Benjamin Tromly

Benjamin Tromly is a Professor of History at the University of Puget Sound, specializing in modern European and Cold War history. His research focuses on Russian and East European intellectual history, totalitarianism, collective memory, and nationalisms. He holds a BA from Grinnell College (1999), MA (2002), and PhD (2007) from Harvard University.

• Education: BA Grinnell College 1999; MA and PhD Harvard University 2002/2007

His scholarship examines Soviet intelligentsia formation, Cold War émigré politics, and the intersection of academia with socialist ideology. Key publications include Making the Soviet Intelligentsia (2014) and Cold War Exiles and the CIA (2019). His teaching spans courses on European absolutism, nationalism, and Cold War history.

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