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Hampden-Sydney College

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5.04/30/2025

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Dr. James Frusetta-Ulfhrafn is the Assistant Dean of the Faculty and Elliott Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland (2006), an M.A. from Arizona State University (1996), and a B.A. from the University of Southern California (1992). His research focuses on modern Southeastern Europe and Central Europe, particularly nation- and state-building processes, as well as political violence, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. He is currently working on a book manuscript that examines state-building in Bulgaria from 1870 to 1960, exploring efforts to expand central state power and incorporating English-language historiography, with collaborative opportunities for students proficient in Bulgarian, German, or Italian. Other ongoing projects include investigations into discussions of fascist terrorism in American newspapers from the 1920s and 1930s, such as The Washington Post, New York Times, and Boston Herald, covering groups like National Socialism, the National Fascist Party, the Arrow Cross, and the League of the Archangel Michael; and analyses of fascist ideology depictions in American popular culture, including films, comics, genre novels, and the internet, extending his prior scholarship on fascism in role-playing games, comics, and board games.