Andrei Markovits is currently an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author and editor of many books, scholarly articles, conference papers, book reviews and newspaper contributions in English and many foreign languages on topics as varied as German and Austrian politics, anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism, social democracy, social movements, the European right and the European left. Markovits has also worked extensively on comparative sports culture in Europe and North America. However, his newest book entitled Hillel at Michigan 1926/27 - 1945: Struggles of Jewish Identity in a Pivotal Era represents the first published installment of his ongoing scholarly interest in the history of Jewish students at the University of Michigan.

News Update: Germany Awards Andy Markovits with Highest Civilian Honor.

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Recent Award Winning Books by Andy Markovits

• From Property to Family
  2015 University of Michigan Press Book Award

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• Press Release of the German Consulate General in Chicago
• The University of Michigan Coverage
• Announcement by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences of Stanford University
• Read the Ceremony Speech
• Andrei Markovits Honored with Major Prize