Henry Srebrnik Professor Education Ph.D., Political Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, 1984 M.A., Contemporary Jewish Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1973 M.A., Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Que., 1970 B.A. (Honours), McGill University, Montreal, Que., 1966 Teaching Experience Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, 1993- Instructor, Departments of History and Political Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 1990-1993 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 1988-1990 Courses Taught Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies, University of Oxford (summer 2000) Workshop on Left-Wing Intellectuals (with Gennady Estraikh) University of Prince Edward Island Canadian Government; Canadian Politics and Processes; Quebec Society and Politics; Women and Politics on PEI; Government and Politics in Liberal Democracies; Political Culture of the United States; Political System of the United States; The Politics of Canadian-American Relations; Political Economy and Social Change in the Developing World; Comparative Politics: The Feminist Perspective; Comparative Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean; Ethnic Nationalism in Comparative Perspective; Contending Approaches in Comparative Politics; Politics of Russia and the Post-Soviet Republics; Political Transition in Central and Eastern Europe; Comparative Politics of the Middle East; Comparative Politics of South and Southeast Asia; Comparative Politics of Africa; Introduction to Island Studies. University of Calgary Introduction to Politics; Comparative Government and Politics; Canadian Government and Politics; Canadian-American Relations; Russian and East European Studies; Warfare in the Middle East; Modern Jewish History; History of the Holocaust; Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution. Gettysburg College Introduction to Politics; Introduction to Comparative Politics; Politics of the Developing Areas; Canadian Government and Politics; Comparative Middle East Politics; Communist Systems; Ethnic Nationalism: the Global Dimension; Freshman Colloquy on Revolution; China Areas Studies Symposium. Scholarship Associate Editor, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, 1998- Books, Monographs and Refereed Articles "Introduction: A New World of Emerging States" (with Barry Bartmann and Tozun Bahcheli), and "Can Clans Form States? Somaliland in the Making," in Tozun Bahcheli et al, eds., The Quest For Sovereignty: De Facto States in the International System (London: Frank Cass, forthcoming). "Birobidzhan on the Prairies: Two Decades of Pro-Soviet Jewish Movements in Winnipeg," in Daniel Stone, ed., Jewish Radicalism in Winnipeg, 1905-1960 (forthcoming). " 'Full of Sound and Fury': Three Decades of Parliamentary Politics in Mauritius," Journal of Southern African Studies 28, 2, 2002 : 277-289. "Ethnicity, Religion, and the Issue of Aboriginality in a Small Island State: Why Does Fiji Flounder?" Round Table: the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 364, 2002: 187-210. "Diaspora, Ethnicity and Dreams of Nationhood: North American Jewish Communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan Project," in Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov, eds., Yiddish and the Left (Oxford: Legenda Press of the European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 2001): 80-108. "Identity, Culture and Confidence in the Global Economy," in Godfrey Baldacchino and David Milne, eds., Lessons from the Political Economy of Small Islands: The Resourcefulness of Jurisdiction (London: Macmillan, 2000): 56-72. "Football, Frats, and Fun vs. Commuters, Cold, and Carping: The Social and Psychological Context of Higher Education in Canada and the United States," revised version, in David Thomas, ed., Canada and the United States: Differences That Count, 2nd edn., (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2000): 165-191; original version in Thomas, Canada and the United States (Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 1993): 380-406. "Can an Ethnically-based Civil Society Succeed? The Case of Mauritius," Journal of Contemporary African Studies 18, 1, 2000: 7-20. "Ethnicity and the Development of a 'Middleman' Economy on Mauritius: The Diaspora Factor," Round Table: the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 350, 1999: 297-311. "Red Star Over Birobidzhan: Canadian Jewish Communists and the `Jewish Autonomous Region' in the Soviet Union," Labour/Le Travail 44, 1999: 129-147. "Vandals at the Garden's Gates? Political Reaction to the Maritime Union Proposal on Prince Edward Island," American Review of Canadian Studies, 28, 1-2, 1998: 83-101. Canada Confronts Secession: Will Quebec Become the First New Nation of the 21st Century?, Occasional Paper No. 9 (Bowling Green, OH: