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| Jonathan Olsen Work Telephone: (414) 595-2377 E-mail: jonathan.olsen@uwp.edu EDUCATION 1991-1997 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 1999 Nature and Nationalism. Right-Wing Ecology and the Politics of Identity in Contemporary Germany. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan (St. Martin's) Press. BOOK CHAPTERS 2002 “Nemecká PDS: mezi Východem a Západem” (The PDS: Between East and West), in Vit Hloušek, et al. Rudí a Růžoví: Transformace kommunistický stran (Red and Pink: The Transformation of Communist Parties). Brno, Czech Republic: Marsaryk University at Brno International Political Press, 2002, pp. 65-82. JOURNAL ARTICLES 2007. "Don't Think Twice, it's Alright: SPD-Left Party/PDS Coalitions in the Eastern German Laender" (with Dan Hough), German Politics and Society, Vol. 25, #3, Autumn, 1-24. 2004. "Damned if you do and Damned if you don't? The PDS and Participation in Eastern German Land Governments" (with Dan Hough), German as a Foreign Language, vol. 16, #2, June, 205-221.
2002 "The PDS in Western Germany: An Empirical Study of Local PDS
Politicians," German 2001 "The PDS After Gysi: A Report from the PDS Congress in Cottbus," German Politics and Society, Vol. 19, #1, Spring, 2001, 61-79. 2000 "Staying Alive: The PDS," Politik: Newsletter of the Conference Group on German Politics. Winter, 2000, 5-7. 2000 "The Rise of Right-Wing Environmentalism," Earth Island Journal, Summer, 2000, 32-33. 2000 "Region and 'Rootedness': Bio-Regionalism and Right-Wing Ecology in Germany, Landscape Journal, Vol. 19, #1 and #2, 73-83 2000 "Seeing Red: The SPD-PDS Government in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania," German Studies Review, vol. XXIII, #3, October 2000, 557-580. 1998 "Germany's PDS and Varieties of 'Post-Communist' Socialism," Problems of Post-Communism, November/December 1998, 42-52. 1994 Nature and Nationalism: Right-Wing Ecology in Germany," Sfera Politicii (Romanian Journal of Civil Society), #22 (November), 9-11. PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING 2005 “Critical Thinking in Political Science: Evidence from the Introductory Comparative Politics Course" (with Anne Statham), Journal of Political Science Education, vol. 2, #2, Fall, 1-21. 2005 “Real Su2006. "Real Success with a Virtual Exchange: The ‘German and American Politics Electronic Classroom” (with Annette Zimmer and Markus Behr), PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2006, 351-355. INVITED ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES 2004. “Ecolog 2006 "Ecology and Fascism,” in Historical Encyclopedia of World Fascism, ed. Cyprian Blamires. New York: ABC-CLIO. ARTICLES IN ON-LINE JOURNALS 2002 "Communist /Radical Socialist Parties after Communism," German Policy Studies, October, 2002 at www.spaef.com/GPS_PUB/index.html. 2002 "The Dilemmas of Germany's PDS," German Policy Studies, October, 2002 at www.spaef.com/GPS_PUB/index.html. 2002 "Germany's PDS: Between East and West," Central European Political Studies Review, vol. #4, Part 2-3 (Spring-Summer 2002) at www.iips.cz/cisla/texty/clanky/pds2302.html EDITED JOURNALS 2002 Special Issue of on-line journal, "German Policy Studies. October, 2002 at www.spaef.com/GPS_PUB/index.html. BOOK REVIEWS 2006 Review of How Green Were the Nazis?, ed. Franz-Josef Bruggemeir, Mark Cioc, and Thomas Zeller. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. 2000 Review of The Transformation of the German Political Party System, ed. C.S. Allen. Oxford and NY: Berg, 1999, in German Studies Review, October 2000, pp. 642-643. 2000 Review of The Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe Since
1989, ed. Sabrina P. Ramet. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 1999, in East European Politics
and 2000 Review of Bioregionalism, ed. Michael Vincent McGinnis. Routledge, 1999, in "Political Beliefs," Department of Political Science, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Introduction to liberalism, conservatism, socialism, fascism, and concepts of liberation. Discussion of the current political uses of these ideas. "Introduction to Comparative Politics," Department of Political Science, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Introduction to comparative government with selected 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world examples. Structural and functional evaluation of comparative performance in areas of political systems, economic programs, social equality, and quality of life. "Classical Political Philosophy," Department of Political
