Chandler R Rosenberger
Degrees
Boston University, Ph.D.Oxford University, M.S.T.
Dartmouth College, B.A.
Expertise
Nationalism, Sociology of Religion, Comparative and Historical SociologyProfile
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Chandler Rosenberger is Associate Professor of International and Global Studies and Sociology. A historical sociologist specializing in the cultural foundations of politics, Mr. Rosenberger is especially interested in the intellectual roots of political revolutions.
Mr. Rosenberger studied History and Philosophy at Dartmouth College and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford. From 1992 to 1994, he covered the collapse of Czechoslovakia and the war in Yugoslavia as a journalist and as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs. After seven years in Europe Mr. Rosenberger returned to the United States to write a dissertation at Boston University on the dissident intellectuals who led Czechoslovakia’s “Velvet Revolution.” He then taught international relations at Boston University for nine years.
Mr. Rosenberger has written about post-Communist Central Europe for scholarly journals and for such publications as Critical Review, Human Rights Watch, World Policy Journal, and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently researching the global trend toward populist nationalism, with a particular interest in China and Hong Kong.
Outside of his academic work, Mr. Rosenberger has served on the Board of Advisors of the Apollinaire Theatre Company in Chelsea, MA and of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Current World Affairs.
Courses Taught
| GS | 201a | Global Agents |
| IGS | 10a | Introduction to International and Global Studies |
| SOC | 36b | Historical and Comparative Sociology |
| SOC | 127a | Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationalism |
| SOC | 146b | Nationalism and Globalization |
| SOC | 162a | Intellectuals and Revolutionary Politics |
| SOC | 168a | Democracy and Inequality in Global Perspective |
Awards and Honors
Hayek Fund for Scholars Award, Institute for Humane Studies (2020)
Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research (2020)
Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research (2019)
Provost Teaching Innovation Award (2018 - 2019)
Provost Research Award (2017 - 2018)
Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship (2016 - 2017)
Norman Grant for Faculty Research (2014 - 2015)
Scholarship
Rosenberger, Chandler R. "“Make the past serve the present”: cultural confidence and Chinese nationalism in Xi Jinping thought." Research Handbook on Nationalism. Ed. Liah Greenfeld. New York: Elgar, 2020. 360-370.
Rosenberger, Chandler. ""With God on Their Side: The Nationalism of Contemporary Islamic Extremism"." The Globalization of Nationalism. Ed. Liah Greenfeld. London: ECPR Press, 2016
Rosenberger, Chandler. "The Longest Season." Rev. of Prague Winter, by Madeleine Albright. Columbia Magazine vol. Winter 2013