PAUL V. WALSH

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Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026-2311

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ACADEMIC PREPERATION:

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M.A. Military and Diplomatic History, 1994

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Comprehensive areas: World military history, particularly the military history of Europe, Latin America,

Asia, and the United States, International Relations, the history of the European Middle Ages, the general

history of Ireland and the Irish people around the world, the general history of Latin America.

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Thesis title: The Role of Naval Power in the Rise of a National Monarchy: Ireland, 900-1200.

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B.A. Political Science, 1986

West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania

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AREAS OF CONCENTRATION IN GRADUATE STUDY:

The First and Second World Wars Naval Warfare and Maritime Affairs

The American Civil War The Development of Latin American Nations

Early American History

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Leadership:

U.S. Secretary for the South and Central American Military Historians’ Society

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Memberships:

Amnesty International Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library

Phi Alpha Theta (History Honors Fraternity) Western Front Association

Society for Military History (formerly the American Military Institute) American Conference for Irish Studies

New York Military Affairs Symposium Military History Society of Ireland

Company of Military Historians South and Central American Military Historians’ Society

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TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCES:

Voluntary Instructor, Haverford Township Adult School, 2018-2019.

HAS-416 - The History of Ireland – Spring, 2018; Fall, 2018; Spring, 2019.

HAS-423 - The History of Ireland in the 20th Century – Fall, 2018.

HAS-420 – The United States Civil War – Spring, 2019.

Voluntary Instructor, Lifelong Learning Institute, Immaculata University, 2016-2019.

LLI-91033 – Tank: A History of Armored Warfare – Fall 2016.

LLI-11041 – The United States in World War I – Spring 2017.

LLI-91068 – Warfare in the Middle Ages – Fall, 2017.

LLI-11019 – The United States Civil War – Spring, 2018.

LLI-11024 – The Foundations of Chinese Civilization – Spring, 2019.

LLI-11025 – Ireland in World War II – Spring, 2019.

Voluntary Instructor, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Widener University, 2010-2018.

OLLI – Simón Bolívar and the Liberation of South America – Fall 2018.

OLLI-1519A – The History of Ireland – Summer 2010; Spring 2017; Fall 2017.

OLLI-1502A – World War I, 1914-18 – Fall 2010; Fall 2014; Spring 2018.

OLLI-1517A – The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 – Spring 2011.

OLLI-1520A – The Vikings – Summer 2011.

OLLI-1508A – The Golden Age of Science-Fiction Films – Fall 2011.

OLLI-1509A – The Middle Ages on Film – Spring 2012.

OLLI-1519A – Scotland before Braveheart – Summer 2012; Spring 2018.

OLLI-1508A – The Spirit World on Film – Fall 2012.

OLLI-1504A – Unfamiliar Wars: The Cisplatine War, 1825-28 – Spring 2013.

OLLI-2602A – The British Empire on the Big Screen – Summer 2013.

OLLI-1500A – Unfamiliar Wars: The Great Paraguayan War, 1864-70 – Fall 2013.

OLLI-1503A – Brian Boru: King of Ireland, 1002-1014 – Spring 2014.

OLLI-1518A – Fall of the Roman Empire, 161-476 – Spring 2015.

Voluntary Instructor, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Widener University, 2010-2017 (cont.).

OLLI-1518A – Film Noir: The Dark Side of the Silver Screen – Summer 2015.

OLLI-1519A – The Bold Fenian Men: A Challenge to Queen Victoria’s Empire – Fall 2015.

OLLI-1511A – The 1916 Easter Rebellion – Spring 2016.

OLLI-1205A – Fantastic Mexican Cinema – Summer, 2016.

OLLI-1513A – Warfare in the Middle Ages – Fall 2017.

OLLI-1551A – The United States Civil War – Spring 2018.

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Full-time and Part-time Instructor, Delaware County Community College, 1999-2009.

HIS-110 – American History Part I - Fall 2000 (two sections), Spring 2004, Fall 2004 (four sections), and Fall 2007.

HIS-120 – American History Part II – Fall 2003 and Summer I 2007.

HIS-130 – Western Civilization Part I – Spring 2000, Fall 2001 (two sections), Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003,

Summer I and II 2004, Spring 2005 (two sections), Summer I and II 2006, and Summer I 2007.

HIS-140 - Western Civilization Part II – Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Fall 2006, and Spring 2009.

HIS-200 – Civil War and Reconstruction – Fall 1999, Spring 2004, Spring 2005 (two sections), Spring 2006, Spring 2007,

and Spring 2008.

HIS-241 – A History of Ireland Part I – Fall 1999, Spring 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008,

and Spring 2009.

HIS-242 – A History of Ireland Part II – Spring 2003.

HIS-250 – The Italian Renaissance – Fall 2002, Spring 2003, and Spring 2004.

HIS-251 – A History of Modern China – Fall 2004, Fall 2006, and Fall 2007.

HIS-254 – World Civilization Part I – Spring 2008 and Fall 2008.

Part-time Instructor, Rider University, 2008.

HIS-376-RR – Warfare in History – Spring 2008.

Special Supplementary Instructor, Temple University

Presentation on the early history of Ireland for an Irish History course taught by Dr. Dennis A. Rubini, May 25, 1993.

