Conor is Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at Trinity College Dublin. He lectures and tutors on modules in Central and East European Area Studies, translation studies, literature and film. Conor is a regular contributor on Eastern European affairs for Raidió na Gaeltachta;he chaired a session on ‘The Future Direction of Russia’ at the 2022 MacGill Summer School. In August 2024 Conor was awarded theHubert Butler Essay prize for 2024: “Daly‘s essay probes the way that memories of tyranny and oppression shape reactions to the present as well as the past, brought into focus by the all too brief re-set of the Gorbachev years. In conclusion, he skewers the misuses of history in contemporary Russia and the state of ‘memory wars’ in the Russian public sphere.” (Roy Foster, Chair of judging panel)
