Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland: The Kindness of Strangers
Christine Kinealy is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, where she earned her doctorate. She is Professor of Irish Studies in the Caspersen Graduate School at Drew University, USA, and, in the spring of 2012, was Visiting Scholar in Residence at Quinnipiac University, USA. She is the author of several books on the Irish Famine, including the award-winningThis Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52(2006).