Word: gienapp
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Dates: during 1989-1989
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...Gienapp, who was a visiting associate professor at the University last fall, said he would decide this month if he will accept the lifetime post at Harvard. He added that he could start teaching at the University in September. "If [my wife and I] decide to do this, we would like to do it as soon as possible," he said...
...Gienapp said he was also considering whether or not to accept a visiting professor post at the University of California at Los Angeles. But he added that "I would consider it a real opportunity to teach at Harvard and be part of such a distinguished faculty...
Trumbull Professor of American History Donald Fleming said Gienapp was well regarded for his analysis of changes in voting behavior which led to the genesis of the Republican party in the 1850s. Fleming added that the scholarly technique Gienapp had developed could be applicable to "other great political transitions...
...outside scholar of American history, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said he was surprised that Harvard's history department had agreed to offer a lifetime post to Gienapp,whose work the scholar called "narrow...
...Gienapp has published one book, The Originsof the Republican Party, 1852-1856. The youngscholar, who has been honored at Wyoming for histeaching ability, is currently working on atwo-volume textbook to be used in introductoryAmerican history courses