Peter J. Katzenstein | |
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Born |
Peter Joachim Katzenstein February 17, 1945 Hamburg, Germany |
Alma mater |
Harvard University London School of Economics Swarthmore College |
School | Constructivism |
Institutions |
Cornell University University of Massachusetts Amherst Harvard University |
Main interests
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International relations |
Peter Joachim Katzenstein (born February 17, 1945) is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. Recognized by the journal Foreign Affairs as a "renowned scholar of international relations" in 2013, Katzenstein specializes in Asian (particularly Japanese) as well as European (particularly German) roles and norms in international relations. His main concentration lies in the study of culture, religion, identity, and regionalism in the interstate system, for which he is known as a proponent of constructivist thinking. He is often associated with the school of neoliberal institutionalism through his joint projects with Robert Keohane. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Peter Katzenstein was born on February 17, 1945 in Hamburg, Germany. He is currently married with two children, and resides in Ithaca, New York, just minutes from his place of occupation as a professor at Cornell.
Katzenstein was educated in Germany in Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums before moving to the United States, where he ended up receiving a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1967, majoring in Political Science, Economics, and Literature. The next year he earned an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and six years later he received his Ph.D. from Harvard University with thesis titled Disjoined Partners: Austria and Germany since 1815. His first stint as teacher came in 1971 when he served as a teaching fellow in the Government Department at Harvard. The following year he became a part-time instructor in Comparative Politics of Western Europe at the University of Massachusetts. From 1973 to 1977 he served as an Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell, before becoming an Associate Professor for three years until 1980. From 1980 to 1987 he was a Professor of Government, before finally accepting the position he holds to this day as the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. Katzenstein speaks German and English.