Charles King (professor of international affairs) - Wikipedia Charles King (professor of international affairs) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Georgetown University Professor Charles King speaking on his book, Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul (2014), at Politics and Prose book store, Washington, D.C., 21 September 2014 Charles King (born 1967) is Professor of International Affairs and Government at Georgetown University, where he previously served as Chairman of the Faculty of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Contents 1 Life 2 Partial bibliography 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links Life[edit] He is the author of multiple books, including Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams (W. W. Norton, 2011), Extreme Politics: Nationalism, Violence, and the End of Eastern Europe (Oxford University Press, 2010), The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus (Oxford University Press, 2008), The Black Sea: A History (Oxford University Press, 2004) and The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture (Hoover Institution Press, 2000). He has also published articles and essays in World Politics, International Security, Slavic Review, Foreign Affairs, and other academic and popular publications. King's book, Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul (W.W. Norton, 2014) received a highly positive review by Jason Goodwin in the New York Times Book Review.[1] King won the Francis Parkman Prize for his book Gods of the Upper Air.[2] King teaches courses in comparative politics, East European studies, and international affairs and is a three-time recipient of teaching awards from Georgetown University. Before coming to Georgetown in 1996, he was the Rank and Manning Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford University, and a Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He has appeared on media outlets from CNN and the BBC to the History Channel and MTV.[citation needed] A former Marshall scholar and Fulbright scholar, King holds a B.A. (History) and B.A. (Philosophy), both summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Arkansas and an M.Phil. (Russian and East European Studies) and D.Phil. (Politics) from Oxford University. Partial bibliography[edit] Ending Civil Wars (1997) ISBN 0-19-829343-7 Nations Abroad: Diaspora Politics and International Relations in the Former Soviet Union (1998), co-editor, ISBN 0-8133-3738-0 Post-Soviet Moldova: A Borderland in Transition (1998) ISBN 973-98091-1-1 The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture (1999) ISBN 0-8179-9792-X The Black Sea: A History (2004) ISBN 0-19-924161-9 The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus (2008) ISBN 0-19-517775-4 Extreme Politics: Nationalism, Violence, and the End of Eastern Europe (2010) ISBN 0-19-537038-4 Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams (2011) ISBN 0-393-07084-0 Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul (2014) ISBN 978-0393089141 Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century (2019) ISBN 9780385542197 Awards[edit] 2011: National Jewish Book Award in Writing Based on Archival Material for Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams[3] References[edit] ^ Goodwin, Jason (2014-12-05). "'Midnight at the Pera Palace,' by Charles King". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-29. ^ "Historian Charles King Wins Francis Parkman Prize". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2020-06-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-09. ^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-26. External links[edit] Biography portal Charles King Author Website Appearances on C-SPAN Interview with King on "New Books in History" Authority control BNE: XX1583517 BNF: cb12562705p (data) GND: 130458988 ISNI: 0000 0001 0910 8534 LCCN: n98048402 NKC: jx20060929003 NTA: 218191413 PLWABN: 9810657787405606 SELIBR: 235006 SUDOC: 034926399 VIAF: 66582192 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n98048402 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_King_(professor_of_international_affairs)&oldid=996494995" Categories: American political writers American male non-fiction writers Georgetown University faculty University of Arkansas alumni Fellows of New College, Oxford Writers from Arkansas Writers from Washington, D.C. 1967 births Living people Marshall Scholars Fulbright Scholars Hidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2008 Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages العربية Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 26 December 2020, at 23:14 (UTC). 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