Andrew Zimmerman
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Andrew Zimmerman is a professor of German history at George Washington University
. He earned a PhD from the University of California, San Diego
in 1998, an M.Phil in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
in 1991, a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in History from University of California, Los Angeles
in 1990. He is the author of Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany and several peer-reviewed articles.
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
. He earned a PhD from the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
in 1998, an M.Phil in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
in 1991, a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in History from University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
in 1990. He is the author of Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany and several peer-reviewed articles.
Publications
- Anthropology and Antihumanism in Imperial Germany (University of Chicago Press, 2001) ISBN 0226983420
- “A German Alabama in Africa: The Tuskegee Expedition to German Togo and the Transnational Origins of African Cotton Growers,” American Historical ReviewAmerican Historical ReviewThe American Historical Review is the official publication of the American Historical Association, established in 1895 "for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research." It targets readers...
110 (December 2005) - “Looking Beyond History: The Optics of German Anthropology and the Critique of Humanism,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 32 (2001): 385-411.
- “Selin, Pore, and Emil Stephan in the Bismarck Archipelago: A ‘Fresh and Joyful Tale’ of theOrigin of Fieldwork,” Journal of the Pacific Arts Association 21/22 (2000): 69-84.1
- “German Anthropology and the ‘Natural Peoples’: The Global Context of Colonial Discourse,” The European Studies Journal, Special Issue: German Colonialism: Another Sonderweg? 16(1999): 95-112.
- “Anti-Semitism as Skill: Rudolf Virchow’s Schulstatistik and the Racial Composition of Germany,”Central European History 32 (1999): 409-429.“Geschichtslose und Schriftlose Völker in Spreeathen: Anthropologie als Kritik der Geschichtswissenschaft im Kaiserreich,” Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften 47 (1999): 197-210.
- “Legislating Being: Words and Things in Bentham’s Panopticon,” The European Legacy 3 (1998): 72-83.
- “The Ideology of the Machine and The Spirit of the Factory: Remarx on Babbage and Ure,” Cultural Critique 37 (Fall 1997): 5-29
External links
- Andrew Zimmerman Faculty page