Frank Jacob

Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Study location
Bodø
Office
Bodø, Samfunnet 406

Education

MA in Modern History, Ancient History and Japanese Studies (Würzburg University, Germany, 2010)

PhD in Japanese Studies (University of ;Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 2012)

DBA Intercultural Management (University of Lyon 3/BSI, 2021)


Work Experience

Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Universität Würzburg, 2013-2014)

Assistant Professor (tenure track) of World History, City University of New York, USA (2014-2018)

Since 2018 Professor of Global History at Nord Universitet

Since 2022 Senior Research Fellow, Institut für historische Sozialforschung, Arbeiterkammer Wien

My main research interests are revolution theory and comparative revolutionary history as well as transnational anarchism, but I also work on modern Japanese history, popular culture, semiotics and questions about war and violence.


Recent monographs

Revolution and the Global Struggle for Modernity, vol. 1: The Atlantic Revolutions (London/New York: Anthem Press, 2024)

The Jesuits and Early Modern Religious Intercultural Management (Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2024)

The Radicalization of European Jews in the US Metropolis: Transatlantic Jewish Anarchism in New York City at the Turn of the 20th Century (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2024)

Walter Rodney: Black Power and Revolution (Marburg: Büchner, 2024)

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2021
Rosa Luxemburg, vol. 1: Leben und Wirken 2021, Büchner Verlag:;Jacob, Frank; Scharenberg, Albert; Schütrumpf, Jörn
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