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Kevin Kenny

Glucksman Professor of History, New York University

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Kevin Kenny

Glucksman Professor of History, New York University

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Immigration During the 19th Century, Nativism and Xenophobia, Race and Ethnicity

AREAS OF TEACHING

US immigration

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Media Engagement, Museums and Exhibitions, Public Talks

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Kevin Kenny is Glucksman Professor of History at New York University, where he teaches US immigration history and serves as Director of Glucksman Ireland House.

EXTENDED PROFILE

Kevin Kenny is Glucksman Professor of History at New York University. He received his Ph.D. in American History from Columbia University in 1994, where his dissertation won the Bancroft Award. He taught at the University of Texas from 1994 to 1999 and at Boston College from 1999 to 2018. His first book, Making Sense of the Molly Maguires (Oxford University Press, 1998) examined how traditions of Irish rural protest were transplanted into industrial America. His second book, The American Irish: A History (Longman, 2000), offered a general survey of the field. A third book, Peaceable Kingdom Lost (Oxford University Press, 2009) examined the unraveling of William Penn’s utopian vision of harmonious co-existence between Native Americans and European colonists. He is also editor of Ireland and the British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2004) and he has published articles on immigration in the Journal of American History and the Journal of American Ethnic History among other venues. Professor Kenny’s latest book, Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press 2013), examines the origins, meaning, and utility of a central concept in the study of migration, with particular reference to Jewish, African, Irish, and Asian history. He is currently finishing a book about the relationship between American immigration policy and slavery from the Revolution through Reconstruction.

RESEARCH

Professor Kenny writes about the history of migration and immigration policy with a focus on the nineteenth century. His first book, Making Sense of the Molly Maguires (Oxford University Press, 1998) examined how traditions of Irish rural protest were transplanted into industrial America. His second book, The American Irish: A History (Longman, 2000), offered a general survey of the field. A third book, Peaceable Kingdom Lost (Oxford University Press, 2009) examined the unraveling of William Penn’s utopian vision of harmonious co-existence between Native Americans and European colonists. He is also editor of Ireland and the British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2004) and he has published articles on immigration in the Journal of American History and the Journal of American Ethnic History among other venues. Professor Kenny’s latest book, Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press 2013), examines the origins, meaning, and utility of a central concept in the study of migration, with particular reference to Jewish, African, Irish, and Asian history.

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Professor Kenny’s latest book examines the relationship between American immigration policy and slavery from the Revolution through Reconstruction.

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