Michael Patrick Cullinane
Born and raised in New Jersey, I attended Pace University (NYC) before moving to Ireland where I graduated with an MA and PhD in History from University College Cork (National University of Ireland). I have taught diplomatic history and United States history at University College Cork, the University of Leicester, and Northumbria University. I joined the University of Roehampton in 2017.
My research explores the foreign policies of the United States during the early twentieth century, and particularly the international relations of that period. My research tends toward multidisciplinarity, and have published books and articles that aim to answer historical questions through an evaluation of media, memory, politics, and culture. My most recent book, Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost: The History and Memory of an American Icon, is the first comprehensive examination of Roosevelt’s legacy and details the frequent refashioning of this American icon in popular memory.
My wider research interests include: Anglo-American relations, transatlantic studies, public memory and art, and international networks. My latest research project will look at the formation of international networks of power in the twentieth century.
Although living on this side of the “pond” for some time, I am a stalwart baseball fan (Go Yankees!) and cannot grasp the joy of score-less sports.
Phone: +44(0)7947791543
My research explores the foreign policies of the United States during the early twentieth century, and particularly the international relations of that period. My research tends toward multidisciplinarity, and have published books and articles that aim to answer historical questions through an evaluation of media, memory, politics, and culture. My most recent book, Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost: The History and Memory of an American Icon, is the first comprehensive examination of Roosevelt’s legacy and details the frequent refashioning of this American icon in popular memory.
My wider research interests include: Anglo-American relations, transatlantic studies, public memory and art, and international networks. My latest research project will look at the formation of international networks of power in the twentieth century.
Although living on this side of the “pond” for some time, I am a stalwart baseball fan (Go Yankees!) and cannot grasp the joy of score-less sports.
Phone: +44(0)7947791543
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Presidential studies in the 21st Century is integrative, transnational, interdisciplinary and reaches far beyond the voting booth or West Wing. Social historians have produced a myriad of new work on political influences from relatively unknown personalities and demonstrated the importance of 'supporting actors' in political history. Cultural historians have debated the impact of political context, gender, race, and class. International historians have emphasized the global importance of American political history.
This series invites submissions for monographs and cohesive collections of essays that explore the American presidency through these fresh and innovative approaches. It will foster emerging research from established scholars and early career academics alike.
Key features
Covers the full chronological sweep of the office, from Washington to Trump (1789– ) and will also aim to include future presidents
Truly interdisciplinary: taking particular advantage of new approaches like American Political Development, this series will provide a home for scholars working in a broad and diverse field
Authors in this series will investigate historical intersections with the presidency including competing branches of government, domestic and transnational cultures, international relations, the media, trade and commerce.
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'A fresh examination of the anti-imperialist movement was long overdue. And here it is. Michael Patrick Cullinane has given us new insights into anti-imperialist arguments of a century ago, and how their struggles over American concepts of liberty foreshadowed today's debates.' Lloyd Gardner, professor emeritus, Rutgers University, and author of The Road to Tahrir Square
'Michael Patrick Cullinane has written an extraordinary book, one which revises and revivifies the history of anti-imperialism in the United States. Liberty and American Anti-Imperialism reveals that anti-imperialism in the United States, long considered dead and irrelevant once the Philippines had been annexed, on the contrary lived on as an opposition movement for another two decades. Cullinane has written a major work of restoration, giving the reader a history of transnational anti-imperialist activism in the face of the rising American empire that is especially important today.' Marilyn B. Young, professor of History, New York University
In the most comprehensive examination of Roosevelt’s legacy, Michael Patrick Cullinane explores the frequent refashioning of this American icon in popular memory. The immediate aftermath of Roosevelt’s death created a groundswell of mourning and goodwill that ensured his place among the great Americans of his generation, a stature bolstered by the charitable and political work of his surviving family. When Franklin Roosevelt ascended to the presidency, he worked to situate himself as the natural heir of Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping his distant cousin’s legacy to reflect New Deal values of progressivism, intervention, and patriotism. Others retroactively adapted Roosevelt’s actions and political record to fit the discourse of social movements from anticommunism to civil rights, with varying degrees of success. Richard Nixon’s frequent invocation led to a decline in Roosevelt’s popularity and a corresponding revival effort by scholars endeavoring to give an accurate, nuanced picture of the 26th president.
This wide-ranging study reveals how successive generations shaped the public memory of Roosevelt through their depictions of him in memorials, political invocations, art, architecture, historical scholarship, literature, and popular culture. Cullinane emphasizes the historical contexts of public memory, exploring the means by which different communities worked to construct specific representations of Roosevelt, often adapting his legacy to suit the changing needs of the present. Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost provides a compelling perspective on the last century of U.S. history as seen through the myriad interpretations of one of its most famous and indefatigable icons.