Dr. Andrew Demshuk

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOther Areas of History,Modern and Contemporary History
KeywordsUmweltgeschichte, post-1945 central and east-central europe, transnational cultural history, memory and nostalgia, post-1945 urban planning and reconstruction
Honours and awards

2023: Winner, Alice Hitchcock Book Award, Society of Architectural Historians, for my book "Three Cities after Hitler: Redemptive Reconstruction across Cold War Borders"

2021: Honorable Mention, Barclay Book Prize, German Studies Association for my book "Bowling for Communism"

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityWashington
InstitutionAmerican University
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Christian LübkeLeibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Arnold BartetzkyLeibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Universität Leipzig, Leipzig
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2014

Programme(s)

2014Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Andrew Demshuk: "Architecture beyond Ideology: The Politics of Forgotten Landmarks in Communist East Germany". In: Journal of Urban History, 2021,
2021Andrew Demshuk: Bach's Grave as Communist Legacy. In: Canadian Slavonic Papers, 2021,
2021Andrew Demshuk: Three Cities after Hitler: Redemptive Reconstruction across Cold War Borders. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021
2020Andrew Demshuk: Bowling for Communism: Urban Ingenuity at the End of East Germany. Cornell University Press, 2020
2017Andrew Demshuk: Demolition on Karl Marx Square - Cultural Barbarism and the People´s State in 1968. Oxford University Press, 2017
2017Andrew Demshuk: Demolition on Karl Marx Square: Cultural Barbarism in the People's State in 1968. Oxford University Press, 2017
2012Andrew Demshuk: The Lost German East: Forced Migration and the Politics of Memory, 1945-1970. Cambridge University Press, 2012