Faculty

  • Professor Szekely’s latest book explores politics of militant groups in Middle East

    Professor Szekely’s latest book explores politics of militant groups in Middle East

    The nature of international conflict has evolved in recent decades. Rather than conflict between state militaries, warfare increasingly takes place within regional conflict systems involving both states and non-state armed groups. Understanding the internal dynamics of these organizations is an important part of understanding the nature of international conflict, according to Ora Szekely, assistant professor of…

  • Political science professor’s new book examines what it means to ‘become American’

    Political science professor’s new book examines what it means to ‘become American’

    ‘The New Americans’ examines immigration policy, focuses on protests and experiences of five Latino national origin groups

  • Prof. Kühne’s latest book explores comradeship among German soldiers during world wars

    Prof. Kühne’s latest book explores comradeship among German soldiers during world wars

    In his new book, “The Rise and Fall of Comradeship: Hitler’s Soldiers, Male Bonding and Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century” history professor and director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Thomas Kühne examines how the concept of comradeship shaped the actions, emotions and ideas of ordinary German soldiers across the two world wars and during the…

  • Professor Aylward awarded prestigious Fromm Music Foundation commission

    Professor Aylward awarded prestigious Fromm Music Foundation commission

    Clark University Associate Professor of Music John Aylward was awarded a 2017 commission by the Fromm Music Foundation. One of 12 composers chosen by the Harvard-based foundation, Aylward’s commission offers him the chance to compose a new work and a subsidy to have his collaborating musicians bring that music to life. The Fromm Foundation chose its commissioned composers…

  • Professor Aoyama’s latest book investigates new paradigm for social innovation

    Professor Aoyama’s latest book investigates new paradigm for social innovation

    Clark University Geography Professor Yuko Aoyama’s new book, “The Rise of the Hybrid Domain: Collaborative Governance for Social Innovation,” explores a new model of social innovation through which corporations, states, and civil society organizations develop common social agendas despite differences in their primary objectives. Aoyama wrote the book in collaboration with Professor Balaji Parthasarathy of the International Institute…

  • ‘​The Dutch Moment’: Prof. Klooster’s latest book explores 17th-century empire building

    ‘​The Dutch Moment’: Prof. Klooster’s latest book explores 17th-century empire building

    In his new book, “The Dutch Moment: War, Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World,” History Professor Willem Klooster delves into the ways “the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast.” “The Dutch…

  • Professor’s research inches toward understanding superconductors

    Professor’s research inches toward understanding superconductors

    Over the past few years, the world has experienced a severe shortage of helium, a by product of natural gas extraction. And although vast amounts of helium recently were discovered in Tanzania, helium is still a finite resource on Earth. For that reason, helium is expensive. Most people might not worry about paying more for the helium gas…

  • Longtime Strassler Center Director Debórah Dwork charts a new path

    Longtime Strassler Center Director Debórah Dwork charts a new path

    Her work with oral histories led her to create a center that transformed Holocaust and genocide studies

  • Clark professor explores the arrival of ‘Arrival’

    Clark professor explores the arrival of ‘Arrival’

    English Department’s Betsy Huang interviews science fiction author Ted Chiang, who wrote novella upon which film is based