Ferenc Szasz
Associate • United States, Intellectual, Religion
Profile
Ferenc Szasz offers students a variety of classes in the areas of social, intellectual, and religious history of the United States and the American West. Szasz also teaches both U.S. history survey courses, the history of World War II, and a number of undergraduate and graduate seminars. During the 1985-86 academic year, Szasz was the Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, where, in addition to his university duties, he lectured extensively throughout Scotland, England, and Wales. An enthusiastic writer, Szasz has authored six books, edited or co-edited four others, and published nearly ninety scholarly and popular articles. He also serves as a manuscript reviewer for a number of academic journals and presses, as well as being a member of the editorial board for Journal of the West. Currently, Szasz is finishing up a study on the impact of Robert Burns on the life and legend of Abraham Lincoln.
Education
B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University,
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1969
Research
American Intellectual History, American Religious History, Religion in the American West, Early Atomic Age, the "Old" Social and Intellectual History, especially dealing with the impact of Scotland on the West.
Selected Publications
The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945 (1984, 1995)
British Scientists and the Manhattan Project: The Los Alamos Years (1992)
The Divided Mind of Protestant America (1982)
Scots and the North American West (2000)
Religion in the West (2000)
Awards
Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Recognition Award, 1992-1993 (Graduate Student Selection)
1986 Robert G. Athern Award from the Western History Association for the best book published on the 20th Century West for The Day the Sun Rose Twice.
University of New Mexico Teacher of the Year, 1973-71
Courses
US History to 1865; US History since 1865; American Religious History; The US During the Era of WWII; History of WWII Era; American Cultural/Social History 1607-1860; American Cultural/Social History Since 1860; American Intellectual History; Religion and the American West