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Matthew Specter

Lecturer in History, Santa Clara University

Matthew Specter is an intellectual historian of modern Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is the author of two monographs: The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States(Stanford UP, 2022) and Habermas: An Intellectual Biography (Cambridge UP, 2010). Since 2014, he has served as Associate Editor of the leading international journal in the theory of history, History & Theory. A native of New York City, he was educated at Harvard, Brown (BA magna cum laude) and Duke, earning the Ph.D. in History from...

Berkeley-Viadrina Travel & Research Grant (faculty)

IES is pleased to announce a travel and research grant opportunity for UC Berkeley faculty and lecturers in all fields offered by European University Viadrina, located in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, near Berlin (one-hour commute) and on the German-Polish border. Viadrina will cover travel costs in economy class of up to EUR 1,500 and provide free accommodation at a guest apartment in Frankfurt/Oder (optional).