Professor Liam Kennedy
Books
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
“Irish Lobbying in the US,” in Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy, ed. Liam Kennedy (London and New York: Routledge, 2022)
“How White Americans Became Irish: Race, Ethnicity and the Politics of Whiteness,” Journal of American Studies (November 2021), https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/how-white-americans-became-irish-race-ethnicity-and-the-politics-of-whiteness/E3CBC2C7CF9B4B224621B0965D49072F
“’This is Not America’: States of Emergency in Europe,” European Journal of American Studies 15.4 (2021), https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/16368
“Diaspora and Diplomacy,” in Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, eds., Nicholas Cull and Nancy Snow (London and New York: Routledge, 2020), 213-23.
“Irish America,” in Routledge Handbook of Irish Studies, eds., Michael Cronin, Renee Fox and Brian O’Conchubhair (London and New York: Routledge, 2020)
“Picturing Conflict,” in Life Magazine and the Power of Photography, eds., Katherine A. Bussard and Kersten Gresh (Yale University Press, 2020)
“The End(s) of Political Satire,” in Trump’s America: Political Culture and National Identity, ed. Liam Kennedy (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020)
“A Sense of an Ending: Late Generation Ethnicity and Irish America,” Irish Studies Review 27.1 (February 2019)
(with Stephen Shapiro) “Introduction,” in Neoliberalism and Contemporary American Literature, eds. Liam Kennedy and Stephen Shapiro (Hanover: Dartmouth College Press, 2019)
“Desert Stories: Liberal Anxieties and the Neoliberal Novel,” in Neoliberalism and Contemporary American Literature, eds. Liam Kennedy and Stephen Shapiro (Hanover: Dartmouth College Press, 2019)
“American Realities: Making Sense of Trump,” in Routledge Companion to Transnational American Studies, eds. Nina Morgan, Alfred Hornung and Takayuki Tatsumi (New York: Routledge, 2018)
“The Elusive Enemy: Zero Dark Thirty and the American Worldview,” Journal of American Studies 51 (2017), 925-40
Policy Papers
Research Activities on the Means to Improve Human Mobility Channels (International Organization for Migration, 2020)
Irish New York: The Next Generation of the Irish Diaspora (Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, 2019)
Irish Chicago: Late Generation Ethnicity and the Future of Irish America (Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, 2017), co-authored with Gemma McNulty
Print and Online Media
“Good Friday Agreement: Joe Biden’s Historic Visit to Ireland Comes During Turbulent Times,” The Conversation (6 April 2023), https://theconversation.com/good-friday-agreement-joe-bidens-historic-visit-to-ireland-comes-during-turbulent-times-203258
“Europe Has Never Had a Global Voice - But That May be Changing With Rise of Global Media,” The Conversation (5 October 2022), https://theconversation.com/europe-has-never-had-a-global-voice-but-that-may-be-changing-with-rise-of-digital-media-188331
“Is Ireland Slowly Breaking Up With the US,” Irish Times (26 July 2022), https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/07/26/is-ireland-slowly-breaking-up-with-the-us/
“How The Wire Set a High Bar for TV Drama,” Irish Independent (28 May 2022), https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/how-the-wire-set-a-high-bar-for-tv-drama-41693160.html
“Is Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine the First TikTok War?,” Irish Times (21 May 2022), https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/is-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-the-first-tiktok-war-1.4884044
“Ukraine: A Divided America Seeks Moral Clarity in a War Against Democracy,” The Conversation (22 April 2022), https://theconversation.com/ukraine-a-divided-america-seeks-moral-clarity-in-a-war-against-democracy-181806
“Irish-American Identity Isn’t Disappearing – It’s Just Evolving,” Irish Times (17 March 2022), https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/irish-american-identity-isn-t-disappearing-it-s-just-evolving-1.4828814
“’America is Back’: The Delusion of Normalcy that Haunts the United States,” The Conversation (22 January 2021), https://theconversation.com/america-is-back-the-delusion-of-normalcy-that-haunts-the-united-states-153567
“American Carnival: The Aesthetic Politics of Trumpist Insurrection,” America Unfiltered (16 January 2021), https://www.ucdclinton.ie/commentary-content/american-carnival-the-aesthetic-politics-of-trumpist-insurrection
“Charley Pride: Country Music has Obscured and Marginalised its Black Roots,” The Conversation (15 December 2020), https://theconversation.com/charley-pride-country-music-has-obscured-and-marginalised-its-black-roots-151937
“As the World Watches US Election, the Appeal of America is Diminished,” The Conversation (1 November 2020), https://theconversation.com/as-the-world-watches-us-election-the-appeal-of-america-is-diminished-148495
“A President Unmasked: Is it the Final Season for the Trump Show?”, The Irish Independent (10 October 2020), https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/us-presidential-election-2020/a-president-unmasked-is-it-the-final-season-for-the-trump-show-39602985.html
“Brexit: Why US Politicians are Opposed to Boris Johnson’s Latest Move,” The Conversation (11 September 2020), https://theconversation.com/brexit-why-us-politicians-are-opposed-to-boris-johnsons-latest-move-145980
“How Trump’s America Changed Political Satire,” The Conversation (4 September 2020), https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-america-changed-political-satire-for-both-liberals-and-conservatives-145145
“The Good Friday Beacon We Need: The Life and Death of Lyra McKee,” EA Worldview (22 April 2019), https://eaworldview.com/2019/04/good-friday-beacon-life-death-lyra-mckee/
“Nancy Pelosi on Brexit” Why Irish Diplomacy is a Powerful Force in Border Talks, The Conversation (23 April 2019), https://theconversation.com/nancy-pelosi-on-brexit-why-irish-us-diplomacy-is-a-powerful-force-in-border-talks-115743
“Donald Trump Reflects Side of Irish America We Would Rather Ignore,” The Times (11 September 2018), https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/donald-trump-reflects-side-of-irish-america-we-would-rather-ignore-jrj9n6kbr
“How Irish America Thinks, Votes and Acts,” Irish Times (3 June 2017), https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/how-irish-america-thinks-votes-and-acts-1.3104336
“The Trump Era Has Begun – How can We Make Sense Of It?”, The Conversation (20 January 2017), https://theconversation.com/the-trump-era-has-begun-how-can-we-make-sense-of-it-71311
