Paul Petzschmann

Paul Petzschmann is a Lecturer and Research Associate in European Studies at Carleton College. He completed a DPhil and MPhil in Politics at Oxford University and received his BA in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. Paul also held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Capetown, South Africa, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, and at Carleton College.

His research interests are in political theory and the history of political thought, especially of 19th and 20th century Europe and the United States. In particular he is interested in intellectual migration and international debates about the state and crisis governance. Paul teaches a number of courses in the European Studies concentration on the European Union, the rise of the European Nation State, European political ideologies, and the European Studies capstone seminar, EUST 398.

Education

• DPhil University of Oxford (2003 — 2008)
• MPhil University of Oxford (2001 — 2003)
• BA University of Warwick (1998 — 2001)

Companies

• Senior Lecturer European Studies Carleton College (2021)
• Lecturer European Studies Carleton College (2014 — 2022)
• Program Director, Economics and European Studies in Cambridge 2018 Carleton College (2018 — 2018)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Carleton College (2013 — 2014)
• Robert Oden Fellow for Innovation in the Humanities Carleton College (2011 — 2013)
• Remote Analyst, Security and Governance in South Asia Control Risks (2011 — 2013)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for the Humanities in Africa (HUMA) University of Cape Town (2009 — 2011)
• Research Fellow, Yggdrasil Program, Norwegian Research Council Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2009 — 2010)
• Politics tutor Oxford University (2004 — 2009)