John R. Lampe
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John R. Lampe is a professor
of history
at the University of Maryland
. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
in 1971. He is a senior scholar at the Wilson Center. His biography on the University's webpage notes that his initial book was Balkan Economic History, 1550-1950, From Imperial Borderlands to Developing Nations, with Marvin Jackson (Indiana University Press, 1982), winner of the first annual Vucinich Prize for a publication for publication on Eastern Europe from the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
He is also the author of Balkans into Southeastern Europe and Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country, which was initially published in 1996 and went into a second edition in 2000.
Professor
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of history
History
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at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
in 1971. He is a senior scholar at the Wilson Center. His biography on the University's webpage notes that his initial book was Balkan Economic History, 1550-1950, From Imperial Borderlands to Developing Nations, with Marvin Jackson (Indiana University Press, 1982), winner of the first annual Vucinich Prize for a publication for publication on Eastern Europe from the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
He is also the author of Balkans into Southeastern Europe and Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country, which was initially published in 1996 and went into a second edition in 2000.