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Dr. Caitlin White

Dr. Caitlin White

Research Fellow, Education

Biography

Dr Caitlin White is a public historian and postdoctoral Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin in the Trinity Long Room Hub. Her doctoral research, supervised by Dr Anne Dolan, examined commemoration and public memory in the Irish Free State (1922"1939), with a particular focus on the politics of space and the cultural afterlives of revolution.

Caitlin's research and practice sit at the intersection of history, education, and community engagement. She has contributed to several major interdisciplinary projects at national and European level, including the Critical ChangeLab, an EU-funded project promoting democracy amongst young people; Miasma, a Research Ireland-funded Discover project exploring public health, data, and trust through theatre; and Uncomfortable Dublin, a participatory walking tour developed in collaboration with colleagues and community partners, informed by the Uncomfortable Oxford methodology.

Her public history outputs include appearances on the podcast History Ireland Hedge School the radio show Talking History, and the documentary The Silent Civil War. She has undertaken research and curation for exhibitions such as Society & State: Ireland Through Its Records (2024), and Clerys: The Archives (2023).

Her teaching and outreach work spans secondary and higher education, with a particular interest in history education and public history. Her research interests include Irish history, public history, public engagement, and informal learning.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Caitlin White, 'Public History in Ireland: Difficult Histories' edited by Leonie Hannan and Olwen Purdue. London: Routledge, 2024., Review of Public History in Ireland: Difficult Histories, by Leonie Hannan; Olwen Purdue , The Public Historian, 47, (2), 2025Review, 2025
  • Durall Gazulla, Eva; Kinnula, Marianne; Niaz, Yusra; Hartikainen, Heidi; White, Caitlin; Malinverni, Laura; Riera Retamero, Marina, Critical ChangeLabs as spaces for reimagining society, European Alternatives Journal,, 9, 2025, p10 - 13Journal Article
  • Memory Wars: The Curation of the History of World War I in the Public Space of Dublin, 1922-39 in, editor(s)Joanna Wojdon; Dorota Wisniewska , History in Public Spaces, London, Routledge, 2024, [Caitlin White]Book Chapter
  • The Role of the Public in Shaping New Collective Memories: The Irish Public and their Representation of History During and After the Irish Civil War of 1922-23 in, editor(s)Joanna Wojdon; Dorota Wisniewska , Public in Public History, London, Routledge, 2021, [Caitlin White]Book Chapter
  • Ideological Dissonance in, editor(s)Jana Wendler; Kristin Bauer , Place in Engagement: A Collaborative Encyclopedia, Museum für Naturkunde (MfN) - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, 2025, pp46 - 49, [Caitlin White]Book Chapter
  • Durall, E., Hurley, M., Niaz, Y., Laflin, A., Ng, J., Vesseur, E., Malinverni, L., Del Razo Martínez, G. P., Porquer, J. M., Hernández-Hernández, F., Couto, R., White, C., Learning for Democracy and Civic Action: An Educators' Guide, 2026Book, DOI

Research Expertise

  • Title
    Clerys: The Archives
    Summary
    Curated the 'Clerys: The Archives' exhibition in Clerys Buildings, O'Connell St., in January 2022.
  • Title
    Uncomfortable Dublin
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    TCD Faculty of AHSS
  • Title
    Society and State: Ireland Through Its Records
    Summary
    Researcher and content creator for the National Archives of Ireland's exhibition 'Society and State: Ireland Through Its Records' which had 65,000 visitors.
  • Title
    Democracy Meets Arts: Critical ChangeLabs for Building Democratic Cultures Through Creative and Narrative Practices
    Summary
    Democracy requires the participation of all citizens, young people in particular. With this in mind, the EU-funded CRITICAL CHANGELAB project will develop a model of democratic paedagogy using creative and narrative practices such as theatre of the oppressed and speculative design to foster youth's active democratic citizenship at a time when polarisation and dwindling trust in democracy are spreading across Europe. The project examines the current state of democracy within education institutions identifying youth's perspectives on everyday democracy to generate a robust evidence base for developing participatory democratic curricula. At the Critical ChangeLabs diverse actors from formal and non-formal education, civic organisations and SMEs will work together with youth to rethink European democracy and envision futures that are justice-oriented.
    Funding Agency
    EU
    Date From
    01.04.2023
    Date To
    31.03.2026