Dr David Lederer

Associate Professor
Rhetoric House
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(01) 708 3550
Biography
Books
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2006 | Madness, Religion and the State in Early Modern Europe: A Bavarian Beacon.
David Lederer (2006) Madness, Religion and the State in Early Modern Europe: A Bavarian Beacon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
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2017 | German History in Global and Transnational Perspective
David Lederer (Ed.). (2017) German History in Global and Transnational Perspective London: Palgrave. [Details] |
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2013 | The Politics of Suicide: Special Issue of the Journal of Social History
David Lederer, Maria Teresa Brancaccio & Eric Engstrom (Ed.). (2013) The Politics of Suicide: Special Issue of the Journal of Social History Oxford: Oxford. [Details] |
Book Chapters
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2019 | 'Religion and Spirituality'
David Lederer (2019) 'Religion and Spirituality' In: A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Late-medieval, Reformation and Renaissance Age. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [Details] |
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2017 | 'Introduction: The return of the nation'
Lederer D. (2017) 'Introduction: The return of the nation' In: German History in Global and Transnational Perspective. London: Palgrave. [DOI] [Details] |
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2016 | 'Dragged to Hell: Family Annihilation and Brotherly Love in the Age of the Apocalypse'
Lederer, D (2016) 'Dragged to Hell: Family Annihilation and Brotherly Love in the Age of the Apocalypse' In: DISASTER, DEATH AND THE EMOTIONS IN THE SHADOW OF THE APOCALYPSE, 1400-1700. BASINGSTOKE: PALGRAVE. [DOI] [Details] |
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2013 | 'Constructing a Wonder. The Influence of Popular Culture on Miracle Books'
David Lederer (2013) 'Constructing a Wonder. The Influence of Popular Culture on Miracle Books' In: Mediale Konstrucktionen in der frühen Neuzeit. Affalterbach: Didymos Verlag. [Details] |
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2013 | 'Suicide Statistics as Moral Statisitcs: Suicide, Sociology and the State'
David Lederer (2013) 'Suicide Statistics as Moral Statisitcs: Suicide, Sociology and the State' In: Death and Dying in Ireland, Britain and Europe: Historical Perspectives. Dublin: Academic Press. [Details] |
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2012 | 'Fear of the Thirty Years War'
Lederer, D (2012) 'Fear of the Thirty Years War' In: FACING FEAR: THE HISTORY OF AN EMOTION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. PRINCETON: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS. [Details] |
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2009 | 'Welfare Land: Johann Eberlin von Günzburg and the Reformation of Folly'
Majorie Elizabeth Plummer & Robin Barnes (2009) 'Welfare Land: Johann Eberlin von Günzburg and the Reformation of Folly' In: Ideas and Cultural Margins in Early Modern Germany: Essays in Honor of H.C. Erik Midelfort. Farnham: Ashgate. [Details] |
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2005 | 'Verzweiflung im Alten Reich. Selbstmord während der kleinen Eiszeit'
David Lederer (2005) 'Verzweiflung im Alten Reich. Selbstmord während der kleinen Eiszeit' In: Kulturelle Konsequenzen der kleinen Eiszeit. Goettingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlag. [Details] |
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2005 | 'Exorzieren ohne Lizenz…’: Befugnis, Skepsis und Glauben im frühneuzeitlichen Bayern'
David Lederer (2005) 'Exorzieren ohne Lizenz…’: Befugnis, Skepsis und Glauben im frühneuzeitlichen Bayern' In: Dämonische Besessenheit. Zur Interpretation eines kulturhistorischen Phänomens. Bielefeld: Verlag fuer Regionalgeschichte. [Details] |
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2005 | 'Honfibú: Nationalität, Männlichkeit und die Kultur der Selbstopferung in Ungarn'
David Lederer (2005) 'Honfibú: Nationalität, Männlichkeit und die Kultur der Selbstopferung in Ungarn' In: Selbstmord als kultureller Praxis. Vienna: Boehlau Verlag. [Details] |
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2004 | 'Honfibú: Nationhood, Manhood, and the Culture of Self-Sacrifice in Hungary'
David Lederer (2004) 'Honfibú: Nationhood, Manhood, and the Culture of Self-Sacrifice in Hungary' In: From Sin to Insanity: Suicide in Early Modern Europe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [Details] |
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2003 | 'Psychiatry in the Sixteenth Century? Spiritual Physic in Early Modern Europe'
David Lederer (2003) 'Psychiatry in the Sixteenth Century? Spiritual Physic in Early Modern Europe' In: Historia de la Psiquiatría en Europa. Madrid: Iberlibro. [Details] |
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2003 | 'Die Geburt eines Irrenhauses: Die königlich-bayerische Irrenanstalt zu Giesing/München'
David Lederer (2003) 'Die Geburt eines Irrenhauses: Die königlich-bayerische Irrenanstalt zu Giesing/München' In: Psychiatrie im 19. Jahrhundert. Forschungen zur Geschichte von psychiatrischen Institutionen, Debatten und Praktiken im deutschen Sprachraum. Mainz: Schwabe Verlag. [Details] |
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2002 | 'Living with the Dead: Ghosts in Early Modern Bavaria'
David Lederer (2002) 'Living with the Dead: Ghosts in Early Modern Bavaria' In: Witches, Werewolves and Wandering Spirits. Traditional Belief & Folklore in Early Modern Europe. St Louis: Truman State University. [Details] |
