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Laura Beers
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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 or editor of four books. Beers speaks French, Italian, Spanish, and English.[1]
Awards and honors
[edit]Beers is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[2] Beers is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow.
Selected works
[edit]- 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]
- Beers, Laura (2024). Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century. Norton. ISBN 978-1-324-07508-0.
References
[edit]- ^ 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. 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.
- Burgess, Chris (2011). "Review". Journal of British Studies. 50 (2): 508–509. doi:10.1086/658267.
- Wrigley, Chris (2012). "Review". The Journal of Modern History. 84 (1): 188–190. doi:10.1086/663131.
- Hajkowski, Thomas (2011). "Review". Canadian Journal of History. 46 (2): 399–401. doi:10.3138/cjh.46.2.399.
- ^ Reviews of Brave New World:
- Baughan, Emily (2014-03-01). "Review". Twentieth Century British History. 25 (1): 155–157. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hws051.
- ^ Reviews of Red Ellen:
- Gottlieb, Julie V. (2018). "Review". Twentieth Century British History. 29 (3): 487–489. doi:10.1093/tcbh/hwx042.
- Laybourn, Keith (2018). "Review". Labour / Le Travail. 81 (1): 302–304. doi:10.1353/llt.2018.0026. S2CID 149672492.
- McKibbin, Ross (2018). "Review". The English Historical Review. 133 (561): 476–478. doi:10.1093/ehr/cex275.
External links
[edit]- Laura Beers's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
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