TSA members will be saddened to learn of the death of Serge Ricard on 9 February 2022. Serge Ricard was Emeritus Professor of American Civilization at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris III.
Serge was an active member of the Transatlantic Studies Association for many years. As well as serving on the TSA Management Committee and writing and reviewing articles for the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Serge presented a keynote lecture at the association’s annual conference in Dundee in 2008 on the subject of 'Theodore Roosevelt: Imperialist or Global Strategist in the New Expansionist Age?'
Serge Ricard was a widely recognised authority on US foreign policy in the Gilded Age with a particular specialism on the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. His publications include Theodore Roosevelt: Principles and Practices of a Foreign Policy (1991), The Manifest Destiny of the United States in the 19th Century: Ideological and Political Aspects (1999) and the comprehensive anthology, A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt (2011).
Serge Ricard was an esteemed scholar and a good friend to both the TSA and the Journal of Transatlantic Studies and will be sadly missed.