Deirdre Lyons
Biographic Data
| ID | 5436339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deirdre Lyons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deirdre |
| FAMILY NAME | Lyons |
| SIGNATURE | LYONS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7098-7723 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tropical Despotisms: Enlightened Reform in the French Caribbean
A first exploration of a social identity perspective on youth rugby talent development in Ireland
This study uses a social identity perspective to explore the possible relationships between athletic identity, social identities in sport, and players' life satisfaction and confidence in managing their social groups. We report cross-sectional data from 27 of the 64 early-career academy-contracted rugby players in Ireland in 2025. Exploratory analyses indicate that players endorsed stronger identification with their sport and their club than with…
She Made Her Belly Disappear”: A Microhistory of Slavery and Reproduction in Nineteenth-Century Martinique
Employing a microhistorical examination of the papers of planter Pierre Dessalles and French colonial civil records, this article examines how community and kin-based systems supported reproduction and mothering among enslaved women in nineteenth-century Martinique. Slaveholders in nineteenth-century Martinique mapped anxieties about the future of the plantation regime and white colonial rule onto slavery’s sexual economy and enslaved reproductio…
They Are Free with Me”
Abolitionist lawmakers promulgated policies during the July Monarchy designed to ameliorate the conditions of enslaved people in France's colonies. These reforms focused on family life and curtailing abusive corporal punishment. Scholars have argued these policies were weak and ineffective. However, a series of lawsuits, filed by both enslaved and freed women, reveals how reform engendered conflicts before emancipation in 1848. These lawsuits rev…
A framework for lifelong involvement in sport and physical activity: The Irish perspective
Contextualised within physical activity policy this paper presents a critical review of current sport development pathway models (including the pyramid concept, long‐term athlete development and the development model of sport participation), acknowledging a number of issues that we should be cognisant of when working with models. Along with a review of the existing situation in Ireland with regards to the governance of sport and patterns in sport…
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A framework for lifelong involvement in sport and physical activity: The Irish perspective
Contextualised within physical activity policy this paper presents a critical review of current sport development pathway models (including the pyramid concept, long‐term athlete development and the development model of sport participation), acknowledging a number of issues that we should be cognisant of when working with models. Along with a review of the existing situation in Ireland with regards to the governance of sport and patterns in sport…
They Are Free with Me”
Abolitionist lawmakers promulgated policies during the July Monarchy designed to ameliorate the conditions of enslaved people in France's colonies. These reforms focused on family life and curtailing abusive corporal punishment. Scholars have argued these policies were weak and ineffective. However, a series of lawsuits, filed by both enslaved and freed women, reveals how reform engendered conflicts before emancipation in 1848. These lawsuits rev…
She Made Her Belly Disappear”: A Microhistory of Slavery and Reproduction in Nineteenth-Century Martinique
Employing a microhistorical examination of the papers of planter Pierre Dessalles and French colonial civil records, this article examines how community and kin-based systems supported reproduction and mothering among enslaved women in nineteenth-century Martinique. Slaveholders in nineteenth-century Martinique mapped anxieties about the future of the plantation regime and white colonial rule onto slavery’s sexual economy and enslaved reproductio…
Tropical Despotisms: Enlightened Reform in the French Caribbean
A first exploration of a social identity perspective on youth rugby talent development in Ireland
This study uses a social identity perspective to explore the possible relationships between athletic identity, social identities in sport, and players' life satisfaction and confidence in managing their social groups. We report cross-sectional data from 27 of the 64 early-career academy-contracted rugby players in Ireland in 2025. Exploratory analyses indicate that players endorsed stronger identification with their sport and their club than with…
Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Perspective (graphical (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works)