JAMES A. CLIFTON History Department Boston College, Stokes Hall 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 james.clifton@bc.edu EDUCATION PhD Candidate in History, Boston College, 2011-present Dissertation Title: “Logics of the Bomb: Anglo-American Nuclear Policy as Politics, 1976-1986” Committee: James Cronin (primary adviser), Devin Pendas, Seth Jacobs Comprehensive Exam Major Fields: Modern Britain, Transnational History Comprehensive Exam Minor Fields: British Empire, Intellectual History Languages: Spanish & French MA in History, Boston College, 2008-2010 BA in History (Honors) & Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2004-2008 Certificate in West European Studies Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies Honors Thesis: “The Malleability of the Law: Calvin’s Case in the Polemical Literature of the English Civil War” FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Summer Research Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston College, 2014 Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston College, 2014 George W. Barnes Scholarship for Academic Excellence in History, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-2008 INVITED TALKS “‘Children of the Grave’: Détente, Nuclear Weapons, and Britain’s Search for Power in a Globalizing World,” Institute of Historical Research, University of London, June 16, 2015 “‘Some Misguided Frolic’: Britain’s Deterrent and the Containment of Germany,” History Workshop, Boston College, April 17, 2015 “Building the Imperial State: British Power on the Indian Subcontinent, 1815-1914,” Boston College History Core, Globalization II, Spring 2013 “Britain Goes to Africa: Settling the ‘Dark Continent,’” Boston College History Core, Globalization II, Spring 2013 “Democracy and Violence: The French Revolution,” Boston College History Core, Europe in the World II, Spring 2012 “Shadows of Empire: African Decolonization Movements, 1945-present,” Boston College History Core, Atlantic Worlds II, Spring 2010 CONFERENCE PAPERS “Logics of the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons and British Power during the Late Cold War,” Northeast Conference on British Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Fall 2013 “London Calling: Britain’s Push for an Independent Nuclear Deterrent and the Origins of Containment,” Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies, Pennsylvania State University, Abington, PA, Spring 2012 TEACHING Teaching Assistant, Boston College History Department Europe in the Modern World I & II, Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Asia in the World I, Fall 2013 Globalization I & II, Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Europe in the World I & II, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Atlantic Worlds II, Spring 2010 History Tutor, Learning Resources for Student Athletes, Boston College, 2012-2013