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It traces the means by which young men were brought into Nazi society through entangled sexual discourses\u2014of miscegenation, national regeneration, and conquest\u2014while also considering how this process was linked to the progressive removal of sexualized Others from the nation. Through a dual exploration of becoming and unbecoming, Higgins aims to deconstruct the idealized figure of the \u201cAryan\u201d man, and question how Nazism\u2019s framing of sex as a biological, racial, spiritual, and civilizational imperative both <em>responded to<\/em>\u00a0and <em>produced<\/em>\u00a0acute anxieties about masculine identity and sexual power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advisor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/frances-tanzer\/\">Frances Tanzer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.A., History and Studio Art, Elmira College, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., Masters in European History, Politics, and Society, Columbia University, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fellowships:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rose Family PhD Fellowship, 2023 &#8211; 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowship, 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