Dr. Bradley Kadel
Associate Professor of History
Office: Taylor Science 209B
Phone: 910-672-2071
Email: bkadel@uncfsu.edu

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Ph.D., 2004

• Modern and Early Modern European/British Empire
• Dissertation: Vintners and the Politics of the Public House in Ireland, 1860-1918
• Director: Professor James S. Donnelly, Jr.

The American University, Washington, D.C., M.A., 1992

• Modern European History
• Director: W. Scott Haine/Richard Brightman

Luther College, Decorah, Iowa

• B.A. cum laude, English and History 1990

RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS

• Early Modern and Modern European history
• History of Britain and British Empire
• World history of alcohol and temperance
• History of The Holocaust
• Web-based instruction and web accessibility

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor - Fayetteville State University Fall 2005-present

Course titles include: Modern European History, 1789 to the Present: Early Modern European History, 1600-1789; World History, 1600 to the Present; History of Alcohol; Medieval Europe; History of Terrorism; Environmental History; History of the British Isles; History of Modern Ireland; Senior Seminar on World War II and The Holocaust; Rise of European Fascism (graduate); Europe in the Industrial Age (graduate).

Adjunct Assistant Professor - University of Maryland University College 2004-2005

Teaching Assistant - University of Wisconsin-Madison Fall 2001

Instructor of History - Luther College 1999-2001

Teaching Assistant - University of Wisconsin-Madison 1997

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:

Books, and Book Chapters

Bradley Kadel_, “Frederick Douglas in Ireland, 1845-46”_ in Johnson, Stanley ed., A Serious Sequence of Hidden Historical Accounts (New York, Lynus Publications,2016.

Bradley Kadel. Drink and Culture in Nineteenth Century Ireland: The Alcohol Trade and the Politics of the Public House,1835-1918. New York/London: I.B. Taurus, 2015.

Articles and Reviews

Bradley Kadel. “The Making of Temperance and Alcohol regulation, From The Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution,” Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians (resubmitted for peer review, spring, 2025).

Bradley Kadel. Review of David Gutzke, The Search for El Dorado: The Running of the English Public House, 1839-1940_. Social History of Alcohol and Drugs (fall, 2024)._

Bradley Kadel. Review of Back Country Democracy And The Whiskey Rebellion by Linda Myrsiades, Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians, Spring 2025.

Review by Peter Hession, “Bradley Kadel. Drink and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: The Alcohol Trade and the Politics of the Irish Public House. ,” The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs 33, no. 1 (Spring 2019): 153-155.

Bradley Kadel. “The Public House” and “St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations” in Black, Rachel, ed. Alcohol in Popular Culture (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2012).

Bradley Kadel, “The Making of British Identity: a review essay of Linda Coley, Britons: Forging the Nation, 1770-1837, in Britain and the World, no. 1, vol. 14 (March, 2011)

Bradley Kadel, “Louis Braille” and “Optical Character Recognition” in Encyclopedia of Disability. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2008.

Bradley Kadel, “Suffrage outside Suffragism, Britain 1880-1914”, Myriam Boussahba-Bravard ed, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. Circles Reviews.

Bradley Kadel_, “The Pub and the Irish Nation,“_ in Kalaga, Wojciech H., Rachwat, Tadeusz, eds. Feeding Culture: The Pleasures and Perils of Appetite. Frankfurt, Germany: Peter Lang, 2005, 69-75.

Bradley Kadel, “The Pub and Irish Nationalist Politics: 1880-1885,” The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 18 (2003).

“The Shebeen in Modern Ireland.” Ian R. Tyrrell, Jack S. Blocker, Jr., and David M. Fahey, eds., (2 vols. Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia, New York: ABC-CLIO), 2003.

Conferences

“Overseers of Public Houses in Pre-Famine Ireland: Exploring Authority Through the “Rod of Temperance,” American Conference for Irish Studies Annual Conference, Savannah, Ga, February 21, 2025.

“Juke Joints: An Exploration of African American Music and Culture” African American History Month Departmental Presentation, February, 2025.

“Sobriety as Salvation: Catholic and Protestant Conflict over Temperance in Ireland, 1820-40,” North Carolina Association of Religious Studies Annual Conference, Fayettevillle, NC, November 2, 2024.

“Thomas Drummond: Temperance Reform and The Policing of Ireland,” North Carolina Association of Historians Annual Conference, April, 2024.

