Dr. Patricia Kollander
Ph.D., Brown University
Professor泭
Areas of Expertise
- Modern Germany
- World War II
- Modern Russia
- Women in European History
Email:
kollande@fau.edu
Office Phone: (561) 297-4156
Dr. Kollanders research focuses on modern German history in general and the contributions of recent German and Austrian emigres to the war against Nazism in particular. 泭She has served as department chair, special assistant to the dean, and as a provost fellow.
Her publications include two books: 泭Frederick III: Germany's Liberal Emperor (Greenwood Press, 1995) and 泭"I Must Be a Part of this War": A German Americans Fight against Hitler and Nazism (with John O'Sullivan, contributor; Fordham University Press, 2005). 泭Her articles have appeared in the scholarly journals German History, European Review of History, Yearbook of German American Studies, and The Historian.
Recent publications include an article Empress Frederick and the Womens Movement in Nineteenth Century Germany Journal of International Womens History 泭(2020), 泭and two book chapters The Role of German and Austrian Emigres in the U.S. Army in the Liberation of Hitlers Fortress Europe and the Denazification Process in Beyond Camps and Forced Labour: Current International Research on Survivors of Nazi Persecution. 泭(Cham, Switzerland: Springer Publishing, 2020) and German and Austrian Child Emigres in the U.S. and the War against Nazism, in the conference volume Children and War: Past and Present. (Warwick, UK: Helion and Company, 2022)
Forthcoming publications include an edited book, The U.S. Presidency, the Holocaust and the State of Israel, (conference volume from the 2024 Larkin Symposium, University Press of 勛圖厙 2026), an updated version of a 2013 essay Boomerang Resistance: 泭German Emigres in the U.S. Army in the ETO during World War II contribution to Thomas W. Zeilers two volume 泭A Companion to the Second World War (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2026), and a book chapter, German and Austrian Emigres in the U.S. Army and the Holocaust in The U.S. Military and the Holocaust edited by Adam Seipp and Kaete OConnell. (University of Texas El Paso Press, 2026). Her current manuscript project is entitled: From Immigration to Liberation: Recent German and Austrian Emigres in the US Army and the War against Nazism.
Links of Interest
Courses
Undergraduate Courses
- History of Civilization from Ancient Times to 1600
- History of Civilization from 1600 to the Present泭
- Introduction to Historical Study
- Senior Seminar
- Women in European History
- Hitler and Nazi Germany
- History of Modern Russia
Graduate Courses
- Teaching Practicum for Graduate Students
- Graduate Research SeminarNazi Germany: Politics, Culture and Society
- Graduate Readings SeminarResistance in Nazi Germany
- Graduate Readings Seminar: The Holocaust and Holocaust Denial
- Graduate Readings Seminar: Women in Nazi Germany