Email: kuiken@bc.edu
Education:
Gordon College - BA in European Studies ('04)
Boston College - MA in Modern European History ('07)
Research Interests:
I am currently working on a thesis which explores the energy policies of the British governments during the oil crises of the 1960's and 1970's. I am paying particular attention to the close relationship maintained between members of the civil service and executives of Britain's two leading oil companies, Shell and British Petroleum. The question of who was directing whom will lie at the heart of my project. More generally, my other interests include the formation of the post-war political order in Europe and the impact of energy concerns on domestic and foreign policy in the NATO alliance nations during the Cold War.
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