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Dr. Robert Willingham

Associate Professor, Chairperson

Department:
History
Location:
308 Bank Building
Phone:
(540)375-2422

Degrees

  • B.A., Fort Lewis College
  • M.A., Purdue University
  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Research & Teaching Interests

  • Modern Europe
  • The Holocaust
  • World History
  • The Middle East

Books

  • Jews in Leipzig, Germany Under Nazism, Communism and Democracy: Politics and Identity in the 20th Century, Edwin Mellen Press, 2011

Publications

  • Conference Paper, "Ludwig Goldwasser and the Leipzigers in Israel", at the International Holocaust Studies Conference, October, 2014
  • Conference Paper: "Germans in Israel", at the German Studies Association, September, 2011
  • "The Holocaust", in ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of World History, 2010
  • Conference Paper: "Introducing a Senior Seminar in World History" at the World History Association, June, 2009
  • Conference Paper: "We Believe that now you know: the Struggle for Jewish Religious Space in the German Democratic Republic" at the German Studies Association, 2007
  • "A Phoenix in Saxony", in Leipziger Beitraege zur Juedische Geschichte und Kultur, 2005

Available as a Media resource for the following topics

  • Germany; Russia; European politics and history

Willing to speak to professional, social or civic groups on

  • The Holocaust; The Middle East; Russian and German history and politics

Extracurricular

  • Chair, History Department