Canadian Studies Center, Bowling Green State University, [1998]). "An Idiosyncratic Fellow-Traveller: Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the American Committee for the Settlement of Jews in Birobidzhan," East European Jewish Affairs 28, 1, 1998: 37-53. "Leadership and Control Within an American Jewish Communist Front: The Case of the ICOR," Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 16, 3, 1998: 103-117. "Is the Past Prologue?: The Old-New Discourse of the Reform Party of Canada," International Social Science Review 72, 1-2, 1997: 5-13. "Revisiting the Impossible Dream? The Political Union Debate in Atlantic Canada," (with Geoffrey Martin), in David Taras and Beverly Rasporich, eds., A Passion for Identity: An Introduction to Canadian Studies, 3rd edn. (Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1997): 355-376. "Quebec Separatism, the 1995 Referendum, and the Future of Confederation: The Alberta Right Responds," Prairie Forum: Journal of the Canadian Plains Research Centre 21, 2, 1996: 201-221. "Multiculturalism and the Politics of Ethnicity: Jews and the Charlottetown Accord," and "Bibliographical Essay," in John H. Simpson and Howard Adelman, eds., Multiculturalism, Jews and Identities in Canada (Jerusalem: Magnes Press of the Hebrew University, 1996): 95-127; 263-264. "Class, Ethnicity and Gender Intertwined: Jewish Women and the East London Rent Strikes, 1935-1940," Women's History Review 4, 3, 1995: 283-299. London Jews and British Communism, 1935-1945 (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 1995). "Sidestepping the Contradictions: The Communist Party, Jewish Communists and Zionism 1935-48," in Geoff Andrews, Nina Fishman and Kevin Morgan, eds., Opening the Books: Essays on the Cultural and Social History of the British Communist Party (London: Pluto Press, 1995): 124-141. "The British Communist Party's National Jewish Committee and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism During the Second World War," Immigrants and Minorities 8, 1-2, 1989: 82-96; reprinted in Tony Kushner and Kenneth Lunn, eds., The Politics of Marginality: Race, the Radical Right and Minorities in Twentieth Century Britain (London: Frank Cass, 1990): 82-96. "Communism and Pro-Soviet Feeling Among the Jews of East London, 1935-45," Immigrants and Minorities 5, 3, 1986: 285-304. " 'Salud di Heldn!': Jewish Communist Activity in London on Behalf of the Spanish Republic," Michigan Academician 16, 3, 1984: 371-381. Other Articles, Documents and Proceedings "Ethnicity, Religion, and the Issue of Aboriginality in a Small Island State: Why Does Fiji Flounder?" in Godfrey Baldacchino, ed., Proceedings from the Conference on "Small Island States in a Changing World: Constraints and Opportunities." (Gazimagusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Eastern Mediterranean University Press, forthcoming). "Literature, Politics and Pedagogy: Is There Truth in Fiction?" Outlook (forthcoming) "The Only Solution to the Cyprus Impasse: International Recognition of Two Nations on the Island," New Federation 6, 3, 2001: 27-29. "Mini-Nationalism, Self-Determination and Micro-States in a Globalized World,"Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism/Revue Canadienne des Etudes sur le Nationalisme 28, 1-2, 2001:1-8. "Re/Visiting Russia with Theodore Dreiser" (review essay, with Irene Gammel), Resources for American Literary Study 26, 1, 2000: 110-115. "Islands and Governance," Archipelago 5, 1, 2000: 5-8. "ICOR," in Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas, eds., Encyclopedia of the American Left, 2nd edn (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998): 347. "The Radical 'Second Life' of Vilhjalmur Stefansson," Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America 51, 1, 1998: 58-60. Prince Edward Island and the Canadian Constitution: A Brief to the Standing Committee on the Constitution (with Harry Baglole, Barry Bartmann and David Bulger) (Charlottetown, PEI: Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Dec. 1, 1997). "Is Everything Old New Again? A Comparative Examination of Secessionism in Present-Day Quebec and the Antebellum American South" (with Edward Mihalkanin), Proceedings of the November 1997 San Antonio Conference, National Social Science Association, National Social Science Perspectives Journal 12, 2, 1997: 120-132. "Maritime Union: Revisiting an Impossible Dream," in Maritime Union: Is it a Good Idea for PEI? A Symposium (Charlottetown, PEI: Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Feb. 27, 1996): 51-61. "Canada's Constitution: A New Austria-Hungary in the Making?" Canadian Parliamentary Review 15, 1, 1992: 2-5; reprinted in Gregory S. Mahler and Roman R. March, eds., Canadian Politics, 3rd edn. (Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing, 1993): 10-13. "The Reform Party: A Rising Tide in Canada?" Viewpoints: