Benjamin Frommer | |
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Born | 1969 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Historian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Sub-discipline | History of Eastern and Central Europe |
Institutions | Northwestern University |
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He received his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1991, [3] and his Master of Arts as well as Doctor of Philosophy degree in history in 1999 from Harvard University.
Frommer currents teaches Nations and Nationalism (graduate),The Historiography of the Habsburg Monarchy (graduate),and The Historiography of Communist East Europe (graduate) at Northwestern University.
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