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2001 | 'The Salzburg Transaction, Part II: Protestant emigration from Austria to America'
The Salzburg Transaction, Part II: Protestant emigration from Austria to America (2001) 'The Salzburg Transaction, Part II: Protestant emigration from Austria to America' In: The Sea in European History. Pisa: Pisa University Press. [Details] |
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2000 | 'Melancholie und andere Krankheiten des Geistes: Plädoyer für eine Geschichte der frühmodernen Seelenarznei'
David Lederer (2000) 'Melancholie und andere Krankheiten des Geistes: Plädoyer für eine Geschichte der frühmodernen Seelenarznei' In: Melancholie – Krankheit oder Lebenskunst?. Irsee: Irseer Dialoge. [Details] |
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2000 | 'Das Schreiben der Geschichte'
David Lederer (2000) 'Das Schreiben der Geschichte' In: Frühe Neuzeit. Oldenbourg Geschichte Lehrbuch. Munich: Oldenbourg Verlag. [Details] |
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1998 | 'The Dishonorable Dead: Elite and Popular Perceptions of Suicide in Early Modern Germany'
David Lederer (1998) 'The Dishonorable Dead: Elite and Popular Perceptions of Suicide in Early Modern Germany' In: Ehrekonzepte in der Frühen Neuzeit. Identität und Abgrenzungen. Berlin: De Gruyter Akademie Forschung. [Details] |
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1997 | 'The Mirror: Critical Self-Reflection and the Psychological Origins of European World Domination'
David Lederer (1997) 'The Mirror: Critical Self-Reflection and the Psychological Origins of European World Domination' In: The Propagation of Power in the Medieval West. Groeningen: Groeningen University Press. [Details] |
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1994 | 'Aufruhr auf dem Friedhof. Pfarrer, Gemeinde und Selbstmord im frühneuzeitlichen Bayern'
David Lederer (1994) 'Aufruhr auf dem Friedhof. Pfarrer, Gemeinde und Selbstmord im frühneuzeitlichen Bayern' In: Trauer, Verzweiflung und Anfechtung.Selbstmord und Selbstmordversuche in mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Gesellschaften. Tuebingen: Edition Diskord. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2013 | 'Sociology's One Law: Moral Statistics, Modernity, Religion, and German Nationalism in the Suicide Studies of Adolf Wagner and Alexander von Oettingen'
Lederer, D (2013) 'Sociology's One Law: Moral Statistics, Modernity, Religion, and German Nationalism in the Suicide Studies of Adolf Wagner and Alexander von Oettingen'. Social History, 46 :684-699 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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2013 | 'The politics of suicide: Historical perspectives on suicidology before Durkheim. An introduction'
Brancaccio M.;Engstrom E.;Lederer D. (2013) 'The politics of suicide: Historical perspectives on suicidology before Durkheim. An introduction'. Social History, 46 (3):607-619 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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2011 | 'The Myth of the All-Destructive War: Afterthoughts on German Suffering, 1618-1648'
Lederer, D (2011) 'The Myth of the All-Destructive War: Afterthoughts on German Suffering, 1618-1648'. German History, 29 :380-403 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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1999 | 'Selbstmord im frühneuzeitlichen Deutschland: Klischee und Geschichte'
David Lederer (1999) 'Selbstmord im frühneuzeitlichen Deutschland: Klischee und Geschichte'. PSYCHOTHERAPIE PSYCHOSOMATIK MEDIZINISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE, [IR Link] [Details] |
Other Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | 'The Influence of National Unification on the Interpretation of Suicide Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Germany and Italy'
David Lederer & Maria Teresa Brancaccio (2018) 'The Influence of National Unification on the Interpretation of Suicide Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Germany and Italy' Crimino Corpus, . [Details] |
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2006 | 'Suicide in early modern Central Europe: An Historiographic Review'
David Lederer (2006) 'Suicide in early modern Central Europe: An Historiographic Review' Bulletin of the German Historical Institute London, . [Details] |
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2005 | 'Wieder ein Fass aus Augsburg…’: Suizid in der frühneuzeitlichen Lechmetropole'
David Lederer (2005) 'Wieder ein Fass aus Augsburg…’: Suizid in der frühneuzeitlichen Lechmetropole' Mitteilungen des Instituts für Europäische Kulturgeschichte, . [Details] |
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2003 | '’...welches die Oberkeit bey Gott zuverantworten hat...’ Selbstmord im Kerker während der frühen Neuzeit'
David Lederer (2003) '’...welches die Oberkeit bey Gott zuverantworten hat...’ Selbstmord im Kerker während der frühen Neuzeit' Comparativ, . [Details] |
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2002 | 'De cultuurgeschiedenis van de zelfdoding in Vlaanderen: een uitdaging'
David Lederer (2002) 'De cultuurgeschiedenis van de zelfdoding in Vlaanderen: een uitdaging' Archieflink, . [Details] |
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1998 | 'Irland entdeckt das Heilige Römische Reich'
David Lederer (1998) 'Irland entdeckt das Heilige Römische Reich' Mitteilungen des Instituts für Europäische Kulturgeschichte, . [Details] |
Book Review
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment Scotland, 1670-1740.
