Download John W. Langdon

Saturday, October 18th after the 4:30 Mass
Please join us for a
Wine & Cheese Gathering with special guest speaker:
Dr. John Langdon
“Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East:
The Complicated Path to Knowing Our Place”
From the LeMoyne website:
John W. Langdon
On leave Fall 2014 and on sabbatical Spring 2015
Ph. D. 1973, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Professor
Modern France, Modern Germany, Latin America, 20th Century Global
Office: RH 408
Phone: (315) 445-4475
Email:[email protected]
I received a B.A. with Honors in History from Le Moyne College in 1967 and a Ph.D. in History from the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1973. At the latter institution I
was a National Defense Fellow.
Since 1971 I have taught modern history at Le Moyne College and briefly as a visiting professor at
Syracuse University. My elective courses include Global Revolution and Global War, 1900-1920; The
Age of Anxiety and Global War, 1920-1945; The Cold War, 1945-1964; and The Cold War, 1964-1991. I
have taught either Western Civilization or World Civilizations during each of my forty-three years in
teaching. I was Teacher of the Year at Le Moyne College in 1989 and was named the College’s first
O’Connell Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities in 1996. In 2011 I received the
Distinguished Educator Award from the Central New York Council for the Social Studies, and the Loyola
Award for forty years' service to Le Moyne College. In 2012 I was named Distinguished Social Studies
Educator of the Year by the New York State Council for the Social Studies.
I served as Chair of the Department of History for seven years, Director of the Honors Program for two
years, Chair of the Committee on Rank and Tenure for three years, President of the Association of
Teaching Faculty for two years, and Director of Le Moyne College Elderhostel for eight years. From
2009-11 I was co-chair of the Provost's Task Force on Revision of the Core Curriculum. I am a Past
President of the New York State Association of European Historians.
My publications include, as sole author, July 1914: The Long Debate, 1918-1990 (1991); four books as
co-author with Edward H. Judge as follows: A Hard and Bitter Peace: A Global History of the Cold War
(1996), The Cold War: A History Through Documents (1999); The Cold War: A Global History with
Documents (2010) and Connections: A World History (second edition, 2012); and one book as co-author
with Barnett Singer, Cultured Force: Builders and Defenders of France’s Colonial Empire (2004). My
future scholarly agenda includes, in collaboration with Edward Judge, a monograph, The Twilight of
Imperialism and the Cold War, and co-editorship of a documentary database for World History and
Western Civilization, to be produced by Pearson Education.
I am a life member of the Society for French Historical Studies, a founding member of the Conference
Group for the Study of Religion in World History, and a member of the World History Association. I am a
member of the Board of Directors of the Central New York Council for the Social Studies and serve on its
Joint Committee on Professional Development.
My wife and I have two married daughters: Lisa Koch, a doctoral candidate in international security
studies at the University of Michigan, and Heather Lazarow, who works at the Hospitals of the University
of Pennsylvania just outside Philadelphia. We have five grandchildren.
Courses:
World Civilizations I and II
Global Revolution and Global War, 1900-1920
The Age of Anxiety and Global War, 1920-1945
The Cold War, 1945-1964
The Cold War, 1964-1991
Recent and Forthcoming Publications

The Cold War: A Global History with Documents, with Edward H. Judge. New York: Pearson Education,
2011.
Connections: A World History, with Edward H. Judge. Second Edition. New York: Pearson Education,
2012.