Tara Zahra

Tara Zahra
Born (1976-08-03) August 3, 1976 (age 48)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Swarthmore College
Academic work
DisciplineEast European History
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago

Tara Elizabeth Zahra (born August 3, 1976) is an American academic who is the Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of East European History at the University of Chicago.[1]

A graduate of Swarthmore College,[2] Zahra received her PhD from the University of Michigan.[3] She has concentrated her studies on sociohistorical models and archival research on family, nation, and ethnicity in the twentieth century leading to an integrative approach across national borders.[4][5]

Zahra was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2014.[6][7][8][9] In 2017, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[10]

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  2. ^ "Tara Zahra '98". Swarthmore College. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "AHA Member Spotlight: Tara Zahra". American Historical Association.
  4. ^ "Tara Zahra". American Academy in Berlin. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  5. ^ "Tara Zahra". eui.eu.
  6. ^ "Tara Zahra". macfound.org.
  7. ^ Susie Allen and Jann Ingmire (September 17, 2014). "UChicago historian Tara Zahra named 2014 MacArthur Fellow". uchicago.edu.
  8. ^ "A cartoonist, a composer, a criminal defense lawyer: See the new 'genius grant' winners". chicagobusiness.com. September 16, 2014.
  9. ^ "Chicago Tribune". chicagotribune.com.
  10. ^ "Five Faculty Members Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.chicagomaroon.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.

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