Robert Francis Byrnes
Robert Francis Byrnes | |
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Born | 30 December 1917 |
Died | 19 June 1997 |
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Discipline | history |
Sub-discipline | Kremlinology |
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Robert Francis Byrnes (30 December 1917, Waterville, New York – 19 June 1997, Ocean Isle, North Carolina) was an American professor of history, specializing in Russian history and Kremlinology.[1][2]
Life
Byrnes graduated from
In 1956 he joined the faculty of Indiana University as a Russian specialist. He continued at Indiana for the remainder of his career, serving as chair of the history department from 1958 to 1965, director of the Russian and East European Institute from 1959 to 1962 and 1971 to 1975, and director of the International Affairs Center from 1965 to 1967.[8]
He founded and directed for many years the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University, which became one of the leading American centers. He served as the elected president of major scholarly societies, including the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, the main organization for Russian and East European studies in this country.[2]
Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations.[7]
He was the author, editor, or co-editor of approximately 20 books.
In 1942 Byrnes married Eleanor F. Jewell.[9]
Selected publications
- Antisemitism in modern France. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press.
- Pobedonostsev: His Life and Thought. Bloominghton: Indiana University Press. 1968; xiii+495 pp.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[10] - Soviet-American Academic Exchanges, 1958-1975. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 1976.[11]
- Awakening American Education to the World: The Role of Archibald Cary Coolidge, 1866-1928. University of Notre Dame Press. 1982.
- Byrnes, Robert F., ed. (1983). After Brezhnev: sources of Soviet conduct in the 1980s. Bloomington: Indiana University Press in association with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington.[12]
- A History of Russian and East European Studies in United States. Selected Essays. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. 1994.
- V. O. Kliuchevskii, Historian of Russia. Indiana University Press. 1995.[13]
References
- ^ a b c Wolfgang Saxon (3 July 1997). "Robert Francis Byrnes, 79, Influential Expert on Russia". The New York Times. p. A21. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d Flynn, James T. (1997). "Obituary: Robert F Byrnes, December 30, 1917-June 19, 1997". The Catholic Historical Review. 83 (4): 829.
- ^ JSTOR 2502172.
- ^ "Slavic Scholar Samuel Cross Suddenly Dies". The Harvard Crimson. 15 October 1946.
- ^ "Robert F. Byrnes". Institute for Advanced Study. 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Robert F. Byrnes". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
- ^ a b "Robert F. Byrnes papers, 1875-1997, bulk 1960-1989". Archives Online at Indiana University.
- ^ a b Ransel, David; Rabinowitch, Janet; Rabinowitch, Alexander (April 1998). "In Memoriam: Robert Francis Byrnes". Perspectives on History: The News Magazine of the American Historical Association.
- ^ "Eleanor Jewell Byrnes". United States Obituary Notices. January 2019.
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- ^ Campbell, John C. (Fall 1983). "Review of After Brezhnev, edited by Robert F. Byrnes". Foreign Affairs. 62 (Fall 1983).
- ^ Taylor, Jackson (November 1997). "Taylor on Byrnes, 'V.O. Kliuchevskii: Historian of Russia'". H-Russia, H-Net Revies, Humanities and Social Sciences Online (h-net.org).