Sean Kennedy
Professor; Department Chair
Tilley Hall 109
Fredericton
Dr. Sean Kennedy (Modern European/French History) joined the Department in 1999; he holds a Ph.D. from York University. He teaches modern European history, including courses on the French Revolution, modern France, European imperialism, European fascism and the history of terrorism.
Dr. Kennedy's primary research interests are the political and intellectual history of modern France; he is also interested in the study of war and society in the 20th century.
His previous publications include Reconciling France against Democracy: The Croix de Feu and the Parti Social Français (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007); The Shock of War: Civilian Experiences, 1937-1945 (Canadian Historical Association/University of Toronto Press, 2011); and, co-edited with Samuel Kalman of St. Francis Xavier University, The French Right between the Wars: Political and Intellectual Movements from Conservatism to Fascism (Berghahn Books, 2014). His most recent publication is France in the World: The Career of André Siegfried (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023).
Dr. Kennedy has published articles in French Historical Studies, French History, French Politics, Culture & Society, Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques, and the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, and contributed a chapter on France to the edited collection Conservatives and Right Radicals in Interwar Europe, edited by Marco Bresciani (Routledge, 2021).
He is currently commencing a new research program, devoted to the study of policing in 20th-century France.
