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About Craig Sorvillo
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German Studies
November 30, 2020
Empire of Law
Nazi Germany, Exile Scholars and the Battle for the Future of Europe
Kaius Tuori
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book Empire of Law: Nazi Germany, Exile Scholars, and the Battle for the Future of Europe (Cambridge UP, 2020), Kaius Tuori examines the inherent unity of European legal traditions that …
American Studies
October 13, 2020
The Nazi Spy Ring in America
Hitler’s Agents, the FBI and the Case that Stirred the Nation
Rhodri Jeffreys Jones
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, The Nazi Spy Ring in America: Hitler’s Agents, the FBI & the Case that Stirred the Nation (Georgetown University Press, 2020), Rhodri Jeffreys Jones tells the …
Architecture
September 17, 2020
Hitler’s Northern Utopia
Building the New Order in Occupied Norway
Despina Stratigakos
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book Hitler’s Northern Utopia: Building the New Order in Occupied Norway (Princeton University Press, 2020), Despina Stratigakos investigates the Nazi occupation of Norway. Between 1940 and 1945 …
European Studies
August 31, 2020
The Perfect Fascist
A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini’s Italy
Victoria de Grazia
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book, The Perfect Fascist: A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini’s Italy (Belknap Press), Dr. Victoria de Grazia takes the story of Attilio Teruzzi and …
European Studies
July 16, 2020
Learning Empire
Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875-1919
Erik Grimmer-Solem
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Learning Empire: Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875-1919 (Cambridge University Press) Erik Grimmer-Solem examines the process of German globalization that began in the …
Eastern European Studies
July 6, 2020
After the Berlin Wall
Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present
Hope M. Harrison
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book, After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Hope M. Harrison, examines the history …
Film
May 29, 2020
Planet Auschwitz
Holocaust Representation in Science Fiction and Horror Film and Television
Brian Crim
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Planet Auschwitz: Holocaust Representation in Science Fiction and Horror Film and Television (Rutgers University Press, 2020), Brian Crim explores the diverse ways in which the Holocaust …
Literary Studies
May 7, 2020
The German Epic in the Cold War
Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, and Alexander Kluge
Matthew Miller
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, The German Epic in the Cold War: Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, and Alexander Kluge (Northwestern University Press, 2018), Matthew Miller explores the literary evolution of the …
European Studies
April 10, 2020
The Fourth Reich
The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Gavriel D. Rosenfeld reveals, for the first time …
German Studies
April 7, 2020
West Germany and Israel
Foreign Relations, Domestic Politics and the Cold War
Carole Fink
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book, West Germany and Israel: Foreign Relations, Domestic Politics and the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Carole Fink examines the relationship between West Germany and Israel …
German Studies
March 17, 2020
Women Doctors in Weimar and Nazi Germany
Maternalism, Eugenics and Professional Identity
Melissa Kravetz
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book, Women Doctors in Weimar and Nazi Germany: Maternalism, Eugenics and Professional Identity (University of Toronto Press, 2019), Melissa Kravetz examines how German women physicians gained a …
East Asian Studies
October 22, 2019
Transnational Nazism
Ideology and Culture in German-Japanese Relations, 1919-1936
Ricky W. Law
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Transnational Nazism: Ideology and Culture in German-Japanese Relations, 1919-1936 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University Ricky W. Law examines the …
European Studies
August 21, 2019
The Plots Against Hitler
Danny Orbach
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, The Plots Against Hitler (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016), Danny Orbach, Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem offers a profound and complete examination of …
European Studies
July 31, 2019
Sisters in Arms
Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968
Katharina Karcher
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book, Sisters in Arms: Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968 (Berghahn, 2017), Katharina Karcher Lecturer in German at the University of Birmingham, examines …
Literary Studies
July 26, 2019
The Genocidal Gaze
From German Southwest Africa to the Third Reich
Elizabeth R. Baer
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book, The Genocidal Gaze: From German Southwest Africa to the Third Reich (Wayne State University Press, 2017), Elizabeth R. Baer, professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus College …
European Studies
May 21, 2019
The First Soldier
Hitler as a Military Leader
Stephen Fritz
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, The First Soldier: Hitler as a Military Leader (Yale University Press, 2018), Stephen Fritz professor of history at East Tennessee State University reexamines Hitler as a …
German Studies
April 30, 2019
Fegelein’s Horsemen and Genocidal Warfare
The SS Cavalry Brigade in the Soviet Union
Henning Pieper
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his book, Fegelein’s Horsemen and Genocidal Warfare: The SS Cavalry Brigade in the Soviet Union (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Dr. Henning Pieper, examines the conduct of the SS Cavalry Brigade …
European Studies
April 2, 2019
Mussolini and Hitler
The Forging of the Fascist Alliance
Christian Goeschel
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance (Yale University Press, 2018), Christian Goeschel, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Manchester …
American Studies
December 21, 2018
Our Germans
Project Paperclip and the National Security State
Brian Crim
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Our Germans: Project Paperclip and the National Security State (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017), Brian Crim, Associate Professor of History at the University of Lynchburg, looks …
European Studies
November 26, 2018
Stormtroopers
A New History of Hitler’s Brownshirts
Daniel Siemens
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Stormtroopers: A New History of Hitler’s Brownshirts (Yale University Press, 2017, Daniel Siemens, professor of European history at Newcastle University, writes a comprehensive history of the …
American Studies
October 15, 2018
The Good Occupation
American Soldiers and the Hazards of Peace
Susan Carruthers
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In her new book, The Good Occupation: American Soldiers and the Hazards of Peace (Harvard University Press, 2016), Dr. Susan Carruthers, professor of American Studies at the University of Warwick …
American Studies
October 12, 2018
Hitler’s American Friends
The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States
Bradley W. Hart
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Hitler’s American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States (Thomas Dunne Books, 2018), Bradley W. Hart, assistant professor at California State University, Fresno, examines …
German Studies
August 28, 2018
The Italian Executioners
The Genocide of the Jews of Italy
Simon Levis Sullam
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy (Princeton University Press, 2018), Simon Levis Sullam, associate professor of modern history at Ca’ Foscari University …
European Studies
July 20, 2018
Broken Lives
How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century
Konrad Jarausch
Hosted by Craig Sorvillo
In his new book, Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century (Princeton University Press, 2018), Konrad Jarausch, the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North …
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