Associate Professor
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Associate Professor
School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5332-5795
- Associate ProfessorSchool of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations
- +6444636753 (Work)
- OK 422, Old Kirk Building, Gate 2, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
BIO
Alexander Maxwell researches national awakening the Habsburg and its successor states, and particularly Slovakia and Hungary during the long nineteenth century. He has published extensively on linguistic nationalism and the history of linguistic ideologies, the history of everyday life, particularly nationalized sexuality and the social history of clothing. He also publishes pedagogical articles about teaching history. His broader interests concern nationalism and cultural history in the Habsburg, Romanov, Hohenzollern, and Ottoman Empires and their successor states. He is the director of the Antipodean East European Study Group.
DEGREES
- Ph.D. (History)University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States2003
- MA (Nationalism Studies)Central European University, Budapest, Hungary1999
- MA (History)University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States1998
- BAS (History and Physics)University of California, Davis, United States1992
LANGUAGES
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- CzechCan read, speak and understand
- HungarianCan read, speak and understand
- FrenchCan read
- SerbianCan read
- CroatianCan read
- YiddishCan read and speak
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Career advice
- Media enquiries