Moshik Temkin

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Taubman-452
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 103
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-1392
Email: moshik_temkin@harvard.edu
Assistant
Gina Abbadessa (617-495-8217)
Moshik Temkin

Profile

Moshik Temkin, Associate Professor, joined the Harvard Kennedy School faculty in 2008. Previously he taught at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and at Columbia University. He received his B.A. at the Hebrew University and his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in History at Columbia. A specialist in transatlantic history, with an emphasis on 20th century political cultures in the United States and Europe, he is the author of The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial (Yale University Press, 2009; paperback edition, 2011), which was a finalist for the Cundill International Prize. His research interests include the history of the death penalty in transatlantic perspective, Malcolm X's career and politics in a global context, and the contest between international politics and travel control during and since the Cold War. At Harvard, he is also affiliated with the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, the Center for European Studies, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. At the Kennedy School, he convenes the Harvard Seminar on History and Policy. In 2010-2011, he also co-convened the Harvard International and Global History Seminar. As of 2011, he is a Big Think Inaugural Delphi Fellow.

 

Links:

Review of The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair in the London Review of Books

Profile for the History News Network's "Top Young Historians" Feature

Rorotoko Interview about The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair

Culture Shocks Interview about The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair

 

 

 

Courses

Not Offered

  • DPI-714 The United States and the World: Politics, Policy, and the Uses of History
  • DPI-705 History, Politics, and the Public

Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles
    • Temkin, Moshik. "From Black Revolution to 'Radical Humanism': Malcolm X Between Biography and International History." Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development 3.2 (Summer 2012): 267-288.
  • Book Chapters
    • Temkin, Moshik. "Cold War Culture and the Lingering Myth of Sacco and Vanzetti." Uncertain Empire: American History and the Idea of the Cold War. Ed. Joel Isaac and Duncan Bell. Oxford University Press, 2012.