Community of Scholars Profile

Canny, Nicholas P.

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]HistSt9/1/19796/30/1980

Current Homepage: www.nuigalway/mooreinstitute
Field of Study while at IAS: Early Modern History
Home institution while at IAS: National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Position: Member
Start year: 2011
Department: Moore Institute for Humanities and Social Studies
Institution: Scientific council of the European Research Council

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
President of the Royal Irish Academy20082011
Vice President for Research at National University of Ireland, Galway20052008
Professor of History at National University of Ireland, Galway19782009

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1971Univ of Penn

Honors

DescriptionYear
Postdoc Fellow in Amer Studies, Yale UniversitySpring 1975
Elected President of the Royal Irish Academy2008
Elected Member of the American Philosophical Society2007
Elected Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy2005
Irish Hist Research Prize1977, 2003