Dr Sandra Scanlon PhD MA BA
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Biography:
Dr Sandra Scanlon is a lecturer in American history in the UCD School of History and Archives. Sandra's research focuses on American political culture and its relationship with US foreign policy during the Cold War. She explores the intersection between political movements, most notably conservative activism, and developments in foreign policy ideologies. In particular, her research considers the extent to which conservative activists succeeded in utilizing American national identity and popular understanding of American exceptionalism to promote support for the Vietnam War and to challenge detente and Realpolitik in US foreign policy. Furthermore, she examines how domestic political cultures can shape policymakers' efforts to sell international initiatives to the American people. She is currently completing a monograph titled The Pro-War Movement: Vietnam and the Making of Modern American Conservatism (University of Massachusetts Press, 2013). Her article on this subject, 'The Conservative Lobby and Nixon's "Peace with Honor" in Vietnam,' was published by the Journal of American Studies in August 2009. Sandra is also interested in transatlantic relations during the Cold War and has co-edited a collection of essays, Reform and Renewal: Transatlantic Relations during the 1960s and 1970s (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009). Sandra completed bachelor's and master's degrees at University College Dublin, and received her doctorate from Cambridge University, where she was the recipient of a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She has since lectured and held fellowships at Oxford University, the University of Sheffield, University College Dublin and, most recently, at the London School of Economics. In 2009, she became the Events Secretary of HOTCUS (Historians of the Twentieth Century United States). |
Research Interests
| United States History; International Relations; Modern Conservatism My research focuses on twentieth century United States political culture and foreign policy. |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Ciaran Murphy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Books
| Sandra Scanlon (2013) The Pro-War Movement: Domestic Support for the Vietnam War and the Making of Modern American Conservatism. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Sandra Scanlon; (2013) 'Building Consensus: The Republican Right and Foreign Policy, 1960-1980' In: Robert Mason and Iwan Morgan (eds). Seeking a New Majority: The Republican Party, 1960-1980. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press. [Details] |
| Scanlon, Sandra; (2013) 'The Conservative Movement and the Reagan Administration' In: Andrew Johns (eds). A Companion to Ronald Reagan. United States: Wiley-Blackwell. [Details] |
| Sandra Scanlon; (2009) ''A Dangerous Illusion': The Nixon Administration and the American Conservative Reponse to Detente' In: Reform and Renewal: Transatlantic Relations during the 1960s and 1970s. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Sandra Scanlon, Catherine Hynes (Ed.). (2009) Reform and Renewal: Transatlantic Relations during the 1960s and 1970s. Newcaslte: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Scanlon, S.; (2009) 'The Conservative Lobby and Nixon's 'Peace with Honor' in Vietnam'. Journal of American Studies, . [Details] |
| Scanlon, S.; (2001) 'Healing a nation? The controversy over the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial'. History Review, . [Details] |
Other Journals
| Scanlon, S; (2008) 'Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War' History Ireland . [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2011. Title: Research Grant, Transatlantic Studies Research Strand |
| Year: 2007. Title: Moody Research Grant, Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation |
| Year: 2007. Title: Research Grant, UCD Seed Funding Scheme |
| Year: 2006. Title: Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellow |
| Year: 2001. Title: Gates Cambridge Scholar |
| Year: 2003. Title: John D. Lees Prize, British Association for American Studies |
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| Year: 2003. Title: Sara Norton Bursary Award, Cambridge University |
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| Year: 2001. Title: Honorary Robert Gardiner Memorial Scholar, Cambridge University |
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| Year: 2000. Title: University College Dublin Postgraduate Scholar |
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| Year: 1999. Title: Denis Bethel Prize (Department of History, UCD) |
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| Year: 1999. Title: Patrick Semple Medal (Faculty of Arts, UCD) |
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| Year: 2002. Title: Research Grant, Roosevelt Studies Center, Middelburg, the Netherlands |
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| Year: 2002. Title: Research Grant, Peterhouse, Cambridge |
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| Year: 2007. Title: Research Grant, John F. Kennedy Foundation |
