Ken Kennard American History and Politics I & II | U.S. Law and Justice in an International Context

Ken Kennard holds degrees from University of East Anglia (BA American History and Politics 2002; MA International Relations and European Studies 2003) and University of Kent (PhD International Relations: US Foreign Relations 2007). Having published two articles on US/Middle East Relations he has just completed a monograph Prescience of Pre-eminence – A Contemporary Articulation of US Power (1776-1941). The second volume on this topic covering the period 1941-2001 is due for completion in 2012. He has given numerous papers on US diplomatic history and politics at conferences such as the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFER) and Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA) in which Ken continues to be an active member. Ken was formerly the Academic Director of the US Student Overseas Programme at Canterbury Christ Church and has taught US history, politics and economics at three UK universities and in the United States.