Andrei S. Markovits is the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan. He holds professorships in the University’s Department of Political Science and the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, as well as a courtesy appointment in its Department of Sociology. Kenneth Garner.
THE CONTEXT. Our project has a well-established intellectual pedigree and forms an essential component of a larger academic concern. Since the late 1980s, Andrei Markovits has worked on what he has called “sports cultures” by which he has meant the large framework wherein people “follow” sports. As such, his work has concentrated more on the consumption of sports—their “followers.
Redefining the Nation: Center-Right Party Outreach Toward Ethnic Minorities in Western Europe by Jennifer L. Miller A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science) in the University of Michigan 2013 Doctoral Committee: Professor Anna Grzymala-Busse, Co-Chair.
Andrei Markovits Q: Brazil was chosen to host this year’s Olympic Games nearly seven years ago. The country’s situation has changed a lot since then. Can Brazil benefit from this mega event at this point? A: Since the Nazis successfully repackaged the Olympics into the world’s first mega sports event in Berlin in 1936, all Olympics—and all mega events like the World Cups in soccer and.
This Women’s History Month, the Alumni Education Gateway gives you access to educational content with U-M researchers sharing how the role of women has changed sports, the workplace, and much more. The First Women. In 1924, a questionnaire went out to U-M’s female graduates. The U-M Heritage Project presents a sampling of the candid responses, from classroom nerves to career-launching.