Peter Jelavich (born 1954) is an

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and Professor of History at the

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. He is the son of historians Barbara and Charles Jelavich. Previously, Jelavich was professor of history and chair of the Department of Germanic Studies at the

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. He was a Junior Fellow in the

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(1979–1981) and he received his

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from

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in 1982. Jelavich specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of Europe since the

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, with emphasis on

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. His areas of interest include the interaction of elite and popular culture; the history of mass culture and the media; and the application of cultural and social theories to historical study. Jelavich served previously as President of the Friends of the

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until his term ended in 2019; as of 2020, Kenneth Ledford is the President of the Friends of the GHI. He is the author of ''Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914'' (1985), ''Berlin Cabaret'' (1993),'' Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture'' (2006). He was the 1987 recipient of the

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and is a 2013 recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/pub_auswahlergebnisse.main?p_lang=en&p_bereich=PRT&p_pattern=&p_humboldt_nation=&p_address_country=&p_address_region=&p_address_city=&p_address_uni=&p_host_country=&p_host_region=&p_host_city=&p_host_uni=&p_fgb1=&p_fgb2=&p_fgb3=&p_order_by=N&p_button_search=&p_page=2

Books

*''Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. * ''Berlin Cabaret''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993 (paperbound edition, 1996). * ''Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985 (paperbound edition, 1996 * ''German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse.'' (contributor) The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 201

References

Humboldt Research Award

Article on Peter Jelavich in ''Baltimore City Paper''

Review of ''Berlin Alexanderplatz''

President, Friends of the German Historical Institute
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