John Ashbrook

John Ashbrook is Assistant Professor of History at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. He earned his Ph.D. in 2002 under the guidance of Dr. Maria Todorova. His research interests focus on politicization of identities, regionalism vs. nationalism, and modern political and diplomatic history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. His more recent research interest is on EU enlargement into the formerly communist states of Europe. Ashbrook has had a number of publications in peer-reviewed...See more

John Ashbrook is Assistant Professor of History at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. He earned his Ph.D. in 2002 under the guidance of Dr. Maria Todorova. His research interests focus on politicization of identities, regionalism vs. nationalism, and modern political and diplomatic history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. His more recent research interest is on EU enlargement into the formerly communist states of Europe. Ashbrook has had a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals such as East European Politics and Societies, the Journal of the American Association for History and Computing, The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, and Nationalities Papers. He is very active in presenting academic papers at both domestic and international conferences. See less