Rate My Professor Theodore Hamerow

Hamerow was a pioneering scholar of the social and economic dimensions of German unification and broader modern German history, particularly in nineteenth-century Central Europe. His seminal works include Restoration, Revolution, Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany, 1815-1871 (1958); the two-volume Social Foundations of German Unification, 1858-1871 (1969, 1972); The Birth of a New Europe: State and Society in the Nineteenth Century (1983); Reflections on History and Historians (1987); From the Finland Station: The Graying of Revolution in the Twentieth Century (1990); On the Road to the Wolf's Lair: German Resistance to Hitler (1997); Why We Watched: Europe, America, and the Holocaust (2008); and his memoir Remembering a Vanished World: A Jewish Childhood in Interwar Poland (2001). Over his career, he authored ten works comprising eleven volumes, co-authored a textbook, edited or co-edited four books, and published numerous articles. Hamerow held prestigious roles such as Fulbright Research Scholar (1962-63), chair of the American Historical Association's Modern European History Section (1978), and member of the National Endowment for the Humanities Council (1992-2000). He founded the Wisconsin Association of Scholars and co-founded The Historical Society, which honors the best European history dissertation annually in his name. A staunch advocate for free speech, objective standards, and engaging broader audiences, Hamerow left an enduring impact on historiography and the profession.