Timothy J. Lynch

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Tim Lynch is Professor in American Politics at the University of Melbourne and currently the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Wyoming. His latest book, In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump (Cambridge, 2020), has been called ‘a cogent, graceful, provocative account’ of its subject.

His co-authored book, After Bush: the Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy (Cambridge, 2008), won the Richard Neustadt Book Prize and became a best-selling international security text. He is editor of the two-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History (2013).
At Melbourne, Tim led the team that created the Master of Marketing Communications – the fastest growing degree in the Faculty of Arts’ history. He was co-creator and convenor of the sell-out 10 Great Books Melbourne Masterclass, 2014-20. As Associate Dean (International), 2020-22, Prof Lynch led the Faculty’s international response to covid-19.

Twice a Fulbright scholar, Tim holds a PhD in political science from Boston College, USA. He is a citizen of Australia and Great Britain.

Experience

  • 2005–2010
    Senior Lecturer, University of London
  • 2003–2005
    Lecturer, University of Leicester
  • 2000–2003
    Director, Boston College Centre for Irish Programmes, Dublin

Education

  • 2016 
    University of Oxford, Oxford Strategic Leadership Program
  • 2003 
    Boston College, PhD (Fulbright Scholar)
  • 1995 
    University of London, MA
  • 1993 
    University of East Anglia, BA (Hons)

Publications

  • 2020
    In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr to Donald Trump, Cambridge University Press
  • 2013
    Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History, Oxford University Press
  • 2013
    US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion, Routledge
  • 2008
    After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy (with R.S. Singh), Cambridge University Press
  • 2004
    Turf War: The Clinton Administration and Northern Ireland, Ashgate

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Institute of International Affairs
  • Australian Political Studies Association

Research Areas

  • Political Science (1606)
  • International Relations (160607)
  • Comparative Government And Politics (160603)

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