Teaches United States history and has a special interest in the American South, and nationalism in the Americas and Europe.

Professor Doyle regularly teaches graduate seminars on US history in the nineteenth century, nationalism in international perspective, and internationalizing American history. He also teaches undergraduate courses on nationalism, the American history survey, and a course on Faulkner and Southern History. His publications include: The Social Order of a Frontier Community; Nashville in the New South; Nashville Since the 1920s; New Men, New Cities, New South; The South as an American Problem (co-edited with Larry Griffin); Faulkner's County: The Historical Roots of Yoknapatawph;Nations Divided: America, Italy, and the Southern Question; and Nationalism in the New World (co-edited with Marco Pamplona).  A Portuguese edition of the last book will be published in 2007 in Brazil.

Current Activities

I am working on a book interpreting US nationalism from the Revolution through the Civil War and Reconstruction.   The Cause of All Mankind will argue that the core of America's nationalism lies not in exceptionalism but in the idea of a nation founded on universal ideals that people everywhere admire.  I have also been involved in organizing ARENA, a new international association devoted to expanding the conversation on nationalism. One of our projects is a conference and book of essays on “Secession: An International Phenomenon,” to take place in Charleston, S.C., December 6, 7, 8, 2007.