Presentation on the development and employment of Medieval arms and armor for a History Honors Seminar, War and Society

taught by Dr. Jay Lockenour, March 6, 1998, October 9, 1999, February 19, 1999, and March 19 and 21, 2003.

Papers read at Professional Conferences and Meetings:

“Italian Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918.” Accompanied by a power point presentation. Western Front Association

East Coast Branch Fall 2017 World War I History Symposium, Maryland War Memorial Building, Baltimore, Maryland,

18 November, 2017.

“Strangers in a Strange Land: The Belgian Armored Expeditionary Corps on the Russian Front in World War I.” Accompanied

by a power point presentation. The Western Front Association: East Coast Chapter, WWI History Seminar, Maryland

War Memorial Building, Baltimore, Maryland, 17 June, 2017.

“The Great War and Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising.” Accompanied by a power point presentation. New York Military Affairs

Symposium, The Soldiers Sailors Club, New York, 11 November, 2016.

“Embattled Neutrality: The Western Hemisphere, Europe, and Woodrow Wilson.” Accompanied by a power point presentation.

100th Anniversary Symposium, World War One Historical Association and The United States World War One

Centennial Commission, MacArthur Memorial, Norfolk, Virginia, 22 October, 2016.

“The Rise and Fall of the Tankette, 1925-1940: A Forgotten Chapter in the Evolution of Armored Warfare.” Accompanied by

power point presentation. New York Military Affairs Symposium, The Soldiers Sailors Club, New York, 22 June, 2012.

“Ireland and the Great War.” Accompanied by a power point presentation. The Western Front Association: East Coast

Chapter, WWI History Seminar; Part I: Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, 5 June, 2010; Part II: Maryland War

Memorial Building, Maryland, 6 November, 2010.

“Okonkwo’s Option: An Example of Resistance to Colonial Conquest in West Africa: The Asante Empire versus Great

Britain.” Accompanied by a power point presentation. Delaware County Community College, March-April, 2009.

“Viking Armageddon in Ireland? The Battle of Clontarf, 1014, in History and Legend.” New York Military Affairs

Symposium, City University of New York, January 5, 2007.

“A History of African-Americans in the Armed Forces of the United States.” Black and Women’s History Month Program,

Delaware County Community College, February 8, 2005.

“Treason During the Mexican-American War, 1846-48: The San Patricios.” Norwood Historical Society, Norwood Municipal

Building, April 2, 2002.

“The 1932 Paulista War: An Example of Conventional Warfare in Latin America during the 1930s.” Society for Military

History, Annual Conference, University of Calgary, Canada, May 25, 2001.

“The Irish Civil War, 1922-1923: A Military Study of the Conventional Phase, 28 June-11 August.” New York Military

Affairs Symposium, City University of New York, December 11, 1998.

Papers read at Professional Conferences and Meetings (cont).

“ ‘A Most Formidable Enemy’: An Assessment of the Military Performance of the Insurgent Armies of 1798.” American

Conference for Irish Studies: New England Regional Conference, Massasoit Community College, Massachusetts.

October 2, 1998.

“Braveheart: History or Myth?” New York Military Affairs Symposium, City University of New York, May 2, 1997

“A Neglected Example of Naval Operations in Northwestern Europe during the Middle Ages: The Struggle to Dominate

Ireland, 900-1200.” Twelfth Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, October 26, 1995.

PUBLICATIONS:

“Mussolini’s Military Diplomacy, 1922-40.” World at War, Issue No.70 (February-March, 2019), pp.50-59.

“Irish Warfare during the Norman Invasion [ 1169-75 ].” Medieval Warfare Magazine, Vol.6, No.4 (July-August, 2016),

pp.13-17.

“The Hand on the Rudder: Murtaugh ‘The Great’ and Irish Naval Power, 1086-1115.” Medieval Warfare Magazine, Vol.5,

No.5 (October, 2015), pp.18-23.

“The Rise and Fall of Tankettes, 1925-1940.” World at War, Issue No.38 (October-November, 2014), pp.46-57.

“Observation Post: Milestones – First Allied Bombers over Japan [ 1938 ].” Strategy & Tactics, Issue No.30 (June-July, 2013),

pp.70-73.

“The Conduct of Warfare in Ireland during the Age of the ‘Kings with Opposition’, 900-1200 A.D.” The Irish Sword, Vol.23,

No.93 (Summer 2003 [published 2005]), 242-304.

“King Edward I’s Conquest of Wales [ 1276-95 ].” Military History, Vol.15, No.6 (February, 1999), 50-57

“A Neglected Example of Naval Operations in Northwestern Europe during the Middle Ages: The Struggle to Dominate

Ireland, 900-1200.”, 27-49. New Interpretations in Naval History. Edited by William B. Cogar. Annapolis, Maryland:

Naval Institute Press, 1997.

“Invasion Attempt Repeated [ Kubilai Khan’s Attempted Invasions of Japan, 1274-1281 ].” Military History, Vol.10, No.4

(October, 1993), pp.60-69.

In total I have had over 100 works published in periodicals such as The Journal of Military History [formerly Military

Affairs], The Irish Sword: The Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland, Medieval Warfare Magazine, Naval

History, Military History, Military Collector and Historian, The Journal of the Society of the Ancients, Early Modern

Ireland Bulletin, and The Irish Literary Supplement, including twenty-eight full length articles and over forty book

reviews.

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