Dr. M. L. Brillman holds a Ph.D. in History from The University of Chicago and is an Instructor in the Department of History at Florida International University. He has taught courses on World History, Modern Europe, Modern Britain, Irish History, Colonial India, and Nationalism. Dr. Brillman has written and presented extensively on issues of Colonialism with a particular focus on Ireland and India, with notable publications appearing in the New Hibernia Review and the Irish Literary Supplement. He is currently working on a biography of Sir Antony MacDonnell, a civil servant in India and Ireland.