professor of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin

Member, PL&A

Discipline: History

Elected in 2006

Offices held: On Council: 2015-17

Professor John Gerard Doyle

BSc(QUB 1977), PhD(QUB 1980)

Research Astronomer, Armagh Observatory

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 2006

Professor Peter Raymond Flatt

BSc, PhD(Aston 1974, 1977)

Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster 

Member, Science

Discipline: Biology

Elected in 2006

Professor Graham Gargett

BA(Reading, 1967), PhD(East Anglia, 1974)

Professor of French Culture and Ideas, University of Ulster 

Member, PL&A

Discipline: Languages And Linguistic Studies

Elected in 2006

Professor William George Graham

BSc, PhD(QUB, 1971, 1974). CPhys

Professor of Physics, Queen's University Belfast 

Member, Science

Discipline: Physics and Astronomy

Elected in 2006