James Donnelly
Professor Emeritus

eMail: jsdonnel@wisc.edu
Phone: (608)263-1971
Office: 5112 Mosse Humanities
Mailbox: 5008 Mosse Humanities

Curriculum Vitae: View PDF

Office Hours: On Leave

Education: PhD: Harvard; MA: Harvard; BA: Fordham College

Bio Sketch:

My specializations are Modern Britain & Ireland.

My Research and Teaching Interests: As an Irish Historian, I have had three main research interests over the years: 1) landlord-tenant relations; 2) agrarian rebellions; and 3) popular religion. To these might be added a fourth: the Great Famine of the late 1840’s. For teaching purposes I am also keenly interested in modern British history, Irish nationalist politics and in popular religion in Western Europe in the years 1500-1900.

Selected Publications:

• The Great Irish Potato Famine (2001).
• Irish Popular Culture, 1650-1850 (1999), co-edited with Kerby A. Miller.
• Irish Peasants (1983), co-edited with Samuel Clark.
  

Courses Taught:

Lecture Courses:

• History 124 - British History 1688-present - Syllabus 2008 (pdf)
• History 365 - Revolution and Nationalism in Ireland, 1780 to the Present - Syllabus 2008 (pdf)

Undergraduate Seminars:

• History 200 - Historical Studies - Topics: "Popular Religion in Europe 1500 - 1900"
• History 600 - Advanced Seminar in History - "Topics: "The Celtic Tiger and Modern Ireland" - Syllabus 2008 (pdf)

Graduate Courses:

• History 837 - Seminar—History of Modern Britain and Ireland