James J. Sheehan
Academic
1937 –
Who is James J. Sheehan?
James J. Sheehan is an American historian of modern Germany and the former president of the American Historical Association.
Born in San Francisco in 1937, Sheehan earned a B.A. from Stanford University in 1958 and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1964. He taught at Northwestern University between 1964 and 1979, then moved back to Stanford to succeed Gordon A. Craig as Stanford's historian of modern Germany. At Stanford, Sheehan is Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of History, and FSI senior fellow.
Sheehan's research focuses on German and modern European history, especially the history of German liberalism, the German Empire, and war and the modern European state. He is the author of numerous articles and several important books, including The Career of Lujo Brentano: A Study of Liberalism and Social Reform in Imperial Germany; German Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century; German History,1770-1866; and, most recently, Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe.
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- Born
- May 31, 1937
San Francisco - Also known as
- James J Sheehan
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley
History
( - 1964) - Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University
( - 1958)
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley
- Employment
- Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University
- Professor of Modern European History, Emeritus, Stanford University
- Lived in
- California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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