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Kurk Dorsey

Department Chair, History
PROFESSOR
Phone: (603) 862-3022
Office: History, Horton Social Science Center Rm 423B, Durham, NH 03824
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Courses Taught

  • HIST 406: History of Modern US
  • HIST 618: American Environmental History
  • HIST 618/818: American Environmental History
  • HIST 619/819: Foreign Relations of the US
  • HIST 620/820: Foreign Relations of the US
  • HIST 695: Independent Study
  • HIST 818: American Environmental History
  • HIST 999: Doctoral Research

Education

  • Ph.D., History, Yale University
  • M.A., History, Northwestern University
  • B.A., History, Cornell University
  • B.A., Biology, Cornell University

Research Interests

  • Environmental history
  • History of Canada
  • US Foreign Policy

Selected Publications

  • Dorsey, K. (2013). Whales and Nations Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas. University of Washington Press.

  • Dorsey, K. (2013). National Sovereignty, the International Whaling Commission, and the Save the Whales Movement. In Nation-States and the Global Environment New Approaches to International Environmental History. Oxford University Press.

  • Dorsey, K. (2010). The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era. University of Washington Press.

  • Diefendorf, J. M., & Dorsey, K. (2009). City, Country, Empire Landscapes in Environmental History. University of Pittsburgh Press.

  • Dorsey, K. (2005). Dealing with the dinosaur (and its swamp): Putting the environment in diplomatic history. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY, 29(4), 573-587. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2005.00507.x

  • DORSEY, K. (1995). SCIENTISTS, CITIZENS, AND STATESMEN - UNITED-STATES CANADIAN WILDLIFE PROTECTION TREATIES IN THE PROGRESSIVE-ERA. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY, 19(3), 407-429. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.1995.tb00641.x

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