The Canadian Jewish Periodical 20, 4, 1992: 1-2. "Affirmative Action: A New Form of Discrimination?" in Donald Altschiller, ed., Affirmative Action (New York: H.W. Wilson, 1991): 147-152. Book Reviews Stephen A. Royle, A Geography of Islands: Small Island Insularity, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism/Revue Canadienne des Etudes sur le Nationalisme 30, 1-2, 2003 [http://www.upei.ca/~iis/rev2.html]. Fraidie Martz, Open Your Hearts: The Story of the Jewish War Orphans in Canada, American Review of Canadian Studies, 29, 2, 1999: 333-335. Gerald Tulchinsky, Taking Root: The Origins of the Canadian Jewish Community, Canadian Ethnic Studies/Etudes Ethniques au Canada 29, 1, 1997: 181-182. Trevor Harrison, Of Passionate Intensity: Right-Wing Populism and the Reform Party of Canada, Patterns of Prejudice 31, 1, 1997: 65-66. Enzo Traverso, The Marxists and the Jewish Question: The History of a Debate (1843-1943), Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 14, 4, 1996: 133-135. John R. Gillis, ed., Commemorations: The Politics of National Identity, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism/Revue Canadienne des Etudes sur le Nationalisme 22, 1-2, 1995: 134-135. Sharman Kadish, Bolsheviks and British Jews: The Anglo-Jewish Community, Britain and the Russian Revolution, American Historical Review 100, 2, 1995: 524-525. Robert J. Brym et al, eds., The Jews in Canada, Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue Canadienne de Science Politique 26, 4, 1993: 806-807. Martin Robin, Shades of Right: Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940, Canadian Ethnic Studies/Etudes Ethniques au Canada 23, 3, 1991: 172. Invited Academic Lectures "Small Island Nations and Democratic Values," Islands VII Conference on "New Horizons in Island Studies," International Small Islands Studies Association and the Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, June 27, 2002. "The Stuff Diasporic Dreams Are Made Of: Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Imagination," University of Calgary Institute for the Humanities, Calgary, Alberta, Feb. 6, 2001 [http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/Others/CIH/srebrniklecture.htm#_edn11]. "Ethnicity and Civil Society in a Globalized Economy: The Case of Mauritius," Research Unit for the Study of Civil Society and the Canadian Ethnic Studies Research Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Oct. 9, 1998. "Canada Confronts Secession: Will Quebec Become the First New Nation of the 21st Century?" Millikin University, Decatur, IL, Oct. 28, 1997. "The Reform Party and the 1993 Canadian Federal Election: Thunder From the West," The Canadian-American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME, March 31, 1994. "The Drive for Sovereignty in Quebec and the Future of Canadian Federalism," Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, April 1, 1991. "Energy and the Middle East Crisis: The Historical Origins of the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict," University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Feb. 12, 1991. "A Case Study of Minority Group Attraction to Communism: The East London Jews, 1935-1945," Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March 9, 1983. Academic Papers Moderator, panel on "Islands' Governance: Autonomies and Associations," Islands VII Conference on "New Horizons in Island Studies," International Small Islands Studies Association and the Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, June 29, 2002. Moderator, panel on "Community, Democracy, Nationhood, and Governance," Islands VII Conference on "New Horizons in Island Studies," International Small Islands Studies Association and the Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, June 26, 2002. "Birobidzhan on the Prairies: Two Decades of Pro-Soviet Jewish Movements in Winnipeg," Conference on "Jewish Radicalism in Winnipeg, 1905-1960," Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept. 10, 2001. "Ethnicity, Culture, and the Issue of Aboriginality in a Small Island State: Why Does Fiji Flounder?" Conference on "Small Island States in a Changing World: Constraints and Opportunities," Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa (Famagusta), Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, May 8, 2001. " 'Full of Sound and Fury': Three Decades of Parliamentary Politics in Mauritius," International Political Science Association, Quebec City, Que., Aug. 3, 2000. "Diaspora, Ethnicity, and Dreams of Nationhood: North American Jewish Communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan Project, 1924-1951," Mendel Friedman International Conference on "Yiddish and the Left," European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, and Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies, All Souls College, Oxford, England, July 5, 