Dr. Conor Joseph Donnan
Department of American Studies
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
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About
Conor J. Donnan is a visiting lecturer in American Studies at UMBC. His research focuses on anti-colonialism and anti-capitalism among Indigenous nations and Irish nationalists during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Professor Donnan is committed to the Public Humanities. He is involved in museum projects and he has appeared on podcasts about Irish politics and Native American history.
He received his B.A. in History from Ulster University in Ireland. Afterward, Conor moved to the United States, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Historical Studies from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). He received his PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania.
Research interests
History and culture of the United States, Indigenous history and politics, imperialism, colonization, Irish diaspora, immigration, nonviolent social movements.
Teaching interests
History and culture of the United States, Indigenous history and politics, imperialism, colonization, Irish diaspora, immigration, nonviolent social movements.
Education
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Ph D, History
— University of Pennsylvania (2022) “An Empire Of Liberty?" Irish Immigrants, Native Americans, And American Imperialism In The Trans-Mississippi West Between 1840 And 1940
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MA, Historical Studies
— University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2016) The Streets of Baltimore: An Episodic View of the Irish Diaspora between 1800 and 1920
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BA, History
— Ulster University (2014) Albion Tourgee and the Reconstruction Era
Courses Taught
- Nonviolence and American Social Movements
- Independent Study
- Indigenous Heritage
- Indigenous Heritage
- American Nonviolence
- Indigenous Heritage
- Intro to American Studies
- Intro To American Studies