Leslie Rogne Schumacher

Leslie Rogne Schumacher
Born (1982-11-02) November 2, 1982
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Leslie Rogne Schumacher, FRSA, FRHistS is an American historian, writer, and professor of international relations. He teaches at Harvard Kennedy School and is a Faculty Affiliate in the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as well as an Associate in Harvard's History Department.[1] He also holds research posts at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Affairs at Cornell University and the Foreign Policy Research Institute.[2] He was the fourth David H. Burton Fellow at Saint Joseph's University.[3] He later served as Wells College's Director of the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, funded by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence.[4] He has taught at the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies (a part of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania), and he previously served on the faculty of the Sant'Anna Institute in Sorrento, Italy.[5]

Schumacher publishes in the fields of Mediterranean studies, British history, diplomacy and international relations, and migration studies.[6] He frequently collaborates with fellow Mediterranean scholar Andrekos Varnava, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History.[7] In honor of his book on the Eastern Question, Great Powers diplomacy, Victorian politics and society, and British imperialism, titled The Eastern Question in 1870s Britain: Democracy and Diplomacy, Orientalism and Empire (2023), he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2024.[8] His work on nationalism and the history of European integration theory features in graduate programs in Middle East studies, imperialism, and the European Union.[9] He is a member of the advisory board of the Marmara Journal of European Studies and the editorial board of Akropolis: Journal of Hellenic Studies.[10] He has served on the board of the scholarly organization Britain and the World, including as Vice-Chair.[11]

Schumacher regularly provides commentary on current events, including for venues like National Public Radio, War on the Rocks, and History News Network.[12] He is also active in civil discourse, debate, and leadership initiatives, serving as a board member of the Pennsylvania High School Speech League and as Academic Director of the Senior Leadership Program for the Great Books Summer Program at Haverford College.[13] In 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in honor of his work on refugee affairs in the Greater Philadelphia area.[14]

Selected works

  • Transnational Nationalism in the Mediterranean Sea: Origins and Aftermaths. London: Anthem Press, 2026 (forthcoming).[1]
  • “Seeking securo asilo: Malta’s Italian Refugee Crisis, 1815-1848.” Chapter in Forced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire, 1810s-1940s. Eds. Andrekos Varnava, Yianni Cartledge, and Evan Smith. Leiden: Brill, 2025.[2]
  • “Old Crossroads and New Frontiers: BRICS+, the European Union, and the Mediterranean Sea.” Article in Transatlantic Policy Quarterly 22, no. 4 (2023/24), 102-109.[3]
  • The Eastern Question in 1870s Britain: Democracy and Diplomacy, Orientalism and Empire. London: Palgrave Macmillian, 2023.[4]
  • “In Brief: The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis.” War on the Rocks, August 22, 2023.[5]
  • “Small Islands, Global Challenges: Greece, COVID, and Mediterranean Migration.” White paper for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, May 3, 2021.[6]
  • “Malta, Italy, and Mediterranean Migration: A Long History and an Ongoing Issue.” White paper for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, September 24, 2020.[7]
  • “Outrage and Imperialism, Confusion and Indifference: Punch and the Armenian Massacres of 1894-1896.” Chapter in Comic Empires: The Imperialism of Cartoons, Caricature, and Satirical Art. Eds. Richard Scully and Andrekos Varnava. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020.[8]
  • “Greek Expectations: Britain and the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864.” Chapter in Imperial Expectations and Realities: El Dorados, Utopias and Dystopias. Ed. Andrekos Varnava. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015.[9]
  • “The Eastern Question as a Europe Question: Viewing the Ascent of ‘Europe’ through the Lens of Ottoman Decline.” Article in the Journal of European Studies 44, no. 1 (2014), 64-80.[10]

Selected honors

References

  1. ^ https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/leslie-schumacher; https://www.belfercenter.org/people/leslie-rogne-schumacher; https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/leslie-rogne-schumacher
  2. ^ https://einaudi.cornell.edu/discover/people/leslie-rogne-schumacher; https://www.fpri.org/contributor/leslie-schumacher/
  3. ^ https://www.sju.edu/departments/history/burton-fellowship; https://sjuhawknews.com/5520/news/former-nato-leader-supports-u-s-global-police-role/
  4. ^ https://www.hamline.edu/news/2023/10/schumacher-publishes; https://www.dni.gov/files/CHCO/documents/CAE/ICCAE_SlipSheet_Final_508_20220914.pdf
  5. ^ https://wir.wharton.upenn.edu/home-page/course-evaluation/course-evaluation-schedule/ (NB: listed by teaching team as "Ron Granieri; Leslie Schumacher"); https://aseees.org/programs/exploring-career-diversity/aseees-exploring-career-diversity-conversation-series/; https://www.santannainstitute.com/discover-sant-anna/faculty-and-staff-sant-anna-institute/
  6. ^ "Leslie Rogne Schumacher, PHD, FRSA, FRHistS".
  7. ^ See, for example: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719097867/; https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526142948/; https://brill.com/display/title/69543.
  8. ^ "Society elects 159 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members | RHS".
  9. ^ See, for example: https://www.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.447483.1565954743!/menu/standard/file/ABMMES%20Middle%20Eastern%20Studies%20-%20Debating%20a%20Discipline%20HT19.pdf; https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/modules/hi3t2/v/v/6/; https://ciao-test.cdrs.columbia.edu/catalog?f%5Blocation%5D%5B%5D=Mediterranean&f%5Btopic%5D%5B%5D=History&per_page=20&search_field=all_fields&searched=yes.
  10. ^ https://avrupa.marmara.edu.tr/dosya/avrupa/MJES/MJES_2021/revised%20editorial%20board.pdf; https://www.academia.edu/45049680/Akropolis_Journal_of_Hellenic_Studies_vol_4_Table_of_Contents.
  11. ^ "Front matter". Britain and the World. 10. 2017. doi:10.3366/brw.2017.0255.
  12. ^ https://whyy.org/segments/saudi-women-celebrate-removal-driving-ban/; https://warontherocks.com/2023/08/in-brief-the-mediterranean-migrant-crisis/; https://www.hnn.us/article/charles-marvin-a-nineteenth-century-edward-snowden; https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/libertarian-fantasies-and-the-tea-party-movement
  13. ^ https://www.phssl.org/events/1690-2/; https://greatbookssummer.com/leadership-lp/
  14. ^ "Reasoning and Persuasive Skills for Leaders".