Dr. Jonathan Singerton

Biography

Jonathan Singerton is an Assistant Professor of Global Political History at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specializing in global history with a focus on Habsburg lands, Central Europe during the early modern period, and the early twentieth century. He has a keen interest in North American and Asian history. As part of his role, he contributes to the core Political History group and supports the BA and MA History & International Studies programmes. He is also a member of the CLUE+ Research Network, helping to broaden the perspectives of the Habsburg Monarchy in historical discourse. Currently, he is editing a collaborative volume titled 'Global Habsburg History' for Oxford University Press and completing a monograph. His research interests extend to the nexus of religion and informal imperialism in the nineteenth century, particularly focusing on Austro-Hungarian missionary societies in North America and Africa. Singerton's work has received significant recognition, including the Liechtenstein Prize for Outstanding Research in 2023. He has held fellowships in both Austria and the United States and has lectured at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Innsbruck. In 2018, he obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, winning multiple awards for his dissertation. He is currently a Fellow of the Royal Society of History in the United Kingdom and is set to join the Board of Advisors for the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies.

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