Eric Weitz

Department of History 12 14 HellerH

Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State. Weitz, Eric D, Princeton University Press, Author, 1997. Link
The Heroic Man and the Ever-Changing Woman: Gender and Politics in European Communism, 1917-1950: Weitz, Eric D, Cornell University Press, Gender and Class in Modern Europe, 1996.
Racial Politics without the Concept of Race: Reexaming Soviet Ethnic and National Purges. Weitz, Eric D, Slavic Review, 2002.
A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation. Weitz, Eric D, Princeton University Press, Author, 2003. Link
Fascism and Neofascism: Critical Writings on the Radical Right in Europe. Weitz, Eric D, Angelica Fenner, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy. Weitz, Eric D, Princeton University Press, Author, 2007. Link

Germans Abroad: The Herero and Armenian Genocides and the Origins of the Holocaust: an exploration of German imperial policies in Southwest Africa and the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the twentieth century and their relation to the Holocaust, June 2003 - June 2008
Living with Modernity: Weimar Germany, 1918-1933: a political, social, and cultural history of Weimar Germany that conveys both the excitement and the dangers of the era, June 2000 - June 2005
From the Vienna to the Paris System: International Politics and the Entangled Histories of Human Rights, Forced Deportations, and Civilizing Missions: An analysis of the combined histories of human rights and grave atrocities., June 2006 - June 2010

"COEXISTENCE: An Outdoor Exhibition with Teacher Workshops and Electronic Student Exhibit, Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN: May 1, 2004 - July 6, 2004
Project organizer, Borderlands: Ethnicity, Identity, and Violence in the Shatter-Zone of the European Empres, 1848-Present: an international, multidisciplinary graduate student and faculty research project on the origins and manifestations of ethnic conflict, March 2002 - June 2006
Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair in the College of Liberal Arts: organize lectures, conferences, and exhibits related to Armenian history and culture, July 2001 - July 2004
Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair: 2001 - 2009

Chair, Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian, College of Liberal Arts, History: 2001 - 2009
Professor of History: teaching and research on modern German and European history , 1999
Director, Center for German and European Studies: promote research, teaching, and public outreach on Germany and Europe and on trans-Atlantic relations , 2001 - 2006
Chair: Chair, History Department , 2006 - 2009

Director, Center for German and European Studies: organize lectures and symposia on Germany and Europe, July 2002 - June 2005
Borderlands: Turkish-Armenian-Greek Film Festival: a film festival in conjunction with Minnesota Film Arts, April 30, 2004 - May 7, 2004
Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair in the College of Liberal Arts: organize lectures, conferences, and exhibits on Armenian history and culture, July 2001 - June 2009

German Academic Exchange Service Fellowships, 1979 - 1980
ACLS and SSRC Joint Committee on Eastern Europe, 1991
IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board), 1992
National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1992
German Academic Exchange Service Fellowships, 1998
IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board), 1989
IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board), 1984
Principal Investigator, German Academic Exchange Service renewal grant for the Center for German and European Studies, $1,250,000, January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2007
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation research grant for Germans Abroad: The Herero and Armenian Genocides and the Origins of the Holocaust, July 2003 - June 2004
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 for A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Natoin

Hist 3633 - Modern Germany, 1870-Present
Hist 5740 - Topics in Modern German History: Weimar Germany
Nazi Germany and Hitler's Europe
Race, Nation, and Genocides in the Modern World
Borderlands: Ethnicity, Identity, and Conflict in the Shatter-Zones of Empires, 1900-1950

Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.
Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.
November 17th, 2009
Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient

Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.
June 5th, 2009
Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair

Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.
June 5th, 2009