Nathan Stoltzfus

Associate Professor of History

Nathan Stoltzfus (Ph.D. Harvard 1993) teaches twentieth century European history and is currently working on several projects on collaboration, resistance, and state control in twentieth-century Germany.

His book Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany (W.W. Norton 1996, paperback 2001 with a forward by Walter Laqueur) has been translated into French (Phébus), Swedish (Leopard), and German (Hanser and dtv with foreword by German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer). It was a co-recipient of the Institute of Contemporary History's Fraenkel Prize, a 'Book of the Year' in the New Statesman, was #2 on the German Bestenliste for nonfiction in October, 1999, identified by Die Zeit as the 'standard work' on the Rosenstrasse Protest, and was praised by the New York Times. It has formed the basis for documentary films and was the subject of dramatic readings in Germany and the U.S. by Elysium.

Stoltzfus' innovative work on intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest has spawned a considerable debate among academics, leading to what Die Zeit called a "historian's controversy." Debates about the subject became one of the main discussion forums on the academic listserv H-German, generating a webpage used in graduate seminars.

Social Outsiders in Nazi Germany (Princeton University Press, 2001), a collection co-edited with Professor Robert Gellately, resulted from a conference funded by the HF Guggenheim Foundation, has also been published in Turkish.

Stoltzfus is the co-author with Professors Doug Weiner and Christoph Mauch of Shades of Green: Environmental Activism around the Globe (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006) which represents the diversity of national, regional and international environmental activism, showing that the term "environmentalism" covers an entire range of perceptions, values and interests. The book shows that each instance of environmental activism, on various continents, is shaped by historically unique circumstances.

He is also a co-author of Courageous Resistance: The Power of Ordinary People (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). Using various case studies, this book co-authored by professors of history, political science, and sociology introduces readers to a spectrum of types of resistance to tyranny and investigates the factors that motivate and sustain opposition to human rights violations.

Cambridge University Press has accepted for publication a manuscript Stoltzfus has edited with Henry Friedlander on Nazi Crimes and the Law.

Nathan Stoltzfus is the author of a number of articles, also for general intellectual publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and Die Zeit. He has appeared as an expert for or been quoted by a range of media, including NPR, ZDF German TV, Vogue Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Financial Times and The Times. Dr. Stoltzfus is also chair of the University Rhodes Scholarship Committee.

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				Nathan Stoltzfus Associate Professor of History Nathan Stoltzfus (Ph.D. Harvard 1993) teaches twentieth century European history and is currently working on several projects on collaboration, resistance, and state control in twentieth-century Germany. His book Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany (W.W. Norton 1996, paperback 2001 with a forward by Walter Laqueur) has been translated into French (Phébus), Swedish (Leopard), and German (Hanser and dtv with foreword by German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer). It was a co-recipient of the Institute of Contemporary History's Fraenkel Prize, a 'Book of the Year' in the New Statesman, was #2 on the German Bestenliste for nonfiction in October, 1999, identified by Die Zeit as the 'standard work' on the Rosenstrasse Protest, and was praised by the New York Times. It has formed the basis for documentary films and was the subject of dramatic readings in Germany and the U.S. by Elysium. Stoltzfus' innovative work on intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest has spawned a considerable debate among academics, leading to what Die Zeit called a "historian's controversy." Debates about the subject became one of the main discussion forums on the academic listserv H-German, generating a webpage used in graduate seminars. Social Outsiders in Nazi Germany (Princeton University Press, 2001), a collection co-edited with Professor Robert Gellately, resulted from a conference funded by the HF Guggenheim Foundation, has also been published in Turkish. Stoltzfus is the co-author with Professors Doug Weiner and Christoph Mauch of Shades of Green: Environmental Activism around the Globe (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006) which represents the diversity of national, regional and international environmental activism, showing that the term "environmentalism" covers an entire range of perceptions, values and interests. The book shows that each instance of environmental activism, on various continents, is shaped by historically unique circumstances. He is also a co-author of Courageous Resistance: The Power of Ordinary People (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). Using various case studies, this book co-authored by professors of history, political science, and sociology introduces readers to a spectrum of types of resistance to tyranny and investigates the factors that motivate and sustain opposition to human rights violations. Cambridge University Press has accepted for publication a manuscript Stoltzfus has edited with Henry Friedlander on Nazi Crimes and the Law. Nathan Stoltzfus is the author of a number of articles, also for general intellectual publications, including The Atlantic Monthly and Die Zeit. He has appeared as an expert for or been quoted by a range of media, including NPR, ZDF German TV, Vogue Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Financial Times and The Times. Dr. Stoltzfus is also chair of the University Rhodes Scholarship Committee.