Lawrence W. Kennedy

Professor of History

Email: lawrence.kennedy@scranton.edu
Office: St. Thomas Hall 255
Phone: 570-941-4294
Fax: 570-941-5843

RESEARCH and TEACHING INTERESTS:
U.S. History: Gilded Age and Progressive Era, urban, race and ethnicity; Modern Irish History.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
Work in Progress
"The Irish Question in Boston: Myths, Politics and Identity"

BOOKS
Boston: A Topographical History            Third enlarged edition.

With Walter Muir Whitehill
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.

Planning the City upon a Hill: Boston since 1630

University of Massachusetts Press, 1992. Paper, 1994.
Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1994.

Selected Articles and Chapters

"Young Patrick Collins and Boston Politics After the Civil War"
     Historical Journal of Massachusetts Volume 38 Number 1 (Spring 2010).

"The Irish Question and Boston Politics" in Boston's Histories
     Edited by James O'Toole and David Quigley
     Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004.

"Pulpits and Politics: Anti-Catholicism in Boston"
     Historical Journal of Massachusetts Volume 28 Number 1 (Winter 2000).

"Boston's First Irish Mayor: Hugh O'Brien, 1885-1889"
     in Massachusetts Politics: Selected Historical Essays.
     Edited by Jack Tager, Martin Kaufman and Michael F. Konig.
     Westfield, MA: Institute of Massachusetts Studies, 1998.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The University of Scranton
     Professor, 2004-
     Associate Professor, 1998-2004
     Assistant Professor, 1992-1998

Boston College
     Lecturer, 1987-1992

Boston Redevelopment Authority
     Consultant, 1987-1992

Boston College High School
     Teacher, 1976-1985

St. Sebastian's Country Day School
     Teacher, 1975-1976

MEMBER
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
The American Conference for Irish Studies

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