History Personnel
Teaching - Fall/Winter 2022-23
HIS 2132A - From Coney Island to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: The History of American Popular Culture
Allen Priest
Assistant Professor
PhD, Western University, 2022
Telephone: 519-661-3645
Email: apriest4@uwo.ca
Office: LWH 2245
Office Hours: Thursdays, 1:00-2:00 pm
Research Interests
Professor Priest’s research interests focus on the political history of Canada and the United States, especially during the Cold War era. His work examines how gender norms, specifically hegemonic masculine ideals, intersect with political discourse.
Recent Publications
- "Diefenbaker's 'New Frontier': Masculinity, Modernity, and Canadian Electoral Politics, 1957-58," Canadian Journal of History 57, no. 2 (2022): 169-90;https://doi.org/10.3138/cjh-57-2-2021-0103
- "Atomic Fatherhood: 'Uncle Louis', 'Ike' and the Electoral Politics of Paternalism in Canada and the United States, 1949-53," Gender & History (July 2022): 1-19;
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12637