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| Year: 1999. Title: Richmond Prize (Classics Department, UCD) |
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| Year: 2008. Title: Fellow, SHAFR Summer Institute |
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Associations
| Association: Organization of American Historians, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Society for Historians of American Foreign Policy, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: British Association for American Studies, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Historians of the Twentieth Century United States, Function/Role: Events Secretary |
Conference Contributions
| Scanlon, Sandra; (2011) Astronauts and POWS: Grassroots Support for the Vietnam War. [Invited Oral Presentation], UCD Centre for War Studies Research Seminar, Dublin , 10-NOV-11 - 10-NOV-11. |
| Scanlon, Sandra; (2011) Events Secretary, HOTCUS. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Historians of the Twentieth Century United States Annual Conference, University of Oxford , 07-JUL-11 - 09-JUL-11. |
| Scanlon, Sandra; (2011) Conference paper at HOTCUS. [Oral Presentation], Historians of the Twentieth Century United States, University of Oxford , 07-JUL-11 - 09-JUL-11. |
| Scanlon, Sandra; (2011) American History Seminar. [Invited Oral Presentation], University of Cambridge American History Research Seminar, University of Cambridge , 09-MAY-11 - 09-MAY-11. |
| Scanlon, S; (2010) Paper presented: Snatching Victory: The Conservative Movement and Memory of the Vietnam War. [Oral Presentation], Whose Vietnam? The enduring echo of the Vietnam War, Univerity of Amsterdam, The Netherlands , 08-OCT-10 - 08-OCT-10. |
| Scanlon, S; (2010) Third annual conference of HOTCUS. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Historians of the Twentieth Century United States Conference, University of Sussex, United Kingdom , 03-JUN-10 - 05-JUN-10. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2010) Oxford University Graduate Conference. [Keynote Address], Shaping US Relations with the World, 1763-1980, Rotheremere American Institute, University of Oxford , 19-MAY-10 - 19-MAY-10. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2010) Paper presented: Building Consensus: The Republican Right and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1980. [Invited Oral Presentation], University of Edinburgh American History Workshop, University of Edinburgh, Scotland , 18-MAR-10 - 18-MAR-10. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2010) Paper presented: Building Consensus: The Republican Right and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1980. [Chaired Session], IDEAS Research Workshop, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE , 03-FEB-10 - 03-FEB-10. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2010) Paper presented. [Invited Oral Presentation], University of Sussex American Studies Research Seminar, University of Sussex, United Kingdom , 19-JAN-10 - 19-JAN-10. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2009) Paper presented: The Republican Right and Foreign Policy, 1960-1980. [Oral Presentation], Seeking a New Majority: The Republican Party and American Politics, 1960-1980, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London , 14-MAY-09 - 15-MAY-09. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2009) Roundtable discussion: The Republican Party and the Rise of the New Right in American Politics since the 1960s. [Invited Oral Presentation], Royal Holloway, University of London, History Research Seminar, Royal Holloway, University of London , 03-NOV-09 - 03-NOV-09. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2009) Paper presented: Vietnam and the Making of Modern American Conservatism. [Invited Oral Presentation], Institute for Historical Research American History Seminar, Institute for Historical Research, London , 03-DEC-09 - 03-DEC-09. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2008) Conference organised under the auspices of the College of Arts and Celtic Studies Transatlantic Research Strand in collaboration with the Clinton Institue for American Studies. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Reform and Renewal: Transatlantic Relations during the 1960s and 1970s, Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin , 07-JUN-08 - 07-JUN-08. | |||||||||
| Sandra Scanlon ; (2008) The Pro-Vietnam War Movement. [Invited Lecture], War Studies Research Seminar, Glasgow University, University of Glasgow, Scotland , 05-FEB-08 - 05-FEB-08. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S; (2008) Paper presented: National Review and the Conservative Response to Détente. [Oral Presentation], Reform and Renewal: Transatlantic Relations during the 1960s and 1970s, Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin , 07-JUN-08 - 07-JUN-08. | |||||||||
