Adrian N. Mulligan

Associate Professor

Department of Geography
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA  17837

570-577-1949

I have a broad range of scholarly interests, as reflected in my teaching for example, with introductory courses focusing on globalization and the Susquehanna, and upper division courses analyzing political geography, conflict and nationalism.  Underlying it all is my mantra, that space matters, and that if we think more geographically about the world, we can better understand all the stuff going on in it.

My own specific research focuses primarily on questions concerning geography, politics and identity at a range of different scales, and in particular the concept of nationalism.

Why am I interested in nationalism you might ask? Well, although I am an Irish citizen, for much of my life I have had a somewhat diasporic and increasingly transnational identity; largely as a consequence of having lived in a myriad of places. As a result, nationalism no longer appears quite so natural to me, and instead appears to be an element of human subjectivity constructed much like any other.  And so, in my research for example, I attempt to trace the relationship between nationalism and globalization over the longue durée, I analyze the manner in which nationalism intersects with other social subjectivities such as gender, race and sexuality, and I also examine the integral role that space (of course!) plays in all of these processes. 

I am a proud graduate of the Lampeter Geography School, University of Wales (1994). and am also honored to have been awarded a Masters of Philosophy in Geography (1st Class Honors) from University College Cork, NUI (1996). I also earned my Ph.D from the University of Arizona (2001), with a major in Geography and a minor in Comparitve Cultural and Literary Studies.