Desmond Dinan
Jean Monnet Professor

ddinan@gmu.edu
703-993-4973
703-993-8215 fax
George Mason School of Public Policy
3401 Fairfax Drive – MS 3B1
Arlington, VA 22201

Education
Ph.D., University College, (Cork, Ireland)

M.A., Georgetown University

B.A., University of Limerick

Biography
Dr. Desmond Dinan, the Jean Monnet Professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy is a leading authority on transatlantic relations, the European Union, and international commerce. He is the author of 9 books on European affairs and has been widely published in leading academic journals and regularly makes presentations at major conferences on the social, economic, and political ramifications of Europe’s evolution into a unified bloc. He was awarded a Jean Monnet Professorship by the European Commission in 2001 after serving as an adviser to the Commission. He also taught at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium while on leave from George Mason University from 1997-2000.

Dr. Dinan is Director of the International Commerce Program, one of the George Mason School of Public Policy’s flagship degree programs. In that capacity, he draws on extensive experience in both U.S. and European cultures to forge the best elements of traditional foreign affairs, business, finance, and economic programs into one dynamic curriculum.

In 1987, Dr. Dinan received the first ever European Community curriculum development grant awarded in the United States, the first of many such awards that helped establish the George Mason School of Public Policy as an important clearinghouse European Union affairs. He has received the George Mason University Student Government ``Professor of the Year’’ Award for Excellence in Instruction. Dr. Dinan is a native of Ireland.

Areas of Research

• Global Governance
• European Union Institutions
• History
• Historiography