Peter Fraunholtz

I teach in the GSIR program at CPS. My courses include: “Emerging Economies”, “The Funders”, “Muslim Communities in Western Europe”, “India & China: The Rise of Global Economic Powers”.

Biography

Education                              

Ph.D. in History from Boston College (1999) 

B.S.  in Physics from Guilford College                                 

Professional Experience

Northeastern University

Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Social Science and Humanities, 2016-2019

Faculty Leader for Summer Study Abroad, 2009-2018        

Lecturer in History, Northeastern University, 1996-2015

Harvard University

Extension School Instructor in Social Science and Expository Writing, 1999-2003, 2008

Professional Activities & Accomplishments

Recent Publications

“The Collapse and Rebuilding of Grain Procurement Authority in Civil War Russia: The Case of Penza, 1919” in Sarah Badcock, Liudmila Novikova, and Aaron Retish eds.  Russia’s Home Front in War and Revolution 1914-1922 Book I: Russia’s Revolution in Regional Perspective Bloomington: Slavica, 2015, 67-86.

Recent Presentations

Political and Economic Landscape of Grain Procurement in a “Consuming” Province: Penza, 1918”  Paper presented at the National Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Boston, December, 2018.

“Local Ramifications of the Triage State: state, peasants, and grain in Penza and the Middle Volga, 1919-1920.”  Paper presented at the National Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Chicago, November, 2017.

“Crisis and Stability in Revolutionary Russia: Grain Procurement and State Authority in Penza and the Volga Region, 1919.”  Paper presented at the World History Association, Boston, June, 2017.

“Grain Procurement, Resource Scarcity, and the Triage State in Civil War Russia: the Case of the Volga Region, 1919.”  Paper presented at the National Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Philadelphia, November, 2015.

“Land Redistribution and the Grain Crisis in Revolutionary Russia: the Case of Penza Province in 1918.”  Paper presented at the National Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, San Antonio, November, 2014.

Study Abroad Education:  Programs Designed and Led

Marrakesh, Amsterdam, Paris Dialogue of Civilizations, Summer II, 2017-2018

         Gender, Economic Development, and the Muslim Communities of Western Europe

Morocco Dialogue of Civilizations, Summer I, 2016

         Gender and Economic Development in North Africa

Paris-Morocco Dialogue of Civilizations, Summer I, 2013-2015

         Gender, Economic Development, and the Muslim Community of France

Morocco Dialogue of Civilizations, Summer I, 2010-12

          Gender and Economic Development in North Africa

Spain-Morocco Dialogue of Civilizations, Summer II, 2009

          History, Culture, and Economic Development in North Africa

Education

Doctor_of_History from Boston College (1999)

Area of Expertise

Emerging Economies, Global Economy, North African History and Economic Development, Russian and Soviet History, World History