Leslie Rogne Schumacher

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Leslie Rogne Schumacher
Born (1982-11-02) November 2, 1982 (age 42)
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Leslie Rogne Schumacher, FRSA , FRHistS is an American historian, writer, and professor of international relations. He teaches at Harvard Kennedy School and is a Faculty Affiliate in the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as well as an Associate in Harvard's History Department. [1] He also holds research posts at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Affairs at Cornell University and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. [2] He was the fourth David H. Burton Fellow at Saint Joseph's University. [3] He later served as Wells College's Director of the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, funded by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence. [4] He has taught at the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies (a part of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania), and he previously served on the faculty of the Sant'Anna Institute in Sorrento, Italy. [5]

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Schumacher publishes in the fields of Mediterranean studies, British history, diplomacy and international relations, and migration studies. [6] He frequently collaborates with fellow Mediterranean scholar Andrekos Varnava, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. [7] In honor of his book on the Eastern Question, Great Powers diplomacy, Victorian politics and society, and British imperialism, titled The Eastern Question in 1870s Britain: Democracy and Diplomacy, Orientalism and Empire (2023), he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2024. [8] His work on nationalism and the history of European integration theory features in graduate programs in Middle East studies, imperialism, and the European Union. [9] He is a member of the advisory board of the Marmara Journal of European Studies and the editorial board of Akropolis: Journal of Hellenic Studies. [10] He has served on the board of the scholarly organization Britain and the World, including as Vice-Chair. [11]

Schumacher regularly provides commentary on current events, including for venues like National Public Radio, War on the Rocks, and History News Network. [12] He is also active in civil discourse, debate, and leadership initiatives, serving as a board member of the Pennsylvania High School Speech League and as Academic Director of the Senior Leadership Program for the Great Books Summer Program at Haverford College. [13] In 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in honor of his work on refugee affairs in the Greater Philadelphia area. [14]

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  1. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/leslie-schumacher; https://www.belfercenter.org/people/leslie-rogne-schumacher; https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/leslie-rogne-schumacher
  2. https://einaudi.cornell.edu/discover/people/leslie-rogne-schumacher; https://www.fpri.org/contributor/leslie-schumacher/
  3. https://www.sju.edu/departments/history/burton-fellowship; https://sjuhawknews.com/5520/news/former-nato-leader-supports-u-s-global-police-role/
  4. https://www.hamline.edu/news/2023/10/schumacher-publishes; https://www.dni.gov/files/CHCO/documents/CAE/ICCAE_SlipSheet_Final_508_20220914.pdf
  5. https://wir.wharton.upenn.edu/home-page/course-evaluation/course-evaluation-schedule/ (NB: listed by teaching team as "Ron Granieri; Leslie Schumacher"); https://aseees.org/programs/exploring-career-diversity/aseees-exploring-career-diversity-conversation-series/; https://www.santannainstitute.com/discover-sant-anna/faculty-and-staff-sant-anna-institute/
  6. "Leslie Rogne Schumacher, PHD, FRSA, FRHistS".
  7. See, for example: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719097867/; https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526142948/; https://brill.com/display/title/69543.
  8. "Society elects 159 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members | RHS".
  9. See, for example: https://www.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.447483.1565954743!/menu/standard/file/ABMMES%20Middle%20Eastern%20Studies%20-%20Debating%20a%20Discipline%20HT19.pdf; https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/modules/hi3t2/v/v/6/; https://ciao-test.cdrs.columbia.edu/catalog?f%5Blocation%5D%5B%5D=Mediterranean&f%5Btopic%5D%5B%5D=History&per_page=20&search_field=all_fields&searched=yes.
  10. https://avrupa.marmara.edu.tr/dosya/avrupa/MJES/MJES_2021/revised%20editorial%20board.pdf; https://www.academia.edu/45049680/Akropolis_Journal_of_Hellenic_Studies_vol_4_Table_of_Contents.
  11. "Front matter" . Britain and the World. 10. 2017. doi:10.3366/brw.2017.0255.
  12. https://whyy.org/segments/saudi-women-celebrate-removal-driving-ban/; https://warontherocks.com/2023/08/in-brief-the-mediterranean-migrant-crisis/; https://www.hnn.us/article/charles-marvin-a-nineteenth-century-edward-snowden; https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/libertarian-fantasies-and-the-tea-party-movement
  13. https://www.phssl.org/events/1690-2/; https://greatbookssummer.com/leadership-lp/
  14. "Reasoning and Persuasive Skills for Leaders".