Education
MA University of California, Berkeley, 1997
PhD University of California, Berkeley, 2002
Research Interests
Chad Bryant’s interests include nationalism and the urban experience in modern Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on the lands of today’s Czech Republic. His most recent book focuses on the capital city of Prague and questions of belonging in the modern era. He is, with Kateřina Čapková and Diana Dumitru, completing a study of the Stalinist-era show trials in Czechoslovakia.
Some Notable Publications
- Prague: Belonging and the Modern City (Harvard University Press, 2021)
- Co-editor, with Arthur Burns and Paul Readman, Walking Histories, 1800-1914 (Palgrave, 2016)
- Co-editor, with Paul Readman and Cynthia Radding, Borderlands in World History, 1700-1914 (Palgrave, 2014)
- Prague in Black: Nazi Rule and Czech Nationalism (Harvard University Press, 2007)
- “Habsburg History, Eastern European History… Central European History?” Central European History 51:1 (2018): 1-15
- “War as Revolution of the Self: The Diaries of Vojtěch Berger” Střed/Centre 8:2 (2016): 9-34
- “Zap’s Prague: The City, the Nation, and Czech Elites before 1848,” Urban History 40, 2 (May 2013): 181-201
Graduate Students
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This faculty member is accepting applicants for the 2023-2024 cycle
- Alexandr-Shtumpf (Co-Advised with Eren Tasar)
- Tess Megginson
- Alma Huselja (Co-Advised with Karen Auerbach)
- Frederick Cochran (Co-Advised with Eren Tasar)
- Mira Markham
- Kevin Hoeper
- Zora Piskačová (Co-Advised with Karen Auerbach)
Courses Taught (as schedule allows)
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