Tara Zahra

Tara Zahra
Born (1978-08-05)August 5, 1978
Nationality American
Academic background
Alma mater University of Michigan
Swarthmore College
Academic work
Discipline East European History
Institutions University of Chicago

Tara Elizabeth Zahra (born 5 August 1976) is a professor of East European History at the University of Chicago.[1]

She graduated from Swarthmore College, and from the University of Michigan with a PhD.[2] She has concentrated her studies on sociohistorical models and archival research on family, nation, and ethnicity in the twentieth century leading to an integrative approach across national borders.[3][4] She is a current MacArthur Fellow, which was awarded in 2014.[5][6][7][8][9] In 2017, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[10]

Other awards

Publications

  • Zahra, Tara (2008). Kidnapped Souls: National Indifference and the Battle for Children in the Bohemian Lands, 1900-1948. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801446283. OCLC 164802970.
  • Zahra, Tara (2011). The Lost Children: Reconstructing Europe's Families After World War II. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674048249. OCLC 676725391.
  • Zahra, Tara (2016). Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0393078019. OCLC 909974344.

References

  1. ↑ "Tara Zahra". uchicago.edu.
  2. ↑ "AHA Member Spotlight: Tara Zahra". American Historical Association.
  3. ↑ "Tara Zahra". American Academy in Berlin.
  4. ↑ "Tara Zahra". eui.eu.
  5. ↑ "Tara Zahra". macfound.org.
  6. ↑ "Professor, lawyer with Pittsburgh ties earn MacArthur 'genius grants'". TribLIVE.com.
  7. ↑ Susie Allen and Jann Ingmire. "UChicago historian Tara Zahra named 2014 MacArthur Fellow". uchicago.edu.
  8. ↑ "A cartoonist, a composer, a criminal defense lawyer: See the new 'genius grant' winners". chicagobusiness.com.
  9. ↑ "Chicago Tribune". chicagotribune.com.
  10. ↑ "Five Faculty Members Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.chicagomaroon.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  11. ↑ "George Louis Beer Prize Recipients". American Historical Association. Retrieved December 24, 2017.


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