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Fintan Hoey recently published Satō, America and the Cold War, a research monograph on U.S.-Japanese diplomatic and security relations during the tenure of Satō Eisaku, Prime Minister of Japan, 1964-1972. This draws on recently released material from the Japanese Foreign Ministry Archive as well as US archival material and Satō’s diary and builds on Professor Hoey’s PhD dissertation which he completed at University College Dublin, Ireland in 2012. The book presents a more informed and nuanced account of US-Japanese security relations in this period and argues that Satō’s foreign policy was not motivated by a slavish adherence to Washington but from a realist appraisal of Japan’s security imperatives.

Professor Hoey’s research interests include Asian (particularly Japanese) history, nuclear proliferation, international relations, U.S.-Japanese relations, the Cold War in Asia and American diplomatic history. Further teaching interests include Australian history, modern Ireland and the concept of ‘Global Britishness’. He has held teaching appointments at Queen’s University Belfast and Maynooth University and research positions at Rikkyō University, Tokyo and the University of Kyoto.

2020-2021 Courses:

HIS 100	Western Civilization I: Ancient and Medieval	FALL 2020
This survey course is an introduction to the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the west from the Neolithic to the voyages of discovery in the sixteenth century. Our knowledge and understanding of the past is contingent and contested. The course explores areas of contestation to give students a better understanding of the forces and events which shaped the ancient and medieval worlds and continue to shape the modern world. (It is recommended that HIS 100 be taken prior to HIS 101.)
HIS 310W	The Cold War	FALL 2020
The Cold War was many things. It was primarily a global power struggle between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, two Superpowers which divided the world into competing alliances and engaged in proxy wars. It was a tense and often unstable nuclear standoff. It was also an ideological clash between freedom and totalitarianism; between economic equality and exploitation; and between imperialism and anti-colonial nationalism. This course examines these intersecting facets as well as the ways in which the Cold War is interpreted and its profound and continuing impact not only on the principal protagonists but on all of the peoples of the world. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirements.)
HIS 410	The Cold War	FALL 2020
Students in their Senior year who wish to graduate with a Major in History (stand alone or combined) need to take this capstone version of HIS 310 (see course description). Students in HIS 410 attend all meetings of HIS 310 and are responsible for additional and more in-depth work including an oral presentation and seminars with the instructor. This additional work is geared towards preparing the student for the successful completion of their Senior Thesis. (Students who have already earned credit for HIS 310 or HIS 210 may not enroll and earn credit for HIS 410.)
HIS 101	Western Civilization II: Modern	SPRING 2021
This survey course is an introduction to the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the west from the scientific revolution to the present. Our knowledge and understanding of the past is contingent and contested. The course explores areas of contestation to give students a better understanding of the forces and events which have shaped the modern world.
HIS 257T	Early Modern Europe and the European World c.1500-1800 (Switzerland)	SPRING 2021
In a relatively short period from 1500 to 1800, Europe was completely transformed and in turn transformed the world during the first major period of globalization. This course considers the changing economic and social conditions for the majority of Europe's population. It also explores how the religious and intellectual unity of the West was shattered under the weight of new ideas of church reformation and spiritual renewal and later by a revolution which asserted the Rights of Man. It analyzes how modern methods of rationalized administration changed governance, and finally how the new European states built global empires of conquest, confession and commerce. As an Academic Travel, this course includes a period of on-site research (e.g. visits to museum and churches, guided tours, guest lectures etc.) related to the history of Early Modern Europe in locations in Switzerland such as Geneva, Zurich and St. Gallen.
HIS 358W	Global Britishness	SPRING 2021
The concept of ‘Global Britishness’ began as loyalty to the colonial motherland on the part of Britain’s white settler colonies (Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand). This was transformed after the Second World War into a set of uneasy nationalisms by the 1970s. In recent years these ex-colonies have witnessed a re-identification with earlier concepts of Britishness (royal visits, war commemoration) at a time when the very concept of Britishness is perceived to be under threat from Scottish devolution (and possible independence) and Britain’s exit from the European Union. ‘Global Britishness’ presents a fascinating array of competing and intersecting identities across global, imperial and national lines. Students gain a greater understanding and awareness of; the processes and agencies of Britain’s imperial decline; the reactions to this among the various white settler colonies; the differences and similarities between these reactions; the practices of cultural and transnational history; and, contemporary legacies of the British Empire in the settler colonial world. (This writing-intensive course counts towards the Academic Writing requirements.)

Publications:

Books

Satō, America and the Cold War. US-Japanese Relations, 1964-1972. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Journal Articles

‘Japan and Extended Deterrence. Security and Non-proliferation.’ Journal of Strategic Studies 39, no. 4. (2016): 484-501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2016.1168010.

‘The Nixon Doctrine and Nakasone Yasuhiro’s Unsuccessful Challenge to Japan’s Defense Policy, 1969-1971.’ The Journal of American-East Asian Relations 19, no. 1 (2012): 52-74. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187656112X651308.

Book chapters

‘Non-Nuclear Japan? Satō, the NPT, and the US Nuclear Umbrella.’ In Negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Origns of the nuclear order.Edited by Liviu Horovitz, Roland Popp, and Andreas Wenger. London: Routledge, 2017.

Book Reviews

‘Review of The Korean War: An international history by Wada Haruki’ International History Review. Published online 12 September 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2016.1227550

‘Review of Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? by Paul Midford’ International History Review 37, no. 5 (2015): 1104-1105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2015.1057971

Review of Historical Dictionary of United States-Japanese Relations by John Van Sant, Peter Mauch, and Yoneyuki Sugita. H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews. August 2009. http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23063.

Awards and Honors:

Franklin University Switzerland, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2014

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Summer Institute on Nuclear Weapons History, 2013, selected participant

Guest Speaker, University of Winchester, 2012

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Diversity/International Outreach Fellowship 2009, 2010

Invited Lecturer, University of Copenhagen, 2010

UCD Seed Funding (Dissemination & Outputs) Award 2009, 2010

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellow / Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Law and Politics, Rikkyō University, Tokyo, 2007-2008

Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Doctoral Scholarship. 2006-2010

Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship, University of Kyoto, 2003-2005