| Sandra Scanlon, ; (2007) Snatching Victory: Building a conservative foreign policy consensus after Vietnam. [International Refereed Conference], British Association for American Studies annual conference, Leicester , 19-APR-07. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S.; (2004) The Pro-Victory Movement and the Challenges of Nixon's Policies in Vietnam. [International Refereed Conference], GWU-UCSB Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, Washington, DC , 30-APR-04 - 01-MAY-04. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S.; (2004) Pro-War military Strategy and Assessments of Vietnamization. [International Refereed Conference], British Association for American Studies annual conference, Manchester , 15-APR-04. | |||||||||
| Sandra Scanlon; (2004) Selling peace: Presidential Propaganda and Withdrawal from Vietnam. [Invited Lecture], American History Research Seminar, Rothermere American Institute, Oxford , 10-NOV-04. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S.; (2003) European Historians of the United States. [Other], European Historians of the United States, Roosevelt Studies Center, Middelburg, The Netherlands , 23-APR-03. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S.; (2003) The Conservative Movement and Nixon's 'Peace with Honor' in Vietnam. [International Refereed Conference], The Evolution of Modern American Conservatism, Ashland University, Ohio , 11-OCT-03. | |||||||||
| Scanlon, S.; (2002) Pro-War Intellectuals and the Nixon Administration. [International Refereed Conference], Robert McNamara Colloquium, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge , 01-APR-02. | |||||||||
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Employment
| Employer: Department of International History, London School of Economics Position: LSE Fellow in International History |
| Employer: Department of History, University of Sheffield Position: Lecturer in American History |
| Employer: School of History & Archives, University College Dublin Position: Government of Ireland Post-Doctoral Fellow |
| Employer: Faculty of Modern History & St. Anne¿s College, Oxford University Position: Lecturer in Twentieth Century United States History |
| Employer: School of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck College, London Position: Lecturer in American History (Part-time) |
| Employer: Faculty of History, Cambridge University Position: Undergraduate tutor |
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| Employer: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University Position: Undergraduate tutor |
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| Employer: Combined Departments of History, University College Dublin Position: Undergraduate tutor, Modular Degree Programme |
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Education
| Year 2005 Institution: Cambridge University Qualification: Ph.D. Subject: United States History |
| Year 2001 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: MA Subject: History of International Relations |
| Year 2000 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: BA Subject: History and Greek & Roman Civilisation |
Consultancy
| Client: Mallon Technology |
Outreach Activities
| Commentator on RTE News, Visit of President Barack Obama to Ireland, May 2011 |
| Programme contributor, RTE Radio 1 |
| Political analyst, United States politics, Newstalk 106-108FM |
Reviews
| Cold War History: Reviewer. |
| Journal Of American Studies: Reviewer. |
Internal Collaborators
| Convenor of the UCD Research Seminar in American History, 2012- Co-ordinator of the Transatlantic Relations Research Seminar in collaboration with the Clinton Institute for American Studies, 2007-2008 Transatlantic relations underwent significant change during the 1960s and 1970s, particularly with regard to the United States and the countries of Western Europe. Post-1945 co-operation, dependence and direction increasingly gave way to resentment, economic competition and division over military and foreign policies. A weakened United States economy, coupled with a focus on détente, led the Nixon administration to adopt policies that directly challenged European economic and security concerns. Yet, this was also the time when transatlantic relations experienced rejuvenation. Domestic political dynamics influenced this evolving US-European order, as shifts in the power balances between liberals and conservatives altered the political landscape. The rise of conservatism in the United States, no less than the debacle in Vietnam, augured new foreign policy priorities for American leaders. Coinciding with the renewed focus on economic liberalism on both sides of the Atlantic, the influence of conservatives in redefining international relations became increasingly prominent. This conference aims to explore the political changes which helped redefine the transatlantic relationship as the Sixties era came to an end, and a new age of conservatism came to prominence. Collaborators: Richard Aldous (UCD), Maurice Bric (UCD), Robert K. Brigham (Vassar College), Stefan Halper (Cambridge University), Catherine Hynes (UCD), David Ryan (UCC), and Dominic Sandbrook (Oxford University) |
External Collaborators
| The War Hawks: Sources of Support for War from the Cold War to the War on Terror 'You, the People: National Location and the Writing of American history: The Example of Europe' |