Science, The University of Wisconsin- "European Politics," Department of Political Science, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Cultural foundations, political institutions, processes and problems of selected industrial democracies in Europe. Focus on the institutions and history of the European Union. "Modern Political Philosophy," Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Introduction to the political thought of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Nietzsche. "The East European Revolutions of 1989 and their Legacies," Department of Political Science, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside. An examination of the historical trajectory, causes, and consequences of the revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe, with special focus on new developments in the region. "Theories of Comparative Politics," Department of Political Science, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Contemporary theories of comparative politics focusing on the analysis of major issues, actors, institutions, and processes in various political systems. GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS RECEIVED 2006-2007. Fulbright Scholar, Europa Universitaet-Viadrina-Frankfurt (Oder), Kulturwissenschaft/Politikwissenschaft. 2001-2003 Fulbright Alumni Initiative Award, developing a web-based
upper-division seminar between the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and the University of Muenster,
Germany. 2000-2001 Fulbright Schola, Universität Münster, Institut für Politikwissenschaft. 2001-2002 International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) Short-Term
Grant, 1999 Wisconsin Teaching Fellow, University of Wisconsin System 1997 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Summer Grant 1996 DAAD/American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
dissertation fellowship 1988-89 Fulbright/Germanistic Society of America Fellow; Graduate
Study in Tübingen, Germany,1988-89 Conference Presentations 2007 German Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA: October 1-3. Paper: “From Outsiders to Insiders? The German Left Party, Norwegian SV, and Dutch SP Compared.” 2006. German Studies Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Paper: “Is there a Rot-Rosa Model of Government?” 2005 . German 2005. German Studies Association Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 29-Oct 1. Paper: “The NPD in Saxony” 2003. German 2004 German Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, September 18-21. Paper: “Out with the Old, In with the Old: The New National Leadership of the PDS.” 2002 German 2003. German Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 3-6. Paper: “How the West Was Lost: A Comparison of the PDS in the Berlin Election of 2002 And in the Federal Election of 2002.” 2001. German 2002. German Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 8-10. Paper: “Small Steps, Big Challenges: PDS Local Politics in Western Germany” 2001 American 2002 . American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 30-Sept. 2. Paper: “The PDS in Western Germany: An Empirical Study of PDS Local Politicians.” 2000 2002. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, March 24-26. Paper: “Right-Wing Ecology in Germany: A Summary of My Book Nature and Nationalism.” 2000 2001. American Political Science Association Meeting, Washington, DC, Sept. 3-6. Chair: “Germany as Mitteleuropa: Building Bridges Between Citizens and Regions.” 1999 1999 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, September 2-5. Paper: “Seeing Red: The SPD-PDS Coalition Government in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.” 1998 1998. German Studies Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 7-10. Paper: “The PDS and The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF): Nationalism and Varieties of Post-Communist Socialism.” 1997 1997. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Nov. 20-23. Paper: “Germany’s PDS and Varieties of ‘Post-Communist’ Socialism.” 1997 1997 . Dumbarton Oaks Conference on Environmental Planning and Bio-Regionalism, Washington, DC, May 6. Paper: "The Use and Abuse of Ecology: Bio-Regionalism and 'Differential Racism' in Radical Environmentalist Discourse" PUBLIC LECTURES, TELEVISION AND RADIO INTERVIEWS 2003 “The German-American Classroom,” Interview with Greg Berg, The Morning Show, WGTD, Kenosha, WI, October 15, 2003. 2003 “Left-Wing Politics in Germany: The Uncertain Future of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS),” Center for European Studies and the Center for German and European Studies, UW-Madison, October 27, 2003. 2001 ZDF-TV, Germany, “Rechtsruck mit Bush?” (“A Rightward turn with Bush?”), Phoenix-TV, January 22, 7:00 pm. 2000 “Washington Verdrossenheit” (“Fed-up with Washington”), Interview with the Sächsische Zeitung , November 9, 2000 2000 Radio Interview with MDR-Info (Central German Radio), November 7, 2000. 2000 “The US Presidential Election,” Department of Politics, Dresden Universität, November 8, 2000. 2000 “Gibt ‘weltpolizist’ USA seine Dienstmarke ab? Gefahren und Chancen der US_Wahl für Europa.” (Is the ‘World Policeman’ USA abandoning its Trademark? The Dangers and Chances of the US Election for Europe), Where Do You Go, Uncle Sam? Die USA vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen am 7 November 2000 , Conference presented by the Institute of Politics, University of Münster and the Akademie Franz Hitze Haus. 2000 “Has There Been a Rightward Turn in Europe?”, Soup and Substance Series: After The Cold War (speakers: Jonathan Olsen, Laura Gellott, Oliver Hayward), February 23, 2000.
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