Karl A. Roider, Jr.
Karl A. Roider, Jr. is the Louisiana State University, Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor. Dr. Roider served as the Dean of LSU's College of Arts and Sciences from 1991-2000, at which time he returned to his role as a History professor.[1] His academic specialization is in the study of the Balkans, his books include a biography of Maria Theresa of Austria.
Education
Ada High School, 1961
A.B. Yale University 1965
M.A. Stanford University 1966
Ph.D. Stanford University 1970[2]
Awards and honors
- Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor of History
- Younger Humanist Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Fulbright Scholar
- American Philosophical Society scholar[2]
- Ada Schools, Hall of Honor[3]
Notable Articles
Forewords to:
- Ella Schneider Hilton, Displaced Person: A Girl's Life in Russia, Germany, and America (LSU Press, 2004)
- E.M. Forster, ed., The Turkish Letters of Ogiev Ghiselin de Busberg (LSU Press, 2005)
Books
- The Reluctant Ally: Austria’s Policy in the Austro-Turkish War, 1737-1739 (Louisiana State University Press, 1972)
- Maria Theresa (Prentice-Hall, 1973—Editor)
- Austria’s Eastern Question, 1700-1790 (Princeton University Press, 1982)
- Baron Thugut and Austria’s Response to the French Revolution (Princeton University Press, 1987)
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