Administrative Duties
Coordinator, Minor in Political Science
Department Liaison, Phi Alpha Theta

Contact Information
718-405-3306
joe.skelly@mountsaintvincent.edu

Research Interests
International Terrorism and Counterterrorism
International Diplomatic History
Military Affairs
The Middle East
Modern Ireland / Northern Ireland
Post-War European History

Education
B.A., University of Notre Dame
M.A., University College Dublin
Ph.D., University College Dublin

Courses Taught
HIST 214: The Shaping of the Modern World
HIST 317: Modern Latin America
HIST 363: Contemporary Middle East
HIST 367: The U.S. Role in Vietnam, 1940-1975
HIST 400: Europe, 1550 – 1750: Early Modern Europe
HIST 420: Europe, 1750 – 1830: Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions
HIST 437: Europe, 1914 – 45: World Wars and the Holocaust
HIST 438: Europe: Twentieth-Century Dictators
HIST 466: International Terrorism
HIST 447: Irish Politics: North and South
HIST 496: History Colloquium
INTG 328: Global Challenges
INTG 410: Legacies: Family Structures and Functions
INTG 421: Heroes and Heroines: A Legacy of Leadership

Publications
Books
Irish Diplomacy at the United Nations, 1945-65: National Interests and the International Order (Dublin, 1997)
Ideas Matter: Essays in Honour of Conor Cruise O’Brien (Dublin, 1998; Lanham, 2000).
Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-66: From Independence to Internationalism (Dublin, 2000).

Selected Scholarly Articles
“Ireland, the Department of External Affairs, and the United Nations, 1945-55: a New Look,”
Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 7 (1996), pp. 63-80.
“Appeasement in Our Time: Conor Cruise O’Brien’s Analysis of the Irish Peace Process,” Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 10 (1999), pp. 221-36.
“National Interests and International Mediation: Ireland’s South Tyrol Initiative in the United Nations, 1960-61,” in Michael Kennedy and Joseph Morrison Skelly (eds.), Irish Foreign Policy, 1919-66: From Independence to Internationalism (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000), pp. 286-307.
“Irish Neutrality,” “Ireland and the United Nations,” and “John F. Kennedy’s 1963 Visit to Ireland,” in James S. Donnelly (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture (New York: Thomson-Gale, 2 Volumes, 2004), Vol. I, p. 341, Vol. I, pp. 462-64, Vol. II, pp. 733-35.

Selected Book Reviews
Marie-Therese Fay, Mike Morrissey and Marie Smith (eds.), Northern Ireland’s Troubles: The Human Costs (London, 1999), in Irish Political Studies, Vol. 14 (1999), pp. 160-1.
Peter Taylor, Loyalists: War and Peace in Northern Ireland (New York, 1999); Colin Crawford, Defenders or Criminals? Loyalist Prisoners and Criminalisation (Belfast, 1999); John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary, Policing Northern Ireland: Proposals for a New Start (Belfast, 1999), in Irish Literary Supplement, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 24-5.
Bill McSweeney, Security, Identity and Interests: A Sociology of International Relations (Cambridge, 1999), in Irish Political Studies, Vol. 15 (2000), pp. 226-9.
Sean Farrell, Rituals And Riots: Sectarian Violence and Political Culture in Ulster, 1784-1886 (Louisville, 2000), in Irish Literary Supplement, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Autumn, 2001), p. 31.
Michael Farry, The Aftermath of Revolution: Sligo, 1921-23 (Dublin, 2000), in Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Fall, 2001), pp. 134-5.
Brian Walker, Past and Present: History, Identity and Politics in Ireland (Belfast, 2001), in Irish Political Studies, Vol. 16 (2001), pp. 266-8.
Gary Murphy, Economic Realignment and the Politics of EEC Entry: Ireland, 1948-1972 (Dublin, 2003), in Irish Political Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Winter, 2003), pp. 112-13.
Efraim Halevy, Man in the Shadows: Inside the Middle East Crisis with a Man Who Led the Mossad (New York, 2006), in International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Vol. 20, No. 8 (Winter, 2007-08).

Selected General Essays
 “The Dark Side of Peace,” Washington Times, July 27, 2000
Historically Speaking: The Newsletter of the Historical Society
      • “Challenging the Irish American Consensus,” Vol. II, No. 2 (January, 2001), pp. 9-11.
      • “Here We Stand, In Baquba,” Vol. IV, No. 1 (September/October, 2004), p. 6.
United Press International
      • “An Intellectual Famine in Irish America,” April, 2001.
      • “The IRA: Next on the List,” August, 2002.
      • “Is the ‘Road Map’ a U.S. Setback?” July, 2003 (co-author).
 “What Now for Ulster, Mr. Blair?” Belfast Telegraph, September 20, 2001.
 “Avoiding ‘Colossal Failure’ in the Middle East,” Riverdale Press, August 21, 2003 (co-author).
“Civil Affairs Soldiers: Force Multipliers in Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Victor Davis Hanson: Private Papers, http://www.victorhanson.com/, December 17, 2005.
“Echoes of Ireland’s Struggle in Iraq,” Irish Independent, February 13, 2005.
National Review Online, http://www.nationalreview.com/:
      • “The Reckoning of the Dead,” November 6, 2006
      • “ Bastogne !” December 21, 2006
      • “The Iraqi Surge: A Symposium,” January 11, 2007
      • “National Interests and National Honor in Iraq ,” April 26, 2007 .
      • “President Bush’s Veto: A Symposium,” May 2, 2007 .
      • “The Democratic Fallen,” May 18, 2007 .

Professional Activities
Academic Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Board of Governors, The Historical Society
Board of Directors, New York Association of Scholars
Consulting Editor, Enigma Books
Consulting Editor, Academica Press
History Editor, The Recorder: The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society
Visiting Professor, Graduate Program in International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin
Editorial Advisor, Robert McCartney, QC, MLA, Leader of the UK/Unionist Party
United States Army Reserve, 411 Civil Affairs Battalion

Favorite Links
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies  ( http://www.defenddemocracy.org/ )
The Historical Society  ( www.bu.edu/historic )
The National Association of Scholars  ( http://www.nas.org/ )
Enigma Books  ( http://www.enigmabooks.com/ )
Academica Press ( http://www.academicapress.com/ )
American Irish Historical Society ( http://www.aihs.org/ )