Padraic Kenney
Encyclopedia
Padraic Jeremiah Kenney is a professor
of history
at Indiana University
.
He is the author of several books on East European (particularly Polish
) history and politics; his area of specialization is social change
and political change. He was awarded a grant under the Fulbright Program
in 2005.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
at Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
.
He is the author of several books on East European (particularly Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) history and politics; his area of specialization is social change
Social change
Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. It may refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution, the philosophical idea that society moves forward by dialectical or evolutionary means. It may refer to a paradigmatic change in the socio-economic...
and political change. He was awarded a grant under the Fulbright Program
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
in 2005.
Selected publications
- The Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe Since 1989, Zed Books, 2006, ISBN 1-84277-663-0
- Partisan Histories: The Past in Contemporary Global PoliticsGlobal politicsGlobal politics is the discipline that studies the political and economical patterns of the world. It studies the relationships between cities, nation-states, shell-states, multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations and international organizations.It has been argued that global...
(coeditor), Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 1-4039-6456-4 - A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989, Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-691-05028-7
- Rebuilding Poland: Workers and Communists, 1945-1950, Cornell University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8014-3287-1
External links
- Interview with Kenney on "New books in history"
- Review of A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989 in The American History Review