Dr. Stephen Randall
Positions
Professor Emeritus
Contact information
Phone number
4038301938: +1 (403) 220-8152
cell: 4038301938
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Background
Educational Background
PhD History, University of Toronto, 1972
MA United States and European History , University of Toronto,
BA Honours History , University of Western Ontario,
Biography
Dr. Stephen Randall served as Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences (1994-2006), director of the Institute for US Policy Research; director Latin American Research Centre. He is an elected life time member of the Royal Society of Canada.
Randall held previous appointments at McGill University (1974-1989) and the University of Toronto (1971-1974). Randall is a Fulbright scholar (2007). He was a member of the editorial board of the Latin American Research Review (2004-2009), and was co-editor of International Journal of the Canadian Institute for International Affairs. He was awarded the National Order of Merit, Grand Cross (2000), and the Order of San Carlos (2013) from the Foreign Ministry of Colombia. In 2012 he received the Lifetime Public Service Award from the Canadian Council for the Americas (Toronto). Randall has served with the United Nations, Organization of American States and Carter Center in international election supervision in the Caribbean, Latin America and Southeast Asia. He is the author of more than a dozen books, among them: North America Without Borders (ed with Herman Konrad)1992); Federalism and the New World Order: The Gorbachev Symposium (1993); The Diplomacy of Modernization: Colombia and the United States (1977); United States Foreign Oil Policy: For Profits and Security (1984); Aliados y Distantes: Colombia y los Estados Unidos (1994); Ambivalent Allies: Canada and the United States (4th edition 2008); An International History of the Caribbean Basin (with G.S. Mount) (1997), most recently, the authorized biography of Alfonso López Michelsen, President of Colombia (1974-1978). Bogotá: Villegas Editores , 2007), and Frente a La Estrella Polar: Colombia y Los Estados Unidos Desde 1974 (Bogotá: PenguinRandomHouse, 2017).
Research
Areas of Research
Inter-American relations
Colombia History
US International Oil Policy
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Awards
- Order of Canada, The Governor General of Canada. 2024
- Orden de San Carlos, Gran Oficial, The President and Foreign Minister of Colombia. 2013
- Lifetime Public Service Award, Canadian Council for the Americas. 2012
- Senior Fellow Appointment, Canadian International Council. 2010
- Fullbright Chair in North American Studies, American University, Washington DC. 2007
- Grand Cross, Award of Merit, Presidential Decree, Government of Colombia. 2000
- International Achievement Award , The University of Calgary. 2005
Publications
- "Nationbuilding and Civil War: Diverging Views of State and Society in Late 19th Century Colombia,” . Stephen J. Randall. Journal of Military and Strategic Studies. 92-114. (2015)
- “The 1970s Arab-OPEC Oil embargo and Latin America”. Tamara Nemeth and Stephen J. Randall. H-Energy. (2013)
- “Mexico y Canada: los desafios de la seguridad,”in Maria Cristina Rosas ed., La Seguridad Internacional en el siglo. Stephen J. Randall. UNAM. 127-140. (2010)
- “Mexico: current and future political, economic and security trends” . Harold Klepak and Stephen J. Randall. Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. 15 pp.. (2010)
- “Canada’s National Security Challenges in the Caribbean and Latin America”. Stephen J. Randall. Canadian International Council, Foreign Policy for Canada’s Tomorrow. 27 pp.. (2010)
- Frente a la Estrella Polar: Colombia y Estados Unidos desde 1974. Stephen J. Randall. Random House Colombia. (2016)
- Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies. Stephen J. Randall and John H. Thompson. University of Georgia Press and McGill-Queen's University Press. (2008)
- Alfonso López Michelsen: Su vida, su época. Stephen J. Randall. Villegas Editores. (2007)
- United States Foreign Oil Policy Since World War I. Stephen J. Randall. McGill-Queen's University Press. (2005)
- Ambivalent Allies: The United States and Canada . Stephen J. Randall and John H. Thompson. University of Georgia Press. (2002)
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