Lederer, D (2017) Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment Scotland, 1670-1740. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2017 | Mad Tuscans and Their Families: A History of Mental Disorder in Early Modern Italy.
Lederer, D (2017) Mad Tuscans and Their Families: A History of Mental Disorder in Early Modern Italy. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2016 | Martin Delrio: Demonology and Scholarship in the Counter-Reformation.
Lederer, D (2016) Martin Delrio: Demonology and Scholarship in the Counter-Reformation. OXFORD: Book Review [Details] |
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2014 | We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States.
Lederer, D (2014) We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States. CARY: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2014 | From Priest's Whore to Pastor's Wife: Clerical Marriage and the Process of Reform in the Early German Reformation.
Lederer, D (2014) From Priest's Whore to Pastor's Wife: Clerical Marriage and the Process of Reform in the Early German Reformation. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2012 | Wallenstein: The Enigma of the Thirty Years War.
Lederer, D (2012) Wallenstein: The Enigma of the Thirty Years War. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2011 | Enlightenment and the Creation of German Catholicism.
Lederer, D (2011) Enlightenment and the Creation of German Catholicism. CHICAGO: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2011 | Suicide in Nazi Germany.
Lederer, D (2011) Suicide in Nazi Germany. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2011 | German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400-1650.
Lederer, D (2011) German Histories in the Age of Reformations, 1400-1650. WASHINGTON: Book Review [Details] |
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2011 | Reformation and the German Territorial State: Upper Franconia, 1300-1630.
Lederer, D (2011) Reformation and the German Territorial State: Upper Franconia, 1300-1630. WASHINGTON: Book Review [Details] |
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2010 | Drinking Matters: Public Houses and Social Exchange in Early Modern Central Europe.
Lederer, D (2010) Drinking Matters: Public Houses and Social Exchange in Early Modern Central Europe. CAMBRIDGE: Book Review [DOI] [Details] |
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2008 | Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography.
Lederer, D (2008) Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography. HONOLULU: Book Review [Details] |
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2008 | The German concordat of 1583. The new orientation of the Pontifical German politics after the council of Trent and its consequences for the relationship of worldly and spiritual violence.
Lederer, D (2008) The German concordat of 1583. The new orientation of the Pontifical German politics after the council of Trent and its consequences for the relationship of worldly and spiritual violence. OXFORD: Book Review [Details] |
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2007 | Church robbers and reformers in Germany, 1525-1547. Confiscation and religious purpose in the Holy Roman Empire.
Lederer, D (2007) Church robbers and reformers in Germany, 1525-1547. Confiscation and religious purpose in the Holy Roman Empire. RED BANK: Book Review [Details] |
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2007 | The Origins of Sectarianism in Early Modern Ireland.
Lederer, D (2007) The Origins of Sectarianism in Early Modern Ireland. WASHINGTON: Book Review [Details] |
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2004 | Religion, government and political culture in early modern Germany: Lindau, 1520-1628.
Lederer, D (2004) Religion, government and political culture in early modern Germany: Lindau, 1520-1628. BOSTON: Book Review [Details] |
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2004 | Double confessionalization in Ireland: Conflicts and coexistence in the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century.
Lederer, D (2004) Double confessionalization in Ireland: Conflicts and coexistence in the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century. WASHINGTON: Book Review [Details] |
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2002 | The place of the dead: Death and remembrance in late medieval and early modern Europe.
