Curriculum Vitae (abbreviated)
Contact:
Benjamin T. Shannon
Department of History
University of Wisconsin
3211 Mosse Humanities
455 N Park St
Madison, WI. 53706
btshannon@wisc.edu
Education:
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. University of Tennessee-Knoxville
B.A. Winona State University (Summa Cum Laude)
General Field:
European History, 1789 to Present
Primary Field:
German History, 1871 to Present
Secondary Fields:
Modern Intellectual History
Modern Jewish History
Minor:
Religious Studies
Dissertation Title: "The Political Night Prayer and the Politicization of Religion in West Germany, 1968-1972"
Dissertation Committee: Rudy Koshar (Advisor), Ulrich Rosenhagen, Laird Boswell, Giuliana Chamedes, Joe Dennis, Karl Shoemaker
Professional Experience:
Lecturer: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016, 2020-2
History 119 - Europe and the World, 1400-1815
History 120 - Europe and the Modern World, 1815-Present
History 201 - The Historian's Craft
History 310 - The Holocaust
History 357 - World War II
History 359 - History of Europe since 1945
Teaching Assistant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007-9, 2013, 2017, 2019; University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2005-6
Geography 101 - Introduction to Human Geography
History 120 - Europe and the Modern World, 1815-Present
History 124 - Modern Britain, 1688-Present
History 201 - The Historian's Craft
History 241 - Western Civilization, 7000 BCE-1789
History 262 - World History, 1500-Present
History 351 - Seventeenth-Century Europe
History 514 - European Intellectual History, 1870-Present
Grader: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010, 2015; University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2004-5
Medieval Studies 201 - Medieval Europe, 476-1066
Medieval Studies 202 - Medieval Europe, 1066- 1453
History 223 - Democracy in Europe, 1789-2000
History 223 - War, Race, and Religion in Modern Europe
History 270 - Eastern Europe since 1900
Research Assistant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006, 2010, 2011-2
Research and Writing Specialist (advisor/editor/grader): University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
History 425 - History of Poland
History 475 - European Social History, 1914-Present
Writing Consultant (History Lab): University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017-8
Publications:
Review of Vor Achtundsechzig: Der Kalte Krieg und die Neue Linke in der Bundesrepublik und den USA by Michael Frey. German History (2022) (forthcoming)
Review of Bildungswege zu »1968« Eine Kollektivbiografie des Sozialistischen Deutschen Studentenbundes by Andrea Wienhaus. German History, Vol. 33, No. 4, (December 2015): 691-3.
Review of Talkin' 'bout my generation': Conflicts of Generation Building and Europe's '1968’ by Anna von der Goltz. Focus on German Studies, Vol 19, (2012): 257-9.
Conference Presentations (since 2010):
"The Political Evensong as Model: Christian Renewal in the West German New Left," presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Kansas City, Missouri, September 18-21, 2014.
“Honor Thy Father?: Radical Christians and the Confessing Church,” presented at the 4th Annual History Graduate Student Conference at Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, October 21, 2011.
Fellowships and Awards (since 2005):
Excellence in Innovation Teaching Award, Department of History Undergraduate Council, UW-Madison, 2021
Capstone Teaching Award, Department of History, UW-Madison, 2020
Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award, Institute for Regional and International Studies, UW-Madison, 2015
Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowship, Mellon Foundation, 2013
Research Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2012
Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Fellowship, Department of History, UW-Madison, 2012
Bonn Exchange Program (Research Fellowship), International Institute, UW-Madison, 2010
Vilas Travel Grant, Graduate School, UW-Madison, 2010, 2012
Travel Award, Department of History, UW-Madison, 2010
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (Dutch), Graduate School, UW-Madison, 2008
Language Study Fellowship (German), MARCO Institute, UT-Knoxville, 2005
Travel Award, Department of History, UT-Knoxville, 2005
Service (since 2005):
Oak Hill Humanities Project, UW-Madison and Oak Hill Correctional Institution, 2016-present
Undergraduate Council, History Department, UW-Madison, 2014-5
Joint Committee on Diversity, History Department, UW-Madison, 2011-2
Faculty-Graduate Student Liaison Committee (Chair), History Department, UW-Madison, 2009-10
Faculty Hiring Committee (Graduate Student Representative), History Department, UW-Madison, 2008
Graduate Student Mentor, History Department, UW-Madison, 2007-10
Organizations and Affiliations:
American Historical Association
German Studies Association
Central European History Society
Phi Alpha Theta (Omicron Sigma Chapter)
Language Examinations Passed:
German Proficiency Examination - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dutch Proficiency Examination - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Zertifikat Deutsch (German Citizenship Requirement) - Goethe Institut
