Adrian Ciani
PhD Student
BA, University of Toronto, 1998; MA, University of New Brunswick, 2005
Dissertation
"The Holy See, American Catholics and Palestine, 1945-1960: A Study in Postwar Vatican Internationalism"
Research Interests
The Vatican as a politcal and diplomatic 'actor' in the international system; Church-State relations in the modern West
Recent Publications
"An Imperialist Irishman: Bishop Michael Fallon, the Diocese of London and the Great War" Historical Studies (Volume 74, 2008), pp. 73-94.
Recent Conference Papers
'Just Watch Me: Trudeau, Vatican Recognition and the Politics of Federalism' Canadian Catholic Historical Association Annual Meeting, Congress 2008, University of British Columbia, 3 June 2008.
'A Cold War Listening Post?: Trudeau, Vatican Recognition and the Politics of Federalism' Visions and Visionaries: Religion in Canada, 21st Annual 'Two Days of Canada' Conference Brock University, November 1, 2007.
'An Imperialist Irishman: Bishop Michael Fallon, The Diocese of London and the Great War' Canadian Catholic Historical Association Annual Meeting, Congress 2007, University of Saskatchewan, May 28 2007.
'The Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between Canada and the Holy See, 1945-1969' Religion and the State: Between Hegemony, Orthodoxy and Identity Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, York University May 25, 2006.
'Canada and the Vatican to 1945: The Challenges of Diplomacy in the Era of Protestant Dominion' Bruce McCaffery Memorial Graduate Seminar Series, University of Western Ontario, February 16, 2006.
'Rome in Canada: The Vatican-Canadian Dialogue in the Nineteenth Century' University of New Brunswick-University of Maine International Graduate Student Conference University of Maine, Orono October 16, 2004.
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- e-mail: aciani@uwo.ca
