Prof. Dr. Max Paul Friedman

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsModern and Contemporary History,African, American and Oceania Studies
KeywordsGeschichte Lateinamerikas, Interamerikanisches System, Internationale Diplomatiegeschichte, Globalgeschichte, Geschichte der USA

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityWashington
InstitutionAmerican University
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Norbert FinzschAnglo-Amerikanische Abteilung, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefan RinkeLateinamerika-Institut (LAI), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2004

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2018Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Friedman is an international authority in the study of Inter-American relations and of U.S. foreign policy. His research on U.S. policies against Nazis in Latin America and on Anti-Americanism proved path-breaking in that it demonstrated the multiple entanglements and misunderstandings of U.S. foreign policy in the 20th century. In Germany, he will be working on a new book project asking how the states of Latin America were able to counter U.S. hegemony by using multilateralism and international legal norms.

Publications (partial selection)

2012Max Paul Friedman: Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations. Cambridge University Press, 2012
2005Max Paul Friedman, Padraic Kenney: Partisan Histories: The Past in Contemporary Global Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
2005Max Paul Friedman: The Cold War Politics of Exile, Return, and the Search for a Usable Past in Friedrich Karl Kaul's 'Es wird Zeit, dass Du nach Hause Kommst'. In: German Life and Letters, 2005, 206-325
2005Max Paul Friedman: The U.S. State Department and the Failure to Rescue: New Evidence on the Missed Opportunity at Bergen-Belsen. In: Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 2005, 26-50
2005Max Paul Friedman: Trading Civil Liberties for National Security: Warnings from a World War II Program. In: Journal of Policy History, 2005, 294-307
2003Max Paul Friedman: Nazis and Good Neighbors: The United States Campaign against the Germans of Latin America in World War II. Cambridge University Press, 2003