“Frederick Douglas in Ireland,” African American History Month Presentation, February, 2024.

“The Shebeen House and Irish Nationalism during the Ribbon and Fenian Movements.” North Carolina Association of Historians Annual Conference, FTCC, March 23, 2023.

“Revelries and Donnybrooks: Stepping into the Historical Irish Pub of the Nineteenth century.” Global Literacy Lecture Series, Fayetteville State University, March 31, 2023.

“The Donnybrook Fair and the Policing of Irish Popular Culture,” American Conference on Irish Studies West. Denver Colorado, September 16, 2021.

“Popular Music and the Irish Shebeen,” American Historical Association Annual Conference, New York, New York, January 3, 2020.

“The Adjacent Shebeen,” American Conference on Irish Studies West, Jackson WY, October 9, 2018.

“Rethinking The Shebeen In Nineteenth Century Irish History,” American Conference on Irish Studies South, Columbia South Carolina, April 2017.

”The Reach of Empire: Irish Nationalism and The Drink Trade,” North Carolina Association of Historians, FTCC, March 29, 2015.

“Fenians in the House: Shebeens and Popular Nationalism in Ireland, 1840-70,” North Carolina Association of Historians, Elizabeth City State University, March 25, 2011.

“Irish Writers in the Public House,” American Historical Assoc, New York, January, 2009.

“Irish Vintners and the Struggle for St. Patrick’s Day,” American Historical Association, Philadelphia, PA, January, 2006

“Gender and the Politics of Drink in Ireland, 1870-1918” - Graduate Symposium: Gender and Women’s History, March 22, 2001, March 25, 2011.

“ The Publican and the Irish Nation.” , Viands, Wines, and Spirits: Nourishment and (In) Digestion in the Culture of Literacy, Ulstron, Poland, September 20-21, 2000.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

IGPH Departmental Research Award, Spring, 2024

Teacher of the Year, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faytteville State University, 2021.

Finalist, Gourmand Award for Best Book In Cultures Of Food And Drink, 2015.

Conference Presentation Award, Department of Government and History, Fayetteville State University, April, 2006.

Fellow, National Holocaust Museum, Jack and Anita Hess Seminar, Teaching Holocaust Studies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, January 4-10, 2006.

University of Wisconsin-Madison History Department Fellowship Grant, 1998-1999

American Council of the Blind Educator Scholarship, July 1998

University of Wisconsin-Madison History Department Research Fellowship, 1997-1998

National Federation of the Blind Merit Scholarship, 1990-1991

Outstanding College Students of America Scholarship, 1990

Norby Distinguished Scholar of History, Luther College, 1990

Cum laude graduate, BA History and English, Luther College, 1990.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Faculty Senator, June 1 2024 to present.

Search Committee Member, Dudley Flood Endowed Distinguished Professor in Criminal Justice, May 2024.

Peer reviewer for University of Alabama Press, 2024-25

Chair, University Information and Technology Committee, 2016-2022.

Senator and member of Senate Executive Board, FSU Faculty Senate, 2016-2022

Co-chair, History Faculty Search Committee, 2015-2016.

Member, FSU Hispanic Heritage Committee, 2015-2024.

Member, Blackboard Working Group on Accessibility, 2010-2011.

Member, Core Committee on Global Literacy, Fayetteville State University, 2006-2007 and 2010-2015.

Member, African-American History Committee, Fayetteville State University, 2008-2010.

Panel Chair, “Religion and Social Transformation” Philosophy Born of Struggle, Fayetteville Technical Community College, October, 2009.

Member, President’s Advisory Committee on Efficiency & Effectiveness, University of North Carolina System, 2006-2007.

Member, Government and History Department, Graduate Committee, Fayetteville state University, 2006-2007.

Presenter, “Building Capacity to Implement Web Accessibility on University Campuses,” workshop given at Closing the Gap annual meeting of the Association on Higher Education And Disability, Minneapolis, MN, January, 2005.

Member, Paideia Writing Committee, Luther College, 1999-2001

Member, Paideia Research Committee, Luther College, 2000-2001

Secretary, Wisconsin Association of Blind Students, 1996-1998

Vice President, Illinois Association of Blind Students, 1989-1990

Vice President, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Chapter, Luther College, 1989-1990

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of University Professors

American Historical Association

American Conference for Irish Studies

Alcohol and Temperance History Group

Phi Alpha Theta