British & Irish Worlds GroupDr Sylvia Ellis
PhD, MA, BA
Reader in History, Associate Dean
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Contact details: School of Arts & Social Sciences Northumbria University Lipman Building, room 118 Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST phone: +44 (0) 191 227 3736 fax: +44 (0) 191 227 3696 sylvia.ellis@northumbria.ac.uk |
Biography
Sylvia studied for her undergraduate History degree at the University of Newcastle, then moved to the United States to complete an MA in American History at the University of Rhode Island in 1992. She returned to Newcastle to work on her PhD on Anglo-American Relations during the Vietnam War. Before completing her doctorate Sylvia became a lecturer in American History at Sunderland University in 1995. In 2000 she moved to Northumbria University, becoming a Reader in History in 2004.
Qualifications
PhD, University of Newcastle, 1999
MA, University of Rhode Island, 1992
BA (Hons), University of Newcastle,1989
Teaching Interests
HI0400 US History since 1865
HI0500 The African-American Freedom Struggle
HI0603 US Foreign Relations since 1914
HI0604 The Vietnam War
Research Interests
Sylvia Ellis’s research interests lie in post-1945 British and American political and diplomatic history. She is currently completing a monograph on LBJ and Civil Rights (Florida University Press) and is also working on a critical edition on Harold Wilson and the Vietnam War. She is also working on a study of female activism on US campuses.
Research Students
Dean White, ‘The British Response to the Rwandan Crisis’
Alan Donkin, ‘Anglo-American Relations and Nuclear Decision-making, 1937-1948’
Anne Zetsche, 'Networking processes among German and American elites during the Cold War from the 1950s to the early 1970s'
Stephen Bowman, 'Anglo-Saxon Rapprochement: The Origin, Formation and Activities of the Early Pilgrims Society, 1890s to 1920s.'
Sylvia would welcome research students on British and American foreign policy, presidential history, and America in the 1960s and 1970s.
Affiliations and Memberships
Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Member, AHRC Peer Review College
Executive Committee Member, British Association of American Studies
Executive Committee Member, Transatlantic Studies Association
Member, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Member, Organization of American Historians
Member, Women’s History Network
Member, Society for the Study of Labour History
Select Publications
Books:
A Historical Dictionary of Anglo-American Relations (Scarecrow Press, 2009).
Britain, America and the Vietnam War (Praeger Publishers, 2004). *American Libraries Association, Outstanding Academic Title 2004
Chapters and Articles:
‘A foreign policy success? LBJ and transatlantic relations’, Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 8, 3 (2010), 247-57.
‘Enhancing the Quality of the Educational Experience: Females Activists and the US University and College Women’s Centers’, in Sarah Aiston (ed.), Women, Education, and Agency, 1600-2000 (Routledge, 2009).
‘The Historical Significance of President Kennedy’s Visit to Ireland in June 1963,’ Irish Studies Review, 16, 2 (May 2008).
‘Secrets, Lies, and Telephone Tapes: LBJ’, History Today, 56, 7 (July 2006).
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