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Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian
Quinn Slobodian in 2023.
Born1978 (age 46–47)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Professor of International History, Boston University
Children1
Academic background
Alma materNew York University
Lewis & Clark College
Thesis (2008)
Doctoral advisorMolly Nolan
Academic work
Era20th & 21st century
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsWellesley College
Free University Berlin
Harvard University
Main interestsModern European history
International history
Websitewww.quinnslobodian.com

Quinn Slobodian (born 1978) is a Canadian historian specialising in modern Germany and international history. He is currently Professor of International History at Boston University.[1] Previously, he was the Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas at Wellesley College and a Residential Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.[2]

He is the author of the books Foreign Front: Third World Politics in Sixties West Germany (2012),[3] Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (2018),[3] and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy (2023).[4]

Biography

Slobodian was born in 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta.[5] His father was a doctor.[5] The family moved to Vancouver Island in 1981, and relocated to Lesotho in Southern Africa a few years later.[5] They left for Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean in 1992, and returned to Canada a year later.[5]

He studied history at Lewis & Clark College, graduating in 2000, and was awarded his PhD by New York University in 2008.[6]

He is a co-editor of Contemporary European History.[7]

He was the Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas at Wellesley College and a Residential Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.[2] He is Professor of International History at Boston University.[1]

He has written the books Foreign Front: Third World Politics in Sixties West Germany (2012),[3] Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (2018),[3] and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy (2023).[4]

Publications

As writer:

  • Foreign Front: Third World Politics in Sixties West Germany, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012.
  • Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
  • Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, New York: Metropolitan, 2023.

As editor:

  • Comrades of Color: East Germany in the Cold War World, New York: Berghahn Books, 2015.
  • Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, with Dieter Plehwe and Philip Mirowski, New York and London: Verso, 2020.[8]
  • Market Civilizations: Neoliberals East and South, with Dieter Plehwe, New York: Zone, 2020.

References

  1. ^ a b "Quinn Slobodian | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Quinn Slobodian's CV - Wellesley's College" (PDF). June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Spiro, Liat (21 March 2018). "Global Histories of Neoliberalism: An Interview with Quinn Slobodian". Toynbee Prize Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b Denvir, Daniel (28 February 2024). "The Libertarians Who Dream of a World Without Democracy". Jacobin. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d Jacobson, Gavin (15 April 2023). "Fantasies and fever dreams". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  6. ^ "International Students and Scholars: Alumni Profiles". Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  8. ^ Philip Mirowski; Dieter Plehwe; Quinn Slobodian (eds.). "Nine Lives of Neoliberalism". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

Further reading


Quelle: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_Slobodian