Faculty and Staff

Seán Kennedy

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: English
Professor
Coordinator for Irish Studies
Phone: (902) 496-8269
Office: MN 325
Email: sean.kennedy@smu.ca

Area of specialty and research:

Degeneration & the politics of Irish
Samuel Beckett
Queering Ireland
Ireland in Psychoanalysis
Fertility
Introduction to Drama II
Introduction to Literature
Irish Poetry
Irish Literature and Culture
Literature of Modern Ireland
The Study of Short Fiction

Profile 
Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Alexandra Z. Dobrowolsky

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: Political Science
Professor
Phone: 902-420-5895
Email: adobrowolsky@smu.ca

Ph.D. from Carleton University
Webpage
Thesis Supervision
Contact

Area of specialty and research:

Canadian Politics
Comparative Politics
Women, Gender, and Politics
Constitutional Politics in Canada and the United Kingdom
Feminist Theory
Partisan Politics
Public Policy, Social Policy and Law
Representational, State and Democratic Theories and Practices
Citizenship, Migration, Security
UK Politics
Democratic Theory
Representational Forms: Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements
Women and Public Policy

Ariel Watson

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: English
Assistant Professor
Phone: 902-420-5286
Office: MN 307
Email: ariel.watson@smu.ca

Ph.D. from Yale University

Karly Kehoe

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: History
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Community
Phone: (902) 420-5757
Office: MN 218
Email: karly.kehoe@smu.ca

Senior Lecturer in History at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Ph.D. from University of Glasgow
Blog
Webpage
Thesis Supervision

Area of specialty and research:

Irish and Scottish diasporas
British world
History of Catholicism
Slavery and Scotland 

Michael Vance

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: History
Professor
Chair of the History Department, on Sabbatical from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021
Phone: 902-420-5766
Email: michael.vance@smu.ca

Ph.D. from University of Guelph
Website

Area of specialty and research:

British History
Historiography
British emigration and settlement
Immigrant Identity
British Colonization

Pádraig Ó Siadhail

Irish Studies
Professor
The Thomas D'Arcy McGee Chair of Irish Studies
Phone: 902-420-5782
Email: padraig.osiadhail@smu.ca

Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin
Webpage

Area of specialty and research:

Litríocht na Gaeilge: an 20ú hAois/20th Century Irish language literature
Drámaíocht na Gaeilge/Irish language drama and theatre
Piaras Béaslaí, Katherine Hughes and James Mooney: Scairt an Dúchais/Irish political and cultural activists born and raised outside Ireland 

Terrence Murphy

Irish Studies
Professor Emeritus
Email: terry.murphy@smu.ca

Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and History
Ph.D. from University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Area of specialty and research:

Christianity in the Middle Ages
Contemporary Society and Religion
History of Christianity: Reformation and Modern Era
Introduction to Christianity
Introduction to Western Religions
Modern Christian Thought
Religion in English-Speaking Canada
Religion in French-Speaking Canada
Religion in Western Culture
The Development of Christian Ideas
The Later Reformation
The Reformation

Adrian Knapp

Irish Studies
Additional Departments: English
Part-time Instructor
Email: adrian.knapp@smu.ca

Education: PhD from University of Leeds

Specialisation and Research Interests:
Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture
British Slavery and Abolition
Postcolonial Studies
British Popular Music & Culture
The Irish and Atlantic Canada

Jennifer Publicover

Irish Studies
Part-time Instructor
Email: jennifer.publicover@smu.ca

Master of Music, U. of Toronto
Master of Environmental Studies, Dalhousie
Bachelor of Music, Mount Allison

Website: www.jenniferpublicover.com
Halifax Institute of Traditional and Early Music: www.tradandearlymusic.ca 

Areas of Interest and Research:

Irish Musical Tradition
Music Performance
Music Education
Traditional Music of Europe and North America
Baroque Music
Renaissance Music
Music and Sociology
Music and the Environment

Laura Stirling

Irish Studies
Part-time Instructor
Email: laura.stirling@smu.ca

Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie University

Sgoil Ghàidhlig an Àrd-bhaile (Halifax Gaelic Society): www.halifaxgaelic.ca

Areas of Interest:
Gaelic Song Traditions in Cape Breton
Milling Frolics and Nova Scotia Gaelic song makers