Guillaume de SyonVisiting Scholar of History
Biography
- Albright College, Reading, PA: Professor of History, July 2009-Present; Associate Professor of History, July 2001-July 2009; Assistant Professor of History, July 1995-July 2001.
- Sciences Po, The Institute of Political Studies, Paris, France: Visiting Professor, February 2019.
- Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA: History Department Research Associate/Visiting Scholar in History, July 1998- present.
- Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, Series Editor for 鈥淢oving Through History: Transportation and Society,鈥 2004-2009.
- Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University Press, Boston, MA: Research Consultant, 1994-2000.
Education
- Boston University, Boston, MA
Ph.D. in Modern European History with Minor Field in Asian History, January 1994.
- George Washington University, Washington, DC
M.A. in International Affairs, with Concentrations in Comparative Politics and Asian
Studies, May 1989.
-Tufts University, Medford, MA
B.A. in Political Science and German Literature, May 1987.
- East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R.C.
Certificate of Study in Law and Trade Program, Summer 1986.
- Institut Florimont, Geneva, Switzerland
Certificat de Maturit茅 f茅d茅rale, September 1983.
Research
- Modern Germany/Holocaust
- Modern France
- History of Technology and Mobility / aviation
- European Popular Culture
Publications
Monograph and Textbook
Zeppelin! Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002; South Korean edition, 2005; paperback edition, 2007.
Science and Technology in Modern European Life. Greenwood Daily Life Series. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2008.
Articles and Book Chapters
鈥淒ialoguing speed and new standards. The Concorde prototypes and the establishment of a new culture of safety,鈥 Ferrum 93 (2024): 104-111.
鈥淯ne fus茅e en plastique : la pratique participative dans la culture populaire spatiale,鈥 Soci茅t茅s et Repr茅sentations 57 (Spring 2024): 155-172.
鈥溾橬o Sir, It鈥檚 an American Aircraft:鈥 Selling the A300 to the American public in the 1970s,鈥 Nacelles 11 (2022.)
鈥淩ushing to Suit Up: French Aviation鈥檚 Adjustment to Wartime, 1914-1916,鈥 in Maude Bass-Krueger and Sophie Kurkdjian, eds., Fashion, Dress and Society During WWI. London, UK: Bloomsbury, 2021.
鈥淔rance: Light at the end of the Tunnel?,鈥 in Amit Gupta, ed., AIR FORCES: The Next Generation. Havant, UK: Howgate Publishing, 2020.
鈥溾楥urse you Red Baron!鈥: World War I Aviation鈥檚 Impact on Popular Visions of Flight,鈥 in Derek Mallett, ed., Monumental Conflicts: Twentieth Century Wars and the Evolution of Popular Memory. London, UK: Routledge, 2018.
鈥淎irships of Wood, Airships of Aluminum: The Peculiarities of a German Debate,鈥 in Florence Hachez-Leroy and Patrick Fridenson, eds., L鈥檃luminium, mati猫re 脿 cr茅ation, XIXe-XXIe si猫cles. Tours, France: Presses Universitaires Fran莽ois-Rabelais, 2017.
鈥淔lying Dialogues: Herg茅鈥檚 Use of Aviation from Quick & Flupke to Tintin,鈥 in Joe Sutliff Sanders, ed., The Comics of Herg茅: When the Lines Are Not So Clear. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
鈥淎lbert Einstein et Romain Rolland: Les occasions manqu茅es,鈥 in Landry Charrier, ed., Centenaire d鈥"Au-dessus de la m锚l茅e" de Romain Rolland. Regards sur un texte de combat. Dijon, France: Editions universitaires de Dijon, 2015.
鈥溾楬e Has to Be Good. The Airline Won't Settle for Less': Gender, Age, and the Trope of the Male Pilot in Advertising," in Bob Batchelor and Norma Jones, eds., Aging Heroes: Growing Old in Popular Culture. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
鈥溾楽i ma cuisine m鈥櫭﹖ait compt茅e鈥: Paris Match and the Salon des arts m茅nagers during the Fourth Republic," in Anca Lasc, Georgina Downey and Mark Taylor eds., Designing the French Interior: Modernity, Design and Media, 1770-1970. London, UK: Bloomsbury, 2015.