Publications

Books

Beyond Exclusion in Medieval Ireland: Intersections of Ethnicity, Sex, and Society under English Law (Brepols, 2021, 338 pp)

Journal Articles

‘Decolonising' medieval Irish history? The (im)possibility of challenging existing practice (with Phil Mullen and Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores) in Postcolonial Studies, xxviii, 2 (2025),

Early Medieval Law and a Call to Action for Palestine (with Emer Purcell) in Rundale, 1 September 2025

Epistemology of Translation: Erasing Viscountesses and Viscounts in High Medieval Legal Records, Selective 'Anglo-Saxonism', and Teleology in Rechtskultur: European Journal of Legal History, 10 (2022), pp 49-83

Legal Identity and 13th-Century English Ireland in Rechtsgeschichte: Journal of the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, 29 (2021), pp 211-21

Scots in 'English Ireland' in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in Scottish Historical Review, xcvii, issue 2, no. 245 (October 2018), pp 211-17

The Myth of the 'Five Bloods': from Fiction to Legal Custom in the English Royal Courts in Fourteenth-Century Ireland in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C, cxviii (2018), pp 167-200

Journal Issues (Editor)

Comparative Legal History, xiii, 2 (Nov 2025)

Comparative Legal History, xiii, 1 (May 2025)

Comparative Legal History, xii, 2 (Nov 2024)

Comparative Legal History, xii, 1 (May 2024)

Comparative Legal History, xi, 2 (Nov 2023)

Comparative Legal History, xi, 1 (May 2023)

Book Chapters

'An introduction to the free Gaelic people in English Ireland, c.1250-1307', in Katharine Simms and Joe Mannion (eds), Politics, kinship and culture in Gaelic Ireland, c. 1100–c. 1690. Essays for the Irish Chiefs’ and Clans’ Prize in History (Dublin, 2018), pp 3-9

Invited Book Reviews

Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion in American Historical Review, cxxx, 4 (Dec 2025), 1808-9

Robin Frame, Plantagenet Ireland in Speculum, iic, 4 (Oct 2023), pp 1248-9

Seán Duffy (ed.), Medieval Dublin XVII (Dublin, 2019) in Óenach: Forum for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Ireland, xi (2021-22), pp 27-32

Seán Duffy (ed.), Medieval Dublin XVI: Proceedings of Clontarf 1014-2014: National Conference Marking the Millennium of the Battle of Clontarf (Dublin, 2017) in Óenach: Forum for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Ireland, ix (2017-18), pp 40-8

Public Science

Sefraid Ó Feargail and Anghaile, 1271-1318 in History Ireland, xxxi, no. 1 (Jan 2023), pp 14-17

Gaels, Normans and Anglo-Saxons: the World of Medieval Names in RTÉ Brainstorm, 7 Nov 2019

The Free Gaelic people in English Ireland, c.1250-c.1327 in History Ireland, xxiii, no. 6 (Nov 2015), pp 14-17

Podcasts

Archaeology and Geography, interview with Laura McAtackney and Patrick Bresnihan, hosted by Emer Purcell and Stephen Hewer, Academics for Palestine Podcast, 15 August 2025

Sociology, interview with Su Khoo and David Landy, hosted by Emer Purcell and Stephen Hewer, Academics for Palestine Podcast, 8 August 2025

Solidarity and Complicity in the Academy, interview with Eman Abboud and Rita Sakr, hosted by Emer Purcell and Stephen Hewer, Academics for Palestine Podcast, 6 August 2025

Law, interview with Brendan C. Browne and John Reynolds, hosted by Emer Purcell and Stephen Hewer, Academics for Palestine Podcast, 25 July 2025

Journalism, interview with Mike Berry and Henry Silke, hosted by Emer Purcell and Stephen Hewer, Academics for Palestine Podcast, 18 July 2025

Introduction and Medieval History, interview with Emer Purcell and Stephen Hewer, hosted by John Reynolds, Academics for Palestine Podcast, 11 July 2025

Stephen Hewer. "Beyond Exclusion: Intersections of Ethnicity, Sex, and Society Under English Law in Medieval Ireland" (Brepols, 2022), interview by Meg Smith, New Books in Irish Studies, 19 August 2022

Public Engagement

Genocide in Palestina: wat kunnen wij doen? Veel! (with Emer Purcell) in De Wereld Morgen, 05 May 2025

"Huge win" for trade union as Durham University raises PhD students' pay, interview by Anna Fazackerley, The Observer (28 Jan 2023)

Blog Posts

Investigating Medieval Irish Records in Institute of Irish Studies Blog, 23 June 2022

Beyond Exclusion in Medieval Ireland in Institute of Irish Studies Blog, 28 April 2022