Lederer, D (2002) The place of the dead: Death and remembrance in late medieval and early modern Europe. HANTS: Book Review [Details] |
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2002 | On punishment: The confrontation of suicide in Old-Europe.
Lederer, D (2002) On punishment: The confrontation of suicide in Old-Europe. KIRKSVILLE: Book Review [Details] |
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2002 | Death in England: An illustrated history.
Lederer, D (2002) Death in England: An illustrated history. HANTS: Book Review [Details] |
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2002 | Last things: Death and the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages.
Lederer, D (2002) Last things: Death and the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages. HANTS: Book Review [Details] |
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2001 | Choosing death: Suicide and Calvinism in early modern Geneva.
Lederer, D (2001) Choosing death: Suicide and Calvinism in early modern Geneva. ANGERS CEDEX 01: Book Review [Details] |
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2000 | A history of madness in sixteenth-century Germany.
Lederer, D (2000) A history of madness in sixteenth-century Germany. KIRKSVILLE: Book Review [Details] |
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1999 | The reformation of ritual: An interpretation of early modern Germany.
Lederer, D (1999) The reformation of ritual: An interpretation of early modern Germany. RED BANK: Book Review [Details] |
Encyclopedia Entry
Year | Publication | |
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2010 | Verzweiflung.
David Lederer (2010) Verzweiflung. Encyclopedia Entry [Details] |
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2005 | Wolfgang Behringer”, “Sigmund Freud”, “Bernhard Frey”, “Pact with the Devil”, “Psychoanalysis and Witchcraft”, “Suicide”, and “Sympathy.
David Lederer (2005) Wolfgang Behringer”, “Sigmund Freud”, “Bernhard Frey”, “Pact with the Devil”, “Psychoanalysis and Witchcraft”, “Suicide”, and “Sympathy. Encyclopedia Entry [Details] |
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2004 | Popular Culture.
David Lederer (2004) Popular Culture. Encyclopedia Entry [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2015 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow | European Commission | |
1990 | Developmental Fellowship | New York University | |
2010 | Conference Grant | Wellcome Trust for the History of Medicine | |
2018 | Alumni Short Visit | Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation | |
2003 | European Fellowship | Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation | |
2005 | Research Grant | Polish Academy of Sciences/Royal Irish Academy Research | |
1990 | Summer Scholarship | Volkswagen Foundation, German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. | |
2002 | Research Enhancement Grant | Maynooth University | |
1998 | Research Grant | Hungarian Academy of Sciences/Royal Irish Academy | |
2000 | Research Grant | Austrian Academy of Sciences/Royal Irish Academy | |
2006 | Publication Grant | Maynooth University | |
1986 | Recruitment Scholarship | Michigan State University | |
1997 | Group Study Grant | German Academic Exchange Service | |
2010 | Research Grant | Wellcome Trust for the History of Medicine | |
1988 | Graduate Scholarship | Michigan State University | |
2014 | Alumni Short Visit | Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation | |
1998 | Senior Study Grant | German Academic Exchange Service | |
2015 | Alumni Short Visit | Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation | |
2000 | Teaching Exchange Grant | Vlaamse Gemeenschap/Royal Irish Academy | |
2012 | ARC Distinguished Visitor | Australian Research Council, Centre of Excellence for the History of the Emotions | |
2008 | Fellow | Princeton University, Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies | |
2007 | Gerald Strauss Book Prize | 16th Century Society | |
2002 | Humboldt Fellow | Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation | |
2001 | IRC Fellow | Irish Research Council | |
2000 | Grants-in-Aid | From 2000 to the present: Austrian Academy of Sciences, DAAD, ERASMUS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Royal Irish Academy, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Wellcome Trust | |
1993 | Volkswagen Fellow | Institute for European Cultural History, Augsburg | |
1993 | Penfield Scholarship | New York University | |
1991 | Fulbright Fellow | Fulbright Foundation | |
1990 | Gordon Bauer Scholarship | University of Massachusetts | |
1988 | DAAD Fellow | German Academic Exchange Service |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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American Historical Association | Member | / | |
German History Society | Member | / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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German History Society, Steering Committee | Post-Graduate Officer | 2010 / 2014 | |
German History Journal | Advisory Board | 2015 / 2019 |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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1988 | Michigan State University | MA | History/German | |
1980 | Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center | Diploma | Russian | |
1995 | New York University | PhD | History | |
1985 | University of Maryland | BA | History/German |
Languages
Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
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German | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
Russian | Functional | Basic | Basic | |
French | Functional | Basic | Basic | |
Dutch | Functional | None | Basic | |
Italian | Functional | Basic | Functional | |
Latin | Functional | None | None |
Reviews
Journal | Role | |
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Social History | Guest Editor |