Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the University's Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Suri's primary research interests include the formation and spread of nation-states, the emergence of modern international relations, the connections between foreign policy and domestic politics, and the rise of knowledge institutions as global actors. Professor Suri is the author and editor of eleven books on politics and foreign policy, most recently: Civil War By Other Means: Americas Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy. His other books include: The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of Americas Highest Office; Libertys Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama; Henry Kissinger and the American Century; and Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Détente. His writings appear in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, Atlantic, Newsweek, Time, Wired, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and other media. Professor Suri is a popular public lecturer and comments frequently on radio and television news. His writing and teaching have received numerous prizes, including the Presidents Associates Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas and the Pro Bene Meritis Award for Contributions to the Liberal Arts. Professor Suri hosts a weekly podcast, This is Democracy.
Ph.D.
in History, Yale University, 2001
M.A.
in History, Ohio University, 1996
B.A.
in History, Stanford University, 1994
Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs. He is a professor in the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Professor Suri is the author and editor of eleven books on politics and foreign policy, most recently Civil War By Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy. He's published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, Atlantic, Newsweek, Time, Wired, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and other media. Professor Suri hosts a weekly podcast, "This is Democracy." Suri's main research interests are the formation and spread of nation-states, modern international relations, the relationship between foreign policy and domestic politics, and the rise of knowledge institutions as global actors.
Member,
Advisory Board, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (2015 - 2016)
Chair,
Provosts University-Wide Faculty Working Group, University of Texas at Austin (2014 - 2015)
Member,
Presidents Executive Compliance Committee, University of Texas at Austin (2014 - 2016)
Member,
Research and Educational Technology Committee, University of Texas at Austin (2013 - 2015)
Reviewer,
Editorial Board, Blackwell Publishers; Cambridge University Press; Columbia University Press; Harvard University Press; German Historical Institute; Houghton Mifflin; Longman Publishers; Oxford University Press; Potomac Books; Princeton University Press ( - Present)
Visiting Research Fellowship
- Hiroshima University (2013)
Visiting Research Fellowship,
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (2012)
Visiting Research Fellowship
- Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway (2011)
Senior Fellow
- Heidelberg Center for American Studies (2010)
Senior Fellow
- Legatum Institute (2009)
Teaching American History Grant
- U.S. Department of Education (2008 - 2011)
