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Professor Markovits published a major book on European anti-Americanism. Entitled UNCOUTH NATION: WHY EUROPE DISLIKES AMERICA (Princeton University Press, 2007), the book has garnered much -- largely favorable -- attention both in the United States and abroad. Lectures and readings pertaining to the book have led Markovits to venues all over the country. An Italian edition with the title "La nazione piu odiata. L'antiamericanismo degli europei" was published by EINAUDI in May 2007 with a much different German version preceding the English publication in 2004 under the title AMERIKA, DICH HASST SICH'S BESSER. ANTIAMERIKANISMUS UND ANTISEMITISMUS IN EUROPA (Konkret-Literatur Verlag). The German book is currently in its third edition. In addition to focusing on the contemporary situation of anti-Americanism in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria, Markovits also delves into the history of this phenomenon reaching well into the 18th century. In order to analyze -- and demonstrate -- the pervasive nature of this resentment that extends well beyond the area of political rivalry and disagreement, Markovits has concentrated his research on such "non-political" fields as language and sports, among others. In addition to these books, this project has yielded a number of published papers in the United States and abroad. Together with David Smith, a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Political Science, Markovits is in the process of concluding a study of sports culture among varsity student athletes and "regular" students at the University of Michigan. The first finished article is currently under consideration for publication. Markovits has just commenced a project entitled "The New Discourse of Dogs" which will analyze how humans have come to reshape their relationships towards dogs since the early 1970s. He will study this "animal turn" in the state of Michigan, then to be expanded to Massachusetts and Utah, and subsequently to Britain and Germany as European cases in comparison to the United States. In 2007, Markovits received two prestigious teaching awards. Professor Markovits was bestowed an honorary doctorate -- Dr. phil. honoris causa -- by the Leuphana University of Lueneburg in Germany on the Fourth of July 2007. Recent Publications
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