Leslie Rogne Schumacher | |
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| Born | November 2, 1982 |
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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]
Schumacher publishes in the fields of Mediterranean studies, British history, diplomacy and international relations, intelligence and national security, 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]