American author and historian
Laura D. Beers FRHistS is an American author and historian. She is an associate professor of history at American University, where she researches modern Britain, mass media, and politics.
Education
Beers earned a bachelor of arts, summa cum laude, in history from Princeton University in 2000. In 2003, she completed a master of arts in history from Harvard University. She completed a Ph.D. in history at Harvard in 2007.[1] From October 2007 to September 2008, she was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Cambridge through funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. Beers was a postdoctoral fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge from October 2008 to August 2009.[2]
Career and research
Beers is an associate professor in the department of history at American University College of Arts and Sciences. She is an affiliate assistant professor in the American University School of International Service. She researches modern Britain and the way politics both influences and is influenced by cultural and social life. Beers explores mass media and modern society. She is the author and editor of three books. Beers speaks French, Italian, Spanish, and English.[1]
Awards and honors
Beers is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[2]
Selected works
- Beers, Laura (2010). Your Britain: Media and the Making of the Labour Party. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674050020.[3]
- Beers, Laura; Thomas, Geraint, eds. (2012). Brave New World: Imperial and Democratic Nation-Building in Britain between the Wars. Institute of Historical Research. ISBN 978-1-909646-45-2. [4]
- Beers, Laura (2016). Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Feminist, Internationalist. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674971523.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Faculty Profile: Laura Beers | American University, Washington, DC". www.american.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ a b "Resume" (PDF). American University. Fall 2014.
- ^ Reviews of Your Britain:
- Crines, Andrew Scott (2012). "Review" (PDF). Political Studies Review. 10 (1): 144. doi:10.1111/j.1478-9302.2011.00254.x. ISSN 1478-9299. S2CID 148726628.
- Ringer, Jeff (2011). "Review". Political Science Quarterly. 126 (2): 347–348. doi:10.1002/j.1538-165X.2011.tb02148.x.
- Lilleker, Darren G. (2011). "Review". The American Historical Review. 116 (1): 224–225. doi:10.1086/ahr.116.1.224. ISSN 0002-8762.
- Burgess, Chris (2011). "Review". Journal of British Studies. 50 (2): 508–509. doi:10.1086/658267. ISSN 0021-9371.
- Wrigley, Chris (2012). "Review". The Journal of Modern History. 84 (1): 188–190. doi:10.1086/663131. ISSN 0022-2801.
- Hajkowski, Thomas (2011). "Review". Canadian Journal of History. 46 (2): 399–401. doi:10.3138/cjh.46.2.399. ISSN 0008-4107.
- ^ Reviews of Brave New World:
- Baughan, Emily (2014-03-01). "Review". Twentieth Century British History. 25 (1): 155–157. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hws051. ISSN 0955-2359.
- ^ Reviews of Red Ellen:
- Gottlieb, Julie V. (2018). "Review". Twentieth Century British History. 29 (3): 487–489. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwx042. ISSN 0955-2359.
- Laybourn, Keith (2018). "Review". Labour / Le Travail. 81 (1): 302–304. doi:10.1353/llt.2018.0026. ISSN 1911-4842. S2CID 149672492.
- McKibbin, Ross (2018). "Review". The English Historical Review. 133 (561): 476–478. doi:10.1093/ehr/cex275. ISSN 0013-8266.
External links
- Laura Beers's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
