Teaching Materials

Teaching materials and resources for my current and some past courses, including course syllabi, assignments, and lecture materials, can be found at my new teaching website: the Devenney Teaching Hub.

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Andrew D. Devenney
D-1-136 Mackinac Hall
Department of History
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401
Work Tel: (616) 331-3420
Email: devennea@gvsu.edu

Education

PhD: Transnational and Comparative History, Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI) / University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland), May 2007

• PhD Dissertation: The Celtic Fringe and European Integration: Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the European Communities Debate in Scotland and Ireland, 1961-1975, Chair: Dr. James Schmiechen
• Fulbright Fellow, Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland) 2004-2005
• Examination Fields: Modern British Isles (Major), Modern Continental Europe (Major)

MA: Transnational and Comparative History, Central Michigan University / University of Strathclyde, 2001

BS: History and English, Central Michigan University, 1998

Academic Appointments

2009-2011: Visiting Assistant Professor of World History, Grand Valley State University (Allendale, Michigan)
2008-2009: Visiting Assistant Professor of World History, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
2007-2008: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Transnational and Comparative History, Central Michigan University
2006-2007: Instructor of History, Central Michigan University
2005-2006: instructor of History, Saginaw Valley State University (University Center, MI)
2004-2009: Adjunct Instructor, Mid Michigan Community College (Harrison, MI)
2001-2002: Managing Editor, Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research
1998-2002: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Central Michigan University

Publications

Refereed Articles
"Joining Europe: Ireland, Scotland, and the Celtic Response to European Integration, 1961-1975," Journal of British Studies 49, no.1 (January 2010): 97-116.

“A Unique and Unparalleled Surrender of Sovereignty: Early Opposition to European Integration in Ireland, 1961-1972,” New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua 12, no.4 (Winter 2008): 15-32.

“Regional Resistance to European Integration: The Case of the Scottish National Party, 1961-1972,” Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung 33, no.3 (2008): 319-345.

Book Reviews and Essays
Murray Pittock, The Road to Independence?: Scotland since the Sixties, in Journal of British Studies 49, no.3 (July 2010): 726-727.

Jack R. Westbrook, Central Michigan University, in The Michigan Historical Review 34, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 169-170.

Walter van Gerven. The European Union: A Polity of States and Peoples. H-German, H-Net Reviews, February 2008 (URL).

The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. James Ciment and Thaddeus Russell, eds. New York: ABC-CLIO, 2006. Entries on “UK Trade Unions, WWI” and “UK Mobilization, WWII.”

Richard K. Herrmann, Thomas Risse, and Marilynn B. Brewer, eds. Transnational Identities: Becoming European in the EU. H-German, H-Net Reviews, March 2005 (URL).

Works in Preparation
European Integration and the British Isles: Becoming European in England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1961-1975 (book manuscript).

Professional Activities

Conference Papers
“Locating European Spaces in the British Isles since 1945: Some Problems and Considerations,” Northeast Conference on British Studies, Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts), November 2008.

“One Britain, One Europe, One World: Arthur Woodburn and the Last Throes of Socialist Internationalism in Scotland, 1960-1970,” Midwest Conference on British Studies, Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio), September 2007.

“Nationalism and European Integration: Scotland, Ireland, and the Making of an Anti-EEC Public Sphere, 1961-1975”, Midwest Conference on British Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University (Indianapolis, Indiana), October 2006.

“’A very black shadow indeed’: Public Debate in Scotland over Britain’s 1961 Application to Join the EEC”, Midwest Conference on British Studies, University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana), September 2005.

“’A Unique and Unparalleled Surrender of Sovereignty’: Early Irish Euro-skepticism and the EEC Debate, 1968-1972”, DCU Research Office Seminar Series, Dublin City University, April 2005.

“Beyond the Mandarins: The Regional Approach to European Integration in the British Isles,” Graduate Seminar Series, Central Michigan University, November 2003.

“Europe as Shibboleth: Some Preliminary Remarks on British Labour Party Conflict over European Integration in the Postwar Era, 1945-1983,” Postgraduate Research Seminar Series, University of Strathclyde, April 2001.

“The Yalta Conference: Summit Diplomacy as Anti-Climax,” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), April 2000.

Presentations
“Building a New Europe: The Ideological Goals of European Integration,” Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy, Longwood University (Farmville, Virginia), February 2008.

“Dublin as Other: The ‘Colonial’ Origins of Ireland's Fair City,” Department of History, Political Science, and Geography, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (North Adams, Massachusetts), February 2006.

“Values and Key Themes Shaping the Behavior of US Citizens,” Cendant Intercultural-The Bennett Group Executive International Assignment Program, Dow Chemical Corporation (Midland, Michigan), November 2001.

“Understanding the History of Switzerland, its People, and their Values,” Cendant Intercultural-The Bennett Group Executive International Assignment Program, Dow Chemical Corporation (Midland, Michigan), presented twice in July 2000.

Other Conference Activities
Commentator, "Bloody Britannia" Panel, 3rd Annual Graduate Student History Conference, 15-16 April 2010 at Central Michigan University.

Co-Organizer (with Prof. Eric A. Johnson), CMU Graduate History Colloquium, 3-4 April 2008 at Central Michigan University.

Editorial Work
Manuscript Reviews, Journal of British Studies (2009); New Hibernia Review/Iris Éireannach Nua (2007).

Textbook Reviews, Prentice Hall/Pearson (2010); W.W. Norton (2008); McGraw-Hill (2005).

Awards

The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
2004-2005 US Fulbright Grant to Ireland

Central Michigan University
Fall 2005: Graduate Publication and Presentation Grant, College of Graduate Studies
Spring 2004: Dissertation Research Support Grant, College of Graduate Studies
Spring 2004: Dean’s Development Fund Research Grant, College of Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences
Spring 2003: J.D. Smith Graduate Student Award, Dept. of History
2002-2003: Doctoral Research Fellowship, Dept. of History
2000-2001: Graduate Research Fellowship, Dept. of History
August 2000: Graduate Student Distinguished Paper Award (for “The Yalta Conference: Summit Diplomacy as Anti-Climax”), College of Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences
Fall 1999: Graduate Publication and Presentation Grant, College of Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences
1999-2000: John E. Warriner Scholarship, College of Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences (also awarded in 2002-2003 and 2003-2004)

Classes Taught

Grand Valley State University
HST 101: Introduction to World Civilizations
HST 203: World History to 1500

Western Michigan University
HIST 1010: Modern Western World
HIST 3020: World History to 1500
HIST 3618: Europe since 1945

Central Michigan University
HST 112: US History since 1865
HST 301: The Craft of History
HST 351: Britain since 1689
HST 353: Germany since 1870
HST 496: Research Seminar “Rebuilding Europe: Ideology, Integration, and the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1953”
HST 505: Tudor England (graduate course)
HST 558: Europe, 1914-1945 (graduate course)

Saginaw Valley State University
HIST 100D: World History to 1500
HIST 100E: World History since 1500
HIST 111: Intro to Historical Study
HIST 220: Survey of European History

Mid Michigan Community College
HIS 101: Introduction to Western Civilization I (online section)
HIS 102: Introduction to Western Civilization II (regular and online sections)
HIS 211: United States to 1877 (regular and online sections)
HIS 223: History of Michigan (regular and online sections)

Professional Associations

American Conference for Irish Studies
American Historical Association
North American Conference on British Studies

Professional References

Available on Request