Janek Wasserman

Janek Wasserman is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama, specializing in European intellectual history, modern German history, and the history of economic thought. His research focuses on Austrian economics, the intellectual landscape of interwar Vienna, and the intersection of political economy with ideological movements. He holds a PhD from Washington University in Saint Louis (2010).

• Education: PhD, Washington University in Saint Louis, 2010

His research interests span European intellectual history, modern German history, Central European history, history of economic thought, and Holocaust studies. He has published extensively on Austrian economics and radical right movements in 20th-century Europe.

Notable awards include the Rockefeller Archive Center Grant-in-Aid (2015), Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies Fellowship (2014-2015), and multiple travel/humanities fellowships. His work often bridges economic theory with political and intellectual history, emphasizing transnational exchange and ideological conflicts.

• Awards: Rockefeller Archive Center Grant-in-Aid, Botstiber Fellowship, Research Grants Committee Fellowship

Wasserman teaches courses on the Holocaust, fascism, modern German history, and Western civilization. His recent publications include The Marginal Revolutionaries (2019) and Black Vienna (2014), analyzing Austrian economic thought and conservative movements. His conference presentations address the transnational dimensions of Austrian economics and its evolution in mid-20th-century America and Europe.