2000. "Can Clans Form States? Somaliland in the Making," Canadian Association of African Studies, Edmonton, Alberta, May 28, 2000. "Are Preston Manning and Ross Perot Flashes in the (Western) Pan? An Analysis of the Comparative Successes and Failures of the Canadian and American Reform Parties in the 1990s," "Crossing the West(s): Inventing Frontiers" Joint Conference of the Canadian Association for American Studies and the Western Literature Association, Banff, Alberta, Oct. 17, 1998. Discussant, Panel on "Quebec," Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Charlottetown, PEI, Sept. 26, 1998. "Island by Geography, Crossroads by Ethnicity: Diaspora Peoples and the Development of a `Middleman' Economy on Mauritius," Islands V Conference on "Small Islands in the Third Millennium: Problems and Prospects of Island Living," International Small Islands Studies Association, Le Réduit, Mauritius, July 2, 1998. "Red Star Over Birobidzhan: Canadian Jewish Communists and the `Jewish Autonomous Region' in the Soviet Union," "A Heritage in Transition: A Conference on the Study of Canadian Jewry," York University, Toronto, Ont., June 7, 1998. "Is Everything Old New Again?: A Comparative Examination of Secessionism in Contemporary Quebec and the Antebellum American South" (with Edward Mihalkanin), National Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 7, 1997. "During the 1930s, You Didn't Even Have to be Jewish to be a Jewish Communist: Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the American Committee for the Settlement of Jews in Birobidjan," Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Sept. 29, 1997. "A Garden in Disorder?: Reaction to The Maritime Union Proposal on Prince Edward Island," Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Wolfville, N.S., Oct. 27, 1996. "American Jews, Birobidzhan and the ICOR: A Communist Organization at Work," Second Conference on American Jewish History of the American Jewish Historical Society and Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY, June 13, 1996. "Leadership and Control Within an American Jewish Communist Front: The Case of the ICOR," Western Jewish Studies Association, Denver, CO, April 30, 1996. "Literature, Politics and Pedagogy: Is There Truth in Fiction?" European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, Oviedo, Spain, March 27, 1996. "The Parti Québécois in Power: The View from Alberta," Western Social Science Association, Oakland, CA, April 28, 1995. "Calgary's Jewish Community: Political Behaviour at the Margins," Israel Association for Canadian Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, May 2, 1994. Moderator and Discussant, Panel on "The North American Free Trade Agreement and its Impact on Electoral Politics in Canada, Mexico, and the USA," Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM, April 21, 1994. "Sidestepping the Contradictions: The Communist Party, Jewish Communists and Zionism 1935-48," Conference on "Opening the Books: New Insights into the History of British Communism," University of Manchester, Manchester, England, Jan. 30, 1994. "Multiculturalism and the Politics of Ethnicity: Jews and the Charlottetown Accord," Northeastern Political Science Association, Newark, NJ, Nov. 12, 1993. Discussant, Panel on " Cultural Pluralism and European (Dis)integration," Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Antigonish, N.S., Oct. 16, 1993. "An Ethnic Group on the Periphery and Its Relationship to Core Political Systems: the Calgary Jewish Community and the 1992 Constitutional Referendum," Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa, Ont., June 6, 1993. "Preston Manning's Reform Party and the Constitutional Referendum: A New Challenge to Canada's Elite," New York State Political Science Association, New York, NY, April 24, 1993. "Canadian Jews and the 1992 Referendum Debate in Canada: A Case Study in the Problematics of Ethnic Behaviour," Western Social Science Association, Corpus Christi, TX, April 22, 1993. "Class, Ethnicity and Gender Intertwined: Jewish Women and the East London Rent Strikes, 1935-1940," National Association for Ethnic Studies, Salt Lake City, UT, March 5, 1993. "The Reform Party of Canada: A Western Critique of Official Bilingualism and Multiculturalism," Western Social Science Association, Denver, CO, April 24, 1992. "The Evolving Canadian Polity: A New Austria-Hungary in the Making?" Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Boston, MA, Nov. 21, 1991. "Canada: Still a Different America?" Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, March 29, 1991. "The British Communist Party's National Jewish Committee and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism During the Second World War," Conference on "Traditions of Intolerance: Fascism and Political Racism in British Society in the Twentieth Century," University of Southampton, Southampton, England, Sept. 17, 1987. "Montreal Jews and the Jerusalem Post Affair" (with Shloime Perel), Popular Culture Association, Montreal, Que., March 28, 1987. "Anglo-Jewry and World War II: The Visit of Fefer and Mikhoels in 1943," Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, MA, Dec. 18, 1984. "The British Communist Party, the East London Jews, and Anti-Semitism During World War II," Social Science History Association, Toronto, Ont., Oct. 27, 1984. "Control of the Past as Control of the Future: Denials of the Holocaust," Conference on "George Orwell's 1984 and its Implications for Life Today," Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, May 4, 1984. "Communist Activity in Stepney, 1935-1945: The Ethnic Basis of a Successful East London Social Movement," Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Ont., March 30, 1984. "The Shield of David Salutes the Red Star: Pro-Soviet Feeling in the Jewish Working Class of East London, 1941-1945," Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, April 7, 1983. " 'Salud di Heldn!': Jewish Communist Activity in London on Behalf of the Spanish Republic," Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Ypsilanti, MI, March 25, 1983. Other Activities "The Jewish Autonomous Region in Birobidzhan: From Hope to Hoax," Jewish Community Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Feb. 13, 2001. "The Future of Sovereign Nation-states in the Post-Kosovo International System: Will Israel Survive as a Jewish Country?" Lodzer Centre Holocaust Congregation, Toronto, Ont., Oct. 24, 1999. "No Island is Really an Island: What Can PEI Learn from the Comparative Study of Other Small Islands?" Research Breakfast, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, April 22, 1999. Moderator and Speaker, "Forum on National Unity," sponsored by the UPEI Political Studies Society, Charlottetown, PEI, March 10, 1999. Participant, ISLE Governance Workshops, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Nov. 25-28, 1998, and University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, May 21-23, 1999. Presentation of "Islands, Governance and Political Economy," an introduction for ISLE course materials. Moderator and Speaker, Debate on "Maritime Union: Is it a Good Idea for PEI?" sponsored by the Institute of Island Studies, UPEI and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Feb. 27, 1996. "Calgary's Early Jewish Immigration: How We Got Our `Coat of Many Colours'," Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 26, 1990. Academic Honors and Awards Award for Scholarly Achievement in Research, Faculty of Arts, University of Prince Edward Island, 2000-2001 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Grant ($34,000), 2000-2003 Visiting Research Fellow, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, 2000-2001 Senate Committee on Research Travel Grant, 1998, 2000, 2001 Senate Committee on the Enhancement of Teaching Grant, University of Prince Edward Island, 1996 Senate Committee on Research University Grant, University of Prince Edward Island, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 SSHRC General Research Grant, University of Prince Edward Island, 1995 Institutional Self-Renewal Grant, Gettysburg College, 1989 Fellowship, Canadian Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1974-1975 Fellowship, American Friends of the Hebrew University, 1972 Fellowship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1971-1972 University Fellowship, Brandeis University, 1970-1972 Academic Service University of Prince Edward Island Coordinator, Island Studies Minor, 2002- Internal Advisor, History Department Quality Assessment Review, 2002 Member, Islands VII International Conference Steering Committee and Adjudication Sub-committee, 2001-2002 Member, Institute of Island Studies Academic Relations Committee, 2001- Member, Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee, 1997- Member, Women's Studies Coordinating Committee, 1996-1999; Advisory Board, 2002- Political Studies Department Representative, Asian Studies Steering Committee, 1995- Member, Board of Governors, 1998-1999 Member, University Senate, 1997-1999 Member, Senate Committee on Student Academic Appeals, 1997-1999 Associate, Senate Committee for the Enhancement of Teaching, 1995-1999 Member, Economic Benefits Committee, Faculty Association, 1994-95, and Negotiating Committee, 1998 Member (and Chair, 1995-98), Senate Research Ethics Committee, 1994-1998 University of Calgary Reader, Canadian Ethnic Studies, 1990-93 Gettysburg College Member, African-American Studies Program Council, 1988-1990 Member, Area Studies Committee, 1987-1990 Faculty Adviser, Gettysburg College Hillel, 1987-1990 UPEI Department of Political Studies 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE Canada C1A 4P3 (902) 566-0331 Designed by Allan Manley and Gavin Anderegg