James J. Sheehan

James J. Sheehan ( born May 31, 1937 in San Francisco) is an American historian who is especially concerned with modern European history. He was president of the American Historical Association ( 2005).

Life

Sheehan graduated from Stanford University, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1958. The following year, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Arts and was the same location doctorate in 1964 for Doctor of Philosophy. He then taught as an assistant professor at Northwestern University, before being appointed in 1979 as a successor to Gordon A. Craig back to Stanford. He is since 1986 Dickason Professor in the Humanities since 2000 and Senior Fellow (by courtesy ), Freeman Spogli at the Institute for International Studies.

Sheehan's work focuses on modern German and European history, including German liberalism, the German Empire and the history of European integration. He is the author of numerous articles and books, as Lujo Brentano of The Career: A Study of Liberalism and Social Reform in Imperial Germany ( Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1966 ), German Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century ( Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1978 ), German History, 1770-1866 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989) and most recently, Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe ( Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008).

Sheehan is married to Margaret L. Anderson, a historian at the University of California, Berkeley.

Honors

  • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1985-86
  • Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin, 1989-90
  • Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, since 1992
  • Dean 's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1992-93
  • Walter J.Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1993
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 1995-96
  • Corresponding Member of the Royal Historical Society
  • Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1998
  • Guggenheim Fellow, 2000-2001
  • Berlin Prize Fellow, American Academy in Berlin, 2001
  • Member of the American Philosophical Society, 2001
  • The Paul Davies Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, since 2003
  • President of the American Historical Association, 2005
  • Pour le Mérite ( Peace Class ), 2006
  • Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2009
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