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Robert Beachy (born in
Mennonite communities in Puerto Rico and Indiana. He formerly taught at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland
.
Career
Beachy specializes in the intellectual and cultural history of
Second World War. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1998; his M.A. in History from the University of Chicago in 1989; and, his B.A. in History from Earlham College, 1988.[2]
In 2009, Beachy was named a fellow of the
Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the American Philosophical Society
.
In 2015, his work "Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity" was named a Stonewall Honor Book in Non-Fiction by the American Library Association.[3]
Works
- Long Knives: Homosexuality in Nazi Germany (in preparation).
- Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity (Alfred A. Knopf 2014).
- "The German Invention of Homosexuality," The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 82, No. 4 (Dec. 2010), pp. 801–38.
- German Civil Wars: Nation Building and Historical Memory, 1756–1914, co-authored with James Retallack (forthcoming, Oxford).
- Pious Pursuits: German Moravians in the Atlantic World, ed. with Michele Gillespie (Berghahn 2007)
- Who Ran the Cities? Elite and Urban Power Structures, 1700–2000, ed. with Ralf Roth (Ashgate 2007)
- The Soul of Commerce: Credit, Property and Politics in Leipzig, 1750–1840 (Brill 2005)
- Women Business & Finance in Nineteenth Century Europe: Rethinking Separate Spheres, ed. with Beatrice Craig & Alastair Owens (Berg 2005)
Awards, grants, and fellowships
- Best non-fiction work in LGBTQ literature, for "Gay Berlin," Randy Shilts Award, 2015.
- Spirit of Stonewall, for "Gay Berlin," Berlin Gay Pride Parade Association.
- Best Article in European History, Higby Prize of the American Historical Association.
- Non-fiction honor book, for "Gay Berlin," Stonewall Book Awards of the American Library Association.
- John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
- National Humanities Center, residential fellowship.
- Center for the Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, residential fellowship.
- American Philosophical Society
- The Huntington Library
- The German Academic Exchange Service
- The Max Planck Institute for the Study of History
- The Goethe Institute
References
- ^ Berghahn, V. R. (31 October 2014). "'Gay Berlin,' by Robert Beachy". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Faculty Profiles: Underwood International Center". Underwood International Center, Yonsei University. Yonsei University.
- ^ JAMUNDSEN (3 February 2015). "2015 Stonewall Book Awards announced". Ala.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
External links
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- Robert Beachy Goucher College Profile
- Goucher press release
- List of Guggenheim Fellows Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
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