Jeff Leigh is a Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau. He has a Ph.D. in East European History from Indiana University and has studied in the Soviet Union and the Czech Republic. He is the author of a book, which is now being translated into German, articles, and book reviews in East European history and teaches courses in Russian and Soviet History as well as the history of the world wars, modern revolutions, and World History in Wausau and Stevens Point. He has served overseas twice as a Fulbright Scholar and is a UWMC Distinguished Faculty Society Fellow and UWSP at Wausau Barrington-Musolf Faculty Scholarship Awardee. He has also received research grants and teaching awards from the federal government, State of Wisconsin, and the Wausau campus.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
-East European History
-Nationalism Studies
PUBLICATIONS
Leigh, Jeff. Austrian Imperial Censorship and the Bohemian Periodical Press from the Revolutions of 1848 to the Tábory, 1867-71: The Baneful Work of the Opposition Press is Fearsome. London, Palgrave-McMillan U.K., 2017.
LAST BOOK READ
“The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov
FUN FACT
When he was growing up, he wanted to be a history professor!