Heikki Lempa
Election
Name
Heikki Lempa
Candidate statement
I am a Professor of Modern European History at Moravian University where I have been working collaboratively across disciplines, currently on the Health Humanities program. At the GSA I have tried to remain true to this approach. Over the past ten years I worked with wonderful colleagues to launch two interdisciplinary networks: Emotion Studies Network and Body Studies Network. I served on the Program Committee and chaired the Seminars Committee for two years. Currently Ela Gezen and I coordinate a pilot program on undergraduate panels at the GSA.
I have published three books, Bildung der Triebe, Beyond the Gymnasium, and Spaces of Honor. My current book project, The Bodies of the Others, attempts to situate German bodies in a global context. These books and projects reflect my interests in the histories of education, the body, and emotions from the late seventeenth into the early twentieth centuries. They also reflect my work at the GSA.
If elected as Board Member, I would represent the earlier periods including the nineteenth century. I would also engage, in collaboration with other board members, in expanding the thematic and spatial scope and diversity of the GSA so that we can keep and grow the membership.
I have published three books, Bildung der Triebe, Beyond the Gymnasium, and Spaces of Honor. My current book project, The Bodies of the Others, attempts to situate German bodies in a global context. These books and projects reflect my interests in the histories of education, the body, and emotions from the late seventeenth into the early twentieth centuries. They also reflect my work at the GSA.
If elected as Board Member, I would represent the earlier periods including the nineteenth century. I would also engage, in collaboration with other board members, in expanding the thematic and spatial scope and diversity of the GSA so that we can keep and grow the membership.