Olwen Purdue, PhD in History, Senior Lecturer in Irish History and Director of the Centre for Public History, QUB Professional translator and researcher. Author of Huir del Laberinto, a look at the Northern Irish conflict through its depiction on some contemporary fiction.

Jude Whyte, is a lecturer in Health, Social Care, Psychology and Sociology at the Belfast Metropolitan College. Jude’s mother, Peggy Whyte, was killed by a UVF bomb in 1984. A former member of the Victims and Survivors Commission, he has been involved in housing and homelessness for several years. 

Eileen Weir, is an awarded community development practitioner with over 30 years experience in building Good Relations. Eileen is currently employed by Shankill Women’s Centre as the Greater North Belfast Women’s Network Co-Ordinator and is working towards creating a West Belfast Women’s Network.

Patrick Speight, PhD in Irish Studies, Institute of Irish Studies and former producer and presenter, BBC Northern Ireland; curator, A State Apart, a digital archive of the Troubles.

Debbie Lisle, Debbie Lisle, Professor in Relations and International Political Sociology.

Jenny Stewart, communications consultant working across culture, heritage and design. Experience in the museum sector includes roles at the Design Museum, London and Royal Museums Greenwich.

Magda Gasso, General Director of Museums, Catalan Government.

Esther Aliaga Rodrigo, PhD in English Co-author of a dictionary of Irish culture in Spanish (Diccionario cultural e histórico de Irlanda) and a book of interviews with Irish writers and academics (Ireland in Writing).

Damien Okado-Gough, Peace and Conflict Studies graduate from the University of Ulster, and is currently pursuing a PhD in peacebuilding at Doshisha University in Kyoto Japan.  He grew up in  West Belfast during the 70s and 80s.

Gareth Mulvenna – PhD in Social History, researcher and author. Troubles historian with a special focus on loyalism. Author of ‘Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries: The Loyalist Backlash’ (Liverpool University Press, 2016) and co-author of the autobiography of Cllr Billy Hutchinson, ‘My Life in Loyalism’ (Merrion Press, 2020)

Clare Hirst – Conservator at The University of Manchester. Has worked as an Arts educator for children and adults. MRL Fellow (Museums Resilience Leadership) and currently researching museum collections within conflict and crisis, particularly in Northern Ireland where my family hail from.

Clare Hirst, Museum Collections Manager for the Co-operative Heritage Trust, Conservator at The University of Manchester. Has worked as an Arts educator for children and adults. MRL Fellow (Museums Resilience Leadership) and currently researching museum collections within conflict and crisis, particularly in Northern Ireland where my family hail from.