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A. James McAdams
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A member of the
Notre Dame faculty since 1992, A. James McAdams
was named the Dr. William M. Scholl Chair in International
Affairs in 2001. He serves as the director of the
Nanovic Institute for European Studies. He has also
served as the chair of Notre Dame's department of
government and international studies since 1997.
An internationally recognized scholar of the two-state
period in modern German history (1949-1989) and
its aftermath, he has published numerous books and
articles, including Germany Divided: From the
Wall to Reunification, East Germany and Detente,
Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law in New
Democracies and Judging the Pastin Unified Germany. |
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is currently conducting research for a manuscript entitled The Contradictions of Liberty: Protecting Personal
Privacy and National Security in the Age of the Web,
which explores how different governments seek to control
the World Wide Web.
Since coming to Notre Dame from
Princeton University, Professor McAdams has been an
active participant in the Helen Kellogg Institute for
International Studies, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for
International Affairs and the Nanovic Institute for
European Studies, as well as the Center for Human Rights
and the Center for Social Concerns. A dedicated teacher,
he offers courses in comparative politics and foreign
policy, emphasizing Eastern and Western Europe, as well
as the emerging politics of information technology.
He has received Notre Dame's Charles E. Sheedy Award
for Excellence in Teaching, Kaneb Teaching Award and
Thomas J. Madden Award in Teaching in the First-Year
of Studies. In addition, he received the DAAD Prize
from the German Academic Exchange Service for distinguished
scholarship in German Studies.
THE DR. WILLIAM M. SCHOLL
CHAIR IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, established in
1985, was the first of two endowed professorships
created by the Dr. Scholl Foundation, a private,
independent grant awarding foundation. The Dr.
William M. Scholl Chair in Romance Languages and
Literatures was established 10 years later. The
Scholl Foundation was created in 1947 by the late
William M. Scholl, M.D., the founder of the famous
foot-care products business that also bears his
name. William M. Scholl, M.D., was one of 13 children
born and raised in LaPorte, Indiana. He inherited
his grandfather's cobbler and father's carriage-making
skills and began producing fashioned leather goods
for his family and townspeople before starting
his own business. He received his medical training
from Loyola University and the Chicago Medical
School. Dr. Scholl founded the Scholl Manufacturing
Co., Inc., a manufacturer of orthopedic devices
and footwear, in 1904 and served as president
until his death. The physician and business executive
died in 1968 at age 85, leaving the bulk of his
estate to the foundation. |
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