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'''Peter Jelavich''' (born 1954) is an [[author]] and Professor of History at the [[Johns Hopkins University]]. Previously, Jelavich was professor of history and chair of the Department of Germanic Studies at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He received his [[PhD]] from [[Princeton University]] in 1982. Jelavich specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of Europe since the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], with emphasis on [[Germany]]. His areas of interest include the interaction of elite and popular culture; the history of mass culture and the media; and the application of cultural and social theories to historical study. He is the author of ''Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914'' (1985), ''Berlin Cabaret'' (1993),'' Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture'' (2006). He was the 1987 recipient of the [[Herbert Baxter Adams Prize]] and a 2013 recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.<ref>http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/pub_auswahlergebnisse.main?p_lang=en&p_bereich=PRT&p_pattern=&p_humboldt_nation=&p_address_country=&p_address_region=&p_address_city=&p_address_uni=&p_host_country=&p_host_region=&p_host_city=&p_host_uni=&p_fgb1=&p_fgb2=&p_fgb3=&p_order_by=N&p_button_search=&p_page=2 |
'''Peter Jelavich''' (born 1954) is an [[author]] and Professor of History at the [[Johns Hopkins University]]. Previously, Jelavich was professor of history and chair of the Department of Germanic Studies at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He received his [[PhD]] from [[Princeton University]] in 1982. Jelavich specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of Europe since the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], with emphasis on [[Germany]]. His areas of interest include the interaction of elite and popular culture; the history of mass culture and the media; and the application of cultural and social theories to historical study. He is the author of ''Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914'' (1985), ''Berlin Cabaret'' (1993),'' Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture'' (2006). He was the 1987 recipient of the [[Herbert Baxter Adams Prize]] and a 2013 recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.<ref>http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/pub_auswahlergebnisse.main?p_lang=en&p_bereich=PRT&p_pattern=&p_humboldt_nation=&p_address_country=&p_address_region=&p_address_city=&p_address_uni=&p_host_country=&p_host_region=&p_host_city=&p_host_uni=&p_fgb1=&p_fgb2=&p_fgb3=&p_order_by=N&p_button_search=&p_page=2</ref> |
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Peter Jelavich (born 1954) is an author and Professor of History at the Johns Hopkins University. Previously, Jelavich was professor of history and chair of the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1982. Jelavich specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of Europe since the Enlightenment, with emphasis on Germany. His areas of interest include the interaction of elite and popular culture; the history of mass culture and the media; and the application of cultural and social theories to historical study. He is the author of Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914 (1985), Berlin Cabaret (1993), Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture (2006). He was the 1987 recipient of the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize and a 2013 recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.[1]
Books
- Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.[1]
- Berlin Cabaret. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993 (paperbound edition, 1996). [2]
- Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985 (paperbound edition, 1996
References
- ^ http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/pub_auswahlergebnisse.main?p_lang=en&p_bereich=PRT&p_pattern=&p_humboldt_nation=&p_address_country=&p_address_region=&p_address_city=&p_address_uni=&p_host_country=&p_host_region=&p_host_city=&p_host_uni=&p_fgb1=&p_fgb2=&p_fgb3=&p_order_by=N&p_button_search=&p_page=2
- Article on Peter Jelavich in Baltimore City Paper
- Review of Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Review of Jelavich's scholarly articles
- JHU Bio
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