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Andrew Wilson
About
Dr. Wilson originally hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He holds a PhD in History from Loyola University Chicago as well as an MSSc in Irish Politics from Queens University Belfast and a BA in History and Politics from Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of “Irish-America and the Ulster Conflict, 1968-1995” (Washington; Catholic University of America Press, 1996) and numerous scholarly articles on Irish American and Modern Irish history. He has presented numerous papers at scholarly conferences and is a frequent guest lecturer at public forums and panels in both sides of the Atlantic.
Research Interests
The US role in the Northern Ireland Conflict, particularly the Clinton administration 1994-2000
Modern Ireland; World War I and II
US Immigration History
Irish America; US in the 1960s
Contemporary European Ethnic Conflicts
Courses Taught
HIST 101: The Evolution of Western Ideas and Institutions to the Seventeenth Century
HIST 102: The Evolution of Western Ideas and Institutions since the Seventeenth Century
HIST 211: The United States to 1865
HIST 212: The United States since 1865
HIST 308A: A History of Rome to Constantine
HIST 321: Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1900
HIST 324: Italy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
HIST 326 - Ireland: From Colony to Nation State
HIST 335 - The Second World War
HIST 336: Contemporary Europe, 1945 to the Present
HIST 384 - The Irish Diaspora in America