Overview
I am a historian of the United States and Germany, who focuses on questions of militarism, warfare, and empire in the long twentieth century. In my work, I also address larger questions about how best to "globalize" and "internationalize" U.S and German histories in the modern age.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of History
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2012 - Present
History,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of German Studies
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2014 - Present
German Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Learning Empire: Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875–1919 by Erik Grimmer-Solem
Journal Article German Studies Review · 2020 Full text CiteJoshua E. Kastenberg. To Raise and Discipline an Army: Major General Enoch Crowder, the Judge Advocate General’s Office, and the Realignment of Civil and Military Relations in World War I.
Journal Article The American Historical Review · October 1, 2018 Full text CiteMichael G. Thompson: For God and Globe: Christian Internationalism in the United States between the Great War and the Cold War. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2015; pp. xi + 250.
Journal Article Journal of Religious History · December 2017 Full text CiteRecent Grants
MCEAS Richard S Dunn Dissertation Fellowship - Kristina Williams
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2021 - 2022View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Johns Hopkins University ·
2002
Ph.D.