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Dr. Jasper Trautsch

Research Fellow
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
U.S.A.
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Biographical Summary
Jasper M. Trautsch is a postdoctoral research fellow for North American history at the GHI. He studied communication science, North American studies, and history at the Free University of Berlin, the Sorbonne in Paris, and Tulane University in New Orleans. In 2011, he received his PhD for his dissertation "Inventing America: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Formation of National Identity, 1789-1815" from the Free University of Berlin, where he has also taught U.S. history as a lecturer. His main research interests are U.S. diplomatic history, the history of the early American republic, and transatlantic relations after 1945. Recently, he published "‘Mr. Madison's War' or the Dynamic of Early American Nationalism?" in Early American Studies. His current research project examines how cultural spaces such as the "West" were constructed in the publics of Europe and North America after the end of the Second World War.

Main Areas of Interest
  • U.S. diplomatic history
  • History of the early American republic (1789-1815)
  • American and European nationalism
  • international history after 1945
  • transatlantic relations after 1945

GHI Research Project
  • "The Construction of Cultural Spaces in Europe and North America after 1945"

Professional Positions
2008-2012
 Lecturer, U.S. History, Free University of Berlin
2011 - 2012
 Legislative Manager for Cultural and Media Affairs in the Ger-man Parliament

Education
2011 Ph.D. in History, Free University of Berlin
2006
 M.A. in Communication Science, North American Studies, and History, Free University of Berlin
2005 M.A. in History, Tulane University, New Orleans
2003 - 2004 Study Semester Abroad, Communication Science, Sorbonne, Paris

Publications
  • "Whose War of 1812? Competing Memories of the Anglo-American Conflict." Reviews in History (2013). Available Online.
  • "The Origins and Future of Liberal Democracy or the Need for Strong States." Journal of Transatlantic Studies 11.1 (2013): 109-116.
  • "The Canadian Governmental Representation in Germany." Zeitschrift für Kanadastudien 33.1 (2013): 143-169.
  • "The Causes of the War of 1812: 200 Years of Debate." Journal of Military History 77.1 (2013): 273-293.
  • "American Exceptionalism Reversed." Neue Politische Literatur 57.2 (2012): 301-303.
  • "'Mr. Madison's War' or the Dynamic of Early American Nationalism?," Early American Studies 10.3 (2012): 630-670.
  • "A History of the Canadian Presence in Germany" (working paper, commissioned by the Embassy of Canada in Germany, 2009). Accessible online.
  • Pressepolitik in Deutschland. Eine Untersuchung über pressepolitische Ziele und Motive von Bundestagsabgeordneten. Marburg: Tectum, 2008.
  • (with Stefan Schmid). "Axel Springer Verlag: Mit BILD und Co. nach Polen." In Strategien der Internationalisierung. Fallstudien und Fallbeispiele, edited by Stefan Schmid, 247-281. 2nd rev. and enl. ed. München/Wien: Oldenbourg, 2007. 3rd rev. and enl. ed. Munich: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2012, 273-310.

Selected Reviews
  • "Hannah Spahn: Jefferson, Time, and History." Amerikastudien/American Studies (forthcoming).
  • "Lloyd Kramer: Nationalism in Europe and America." Nations and Nationalism 19.3 (forthcoming 2013).
  • "Pietro S. Nivola and Peter J. Kastor: What So Proudly We Hailed: Essays on the Contemporary Meaning of the War of 1812." Journal of Military History 77.2 (forthcoming 2013).
  • "Paul Nolte: Was ist Demokratie?" Sehepunkte: Rezensionsjournal für Geschichtswissenschaften. Accessible online.