Erik Goldstein

Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History

Goldstein introduced the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center exhibition, Ardent for Some Desperate Glory – Remembering the First World War. You can watch an audio slideshow featuring Goldstein’s introduction here

Goldstein is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (of Britain) and has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University and the Advisory Board of the Centre for the Study of Diplomacy at the University of Leicester (UK).  He was elected to the Governing Board of the International Baccalaureate, 2010-16. Goldstein was previously Professor of International History and Deputy Director for the Centre for Studies in Security and Diplomacy at the University of Birmingham (UK) and has held appointments as Secretary of the Navy Senior Research Fellow at the Naval War College; Visiting Scholar, Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge; Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia, and Visiting Professor at King’s College London.  He has also served as the President of Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon of Massachusetts.

Goldstein served as chair of the International Relations Department (the forerunner of the Pardee School) for 12 years, from 1998 to 2010.

In May 2021, Goldstein was presented with a special Festschrift volume of Diplomacy & Statecraft written by his academic colleagues and former students from across his career. The Festschrift was a collection of writings published in honor his honor, demonstrating the immense regard and affection that Professor Goldstein’s written work, teaching, and personal qualities have generated over the course of his more than four decades of sustained and influential scholarship.

Professor Goldstein’s areas of expertise include diplomacy, international relations, and British foreign policy.

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