Jeremi Suri
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Ohio University, M.A. 1996
Yale University, Ph.D. 2001
Jeremi Suri | |
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 Suri at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Spouse | Alison Alter |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, A.B. 1994 Ohio University, M.A. 1996 Yale University, Ph.D. 2001 |
| Thesis | Convergent Responses to Disorder: Cultural Revolution and Détente among the Great Powers during the 1960s |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin
University of Wisconsin–Madison (2001–2011) |
| Website | jeremisuri |
| Notes | |
Jeremi Suri is an American historian and the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
He graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's in history in 1994. He then obtained a master's in history from Ohio University followed by a Ph.D. in history from Yale University.[3] While at Yale, he wrote a dissertation titled "Convergent Responses to Disorder: Cultural Revolution and Détente among the Great Powers during the 1960s.[4]"
Suri has received many prizes for his teaching and research.[5] In 2007, Smithsonian Magazine named him one of America's "Top Young Innovators" in the Arts and Sciences.[5]
In 2012, Suri was Mack Brown Distinguished Professor for Global Leadership, History, and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.[5][2] That year, he spoke at the independently organized TedxSMU event.[5]
Jeremi is a frequent public lecturer and guest on radio and television programs.[5] His writings appear widely in blogs and print media, including Foreign Policy.[6][5]
He has said that he is half Jewish and half Hindu.[7]
