James Retallack

Other Professional Activities, Appointments, and Affiliations

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Education

· D.Phil. (Modern History), St. Johns College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, 1983

· B.A. (Honours), Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 1978

Employment

· University Professor, University of Toronto, 2019 – present

· Professor of History, University of Toronto, 1997 – 2019

· Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures (cross-appointment), University of Toronto, 2002 – present

Other University of Toronto Affiliations:

· Senior Fellow, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History

· Affiliated Faculty, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

· Senior Associate, Joint Initiative in German and European Studies (JIGES)

· Senior Associate, Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES)

· Associate Faculty Member, Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies (CJS)

· Faculty Research Fellow, Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI), 2022 – 2023

· Chair, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto, 1999 – 2002

· Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of History, University of Toronto, 1990 – 1997

· Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto, 1987 – 1990

· Mactaggart Fellow, Department of History, University of Alberta, 1985 – 1987

· Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1985 (.5)

Prizes and Honours

· Hans Rosenberg Book Prize, Central European History Society of the American Historical Association, 2017 (laudatio)

· Hans Rosenberg Article Prize, Central European History Society of the American Historical Association, 2016 (laudatio)

· Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2011 present (Academy I: Humanities)

· Distinguished Alumni Award, Trent University, 2019

· Insight Grant, SSHRC, 2017 – 2023

· Connection Grant, SSHRC, 2022 – 2023

· Insight Development Grant, SSHRC, 2015 – 2017

· Dean’s Excellence Awards, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

· Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel Research Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2002 – 2003 (renewed 2014)

· Best Article Prize, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) / German Studies Association, 1986

· Rhodes Scholar (Ontario and St. Johns), 1978 – 1980

Visiting Appointments and Fellowships

· Faculty Research Fellow, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, 2022 – 2023 (.5)

· Research Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2017 – 2018

· Research Fellow, Killam Program at the Canada Council for the Arts, 2015 – 2017

· Visiting Scholar, Historisches Seminar, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 2014 (.5)

· Faculty Research Fellow, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, 2012 (.5)

· Research Fellow, Gerda Henkel Foundation, 2006 – 2008

· Chancellor Jackman Research Fellow in the Humanities, University of Toronto, 2006 (.5)

· Visiting Professor, Seminar für Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2002 – 2003

· Research Fellow, Trans-Coop Program, German-American Academic Council / Humboldt Foundation, 1999 – 2002

· Connaught Research Fellow in the Humanities, University of Toronto, 1997 (.5)

· Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, 1993 – 1994, 1997 (.5)

· Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1993 – 1994, 1997 (.5)

· Research Fellow, Historische Kommission Berlin, Germany, 1993 – 1994

· Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Stanford University, 1983 – 1985

· Postdoctoral Fellow, SSHRC, 1983 – 1985

· Doctoral Fellow, SSHRC, 1980 – 1983

Membership on Editorial and Not-for-profit Boards

· General Editor, Oxford Studies in Modern European History, Oxford University Press, 2007 – present

· General Editor, German and European Studies, University of Toronto Press, 2022 – present

· Member, Editorial Board, German History in Documents and Images, 2004 – present

· Member, Editorial Advisory Board, German History (journal of the German History Society), 1997 – present

· Global Mentor, GenerationNext!, 2006 – 2017

· General Editor, German and European Studies, University of Toronto Press, 2002 – 2006

Membership in Professional Associations

· American Historical Association (AHA)

· Canadian Association of Rhodes Scholars (CARS)

· Central European History Society, USA (CEHS)

· DAAD Alumni Association of Canada

· Friends of the German Historical Institute, USA (FGHI)

· German History Society, UK (GHS)

· German Labour History Association (GLHA)

· German Studies Association, USA (GSA)

· Humboldt Association of Canada (HAC)

· Royal Society of Canada (RSC)

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