Robert Niebuhr
Teaching Professor & Honors Faculty Fellow,
Barrett Honors Faculty
Other ASU affiliations
Instructor,
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Affiliate,
Melikian Center
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Barrett Honors College TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 1612Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Robert Niebuhr is a faculty fellow at Barrett; his scholarship has focused on the political and military history of former Yugoslavia, aspects of modern German history, and twentieth-century Bolivian history.
Niebuhr has lived and studied abroad, beginning with a year in Croatia as a Fulbrighter in 2003-4 and from 2010 until 2013 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. In Croatia, he did archival research for his M.A. thesis and attended courses at the University of Zagreb. Later, he spent considerable time in former Yugoslavia doing research and working in Bosnia-Hercegovina (Mostar and Sarajevo), Kosovo (Prishtina), and in Serbia (Novi Sad and Belgrade). In Bolivia, he taught at Universidad Nur and Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo” alongside a project based on archival research on the Chaco War (1932-35).
Education
- Ph.D. History, Boston College 2009. Thesis: The Search for a Communist Legitimacy: Tito’s Yugoslavia. Advisor: Larry Wolff, New York University, Department of History
- M.A. History, Boston College 2006. Topics: Eastern Europe, Modern Europe, International Relations and Germany since Bismarck
- M.A. History, Arizona State University 2004. Thesis: Life and Death of an Army: Yugoslavia, 1945–1995. Advisor: Stephen Batalden, Arizona State University, Department of History
- B.A. History (Summa Cum Laude), Arizona State University Barrett Honors College 2000. Thesis: Helmets, Plowshares, and Burghers: Conflict between Military and Society in Imperial Germany. Advisor: Gerald Kleinfeld, Arizona State University, Department of History
Research Website URL
Publications
Books
- The Search for a Cold War Legitimacy: Tito’s Yugoslavia, 1945–1975 (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2018).
- ¡Vamos a Avanzar!: The Chaco War and Bolivia’s Political Transformation, 1899–1952 (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press). 2021
- When East Met West: World History through Travelers’ Perspectives (Reading, MA: Trebarwyth Press, 2010).
- Beginner’s Croatian (New York: Hippocrene Books, 2009). With Aida Vidan.
- Beginner’s Serbian (New York: Hippocrene Books, 2009). With Aida Vidan. Language and Travel Guide to Croatia (New York: Hippocrene Books, 2009). With Bernd Scherak.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 484 | Internship |
| HON 484 | Internship |
| HON 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| HON 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
| HON 370 | History of Ideas |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
| HON 171 | The Human Event |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 272 | The Human Event |
| HON 394 | Special Topics |