University College Dublin | An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath

UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland | Director: Professor Liam Kennedy

Summer School 2008

Summer School 2008

Personnel

Director: Professor Liam Kennedy
Post Doctoral Fellow: Dr. Marisa Ronan
Post Doctoral Fellow in Photography and International Conflict:  Dr. Caitlin Patrick
IRCHSS Post Doctoral Fellow: Dr. Kaeten Mistry

Manager: Ms Catherine Carey

Visiting Scholars

Professor Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas has been on the staff of the University of Birmingham since 1989 and has been Professor of American Studies since 1997.  A specialist in US and British foreign policy, he has written and edited seven books, including Divided We Stand: Britain, the US and the Suez Crisis; Freedom’s War: The US Crusade Against the Soviet Union, 1945-56; George Orwell: Life and Times; and The Betrayal of Dissent: Beyond Orwell, Hitchens, and the New American Century, and published more than 30 major articles.  He is the Executive Director of Libertas: The Centre for the Study of US Foreign Policy, Adjunct Professor of the Institute for North American and European Studies at the University of Tehran, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for American Studies and Research at American University Beirut.  He is also the Associate Editor of the Journal of American Studies.

Professor Lucas is a frequent contributor to American, British, and international media.  A former essayist for the New Statesman, he has written and presented Suez: The Missing Dimension for BBC Radio 4 and co-directed the 2007 film Laban! on the “People’s Power” rising of 1986 in the Philippines.

Professor Lucas is currently completing two articles on the legacy of the Suez Crisis and a trilogy of articles on US foreign policy, political warfare, and “liberation” from the Cold War to the War on Terror.  This will be followed by a breakthrough book, Empire of Liberation?: How American  and the Bush Administration) Failed to Lead the World, to be published in 2009 or 2010.  The research for this project is supported by a two-year fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust. 

A native of Alabama in the south eastern United States, Professor Lucas is still a keen fan of baseball, stock car racing and The Onion.

Affiliated Faculty

The Affiliated Faculty are teaching staff from academic departments at University College Dublin:

Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors serves to facilitate communication and interaction between the UCD Clinton Institute and key constituencies beyond the university.  The Board provides independent support and assistance, expanding the resources of knowledge, expertise and experience that are important to the future of the Institute.  It advises the Director on long term planning and makes recommendations on strategic decisions.

Board Members (2006-2009)

Professor Paul Arthur (School of History and International Affairs, University of Ulster)

Dr. Maurice Bric (UCD School of History and Archives)

Professor Mary Daly (Principal of the College of Arts & Celtic Studies, UCD)

Ms. Mary Finan (Chair of Wilson Hartnell Public Relations, Chair of the RTÉ Authority)

Mr. Conor O’Clery (Writer, Former Irish Times U.S. Correspondent)

Professor Donald Pease (Avalon Foundation Chair of the Humanities, Dartmouth College)

Ambassador Michael Sullivan (Governor of Wyoming 1987-1995, US Ambassador to Ireland 1997-2001, on the Board of AIB Bank Group)

Dr. Don Thornhill (Chair of the Fulbright Commission Ireland, Former Chair of Higher Education Authority, 1998-2004)

Board of Management

The Clinton Institute for American Studies is established as an interfaculty centre for research and postgraduate teaching.

A Board of Management oversees the running of the Institute.  The Director of the Institute is responsible to the Board for the management and development of research and teaching programmes.

Podcasts, Blogs & Videos

Analysing the latest issues & trends in the US, especialy in US Foreign Policy

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