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'''Jeffrey Kaplan''' (born 1954) is an American academic who has written and edited a number of books on [[racism]], [[religious violence]], [[terrorism]] and the [[far-right]]. He is an associate professor of religion at the [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh]] and a member of the board of academic advisors of the university's Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory.<ref name="uwo-isrvm">{{cite web |url=http://www.uwosh.edu/isrvm/board/kaplan.php |title=Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory – Board of Academic Advisors |access-date=2009-07-19 |archive-date=2018-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817122133/http://www.uwosh.edu/isrvm/board/kaplan.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
'''Jeffrey Kaplan''' (born 1954) is an American academic who has written and edited a number of books on [[racism]], [[religious violence]], [[terrorism]] and the [[far-right]]. He is an associate professor of religion at the [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh]] and a member of the board of academic advisors of the university's Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory.<ref name="uwo-isrvm">{{cite web |url=http://www.uwosh.edu/isrvm/board/kaplan.php |title=Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory – Board of Academic Advisors |access-date=2009-07-19 |archive-date=2018-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817122133/http://www.uwosh.edu/isrvm/board/kaplan.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Kaplan sits on the [[editorial board]]s of the journals ''[[Terrorism and Political Violence]]'', ''[[Nova Religio]]'' and ''[[The Pomegranate]]''.<ref name="uwo-isrvm"/> He is [[Jews|Jewish]]. |
Kaplan sits on the [[editorial board]]s of the journals ''[[Terrorism and Political Violence]]'', ''[[Nova Religio]]'' and ''[[The Pomegranate]]''.<ref name="uwo-isrvm"/> He is [[Jews|Jewish]]. |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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Kaplan earned an [[M.A.]] in [[Linguistics]] from [[Colorado State University]] in 1981, a M.A. in [[international relations]] from [[The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] in 1989, and earned a [[Ph.D.]] in the [[Cultural history|history of culture]] from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1993.<ref name=Faculty>{{cite web|title=Religious Studies Faculty|url=http://www.uwosh.edu/anthropology/religious-studies-program/religious-studies-faculty|publisher=University of Wisconsin|accessdate=28 February 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615023543/http://www.uwosh.edu/anthropology/religious-studies-program/religious-studies-faculty|archivedate=15 June 2015}}</ref> His [[thesis]] was titled "Revolutionary Millenarianism in the Modern World: From [[Christian Identity]] to [[Gush Emunim]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Revolutionary millenarianism in the modern world from Christian identity ...|url=http://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=8282&recCount=25&recPointer=10&bibId=4920712&searchType=7|publisher=Online Catalog of the [[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref> |
Kaplan earned an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in [[Linguistics]] from [[Colorado State University]] in 1981, a M.A. in [[international relations]] from [[The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] in 1989, and earned a [[Ph.D.]] in the [[Cultural history|history of culture]] from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1993.<ref name=Faculty>{{cite web|title=Religious Studies Faculty|url=http://www.uwosh.edu/anthropology/religious-studies-program/religious-studies-faculty|publisher=University of Wisconsin|accessdate=28 February 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615023543/http://www.uwosh.edu/anthropology/religious-studies-program/religious-studies-faculty|archivedate=15 June 2015}}</ref> His [[thesis]] was titled "Revolutionary Millenarianism in the Modern World: From [[Christian Identity]] to [[Gush Emunim]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Revolutionary millenarianism in the modern world from Christian identity ...|url=http://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=8282&recCount=25&recPointer=10&bibId=4920712&searchType=7|publisher=Online Catalog of the [[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Jeffrey Kaplan | |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Colorado State University (MA) Tufts University (MA) University of Chicago (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Professor, author |
Employer | University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
Known for | Research on extremism |
Jeffrey Kaplan (born 1954) is an American academic who has written and edited a number of books on racism, religious violence, terrorism and the far-right. He is an associate professor of religion at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the board of academic advisors of the university's Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory.[1]
Kaplan sits on the editorial boards of the journals Terrorism and Political Violence, Nova Religio and The Pomegranate.[1] He is Jewish.
Education
Kaplan earned an M.A. in Linguistics from Colorado State University in 1981, a M.A. in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1989, and earned a Ph.D. in the history of culture from the University of Chicago in 1993.[2] His thesis was titled "Revolutionary Millenarianism in the Modern World: From Christian Identity to Gush Emunim".[3]
Career
Kaplan was an associate professor of history at Iḷisaġvik College in Utqiagvik, Alaska.[4]
Kaplan was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant for a project on "The Emergence of a Violent Euro-American Radical Right" with Leonard Weinberg.[5] Kaplan occupied the Bicentennial Fulbright Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki in Finland from 1998 to 1999.[6]
Publications
- Radical Religion in America: Millenarian Movements From the Far Right to the Children of Noah (1997). Published by Syracuse University Press as a 245-page hardcover (ISBN 0815626878) and paperback (ISBN 0815603967).
- Nation and Race: The Developing Euro-American Racist Subculture (1998; co-edited with Tore Bjørgo). Published in Boston by Northeastern University Press as a 273-page hardcover (ISBN 1555533329) and paperback (ISBN 1555533310).
- The Emergence of a Euro-American Radical Right (1998; co-authored with Leonard Weinberg). Published in New Brunswick, New Jersey, by Rutgers University Press as a 238-page hardcover (ISBN 0813525632) and paperback (ISBN 0813525640).
- Beyond the Mainstream: The Emergence of Religious Pluralism in Finland, Estonia, and Russia (2000). Published in Helsinki by SKS as a 386-page hardcover? (ISBN 9517461801).
- Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right (2000). Published in Walnut Creek, California, by Altamira Press as a 585-page hardcover in 2000 (ISBN 0742503402).
- The Cultic Milieu: Oppositional Subcultures in an Age of Globalization (2002; co-edited with Heléne Lööw ). Published in Walnut Creek, California, by AltaMira Press as a 353-page hardcover (ISBN 0759102031) and paperback (ISBN 075910204X).
- Millennial Violence: Past, Present and Future (2002; as editor). Originally appearing as a special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence (Vol. 14, No. 1; Spring 2002), it was published in London and Portland, Oregon by F. Cass as a 318-page hardcover (ISBN 0714652946) and paperback (ISBN 0714682594).
- The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005; consulting editor, with editor-in-chief Bron Taylor). Published in London and New York by Thoemmes Continuum in 2 volumes, totaling 1877 pages, in hardcover (ISBN 1843711389). It was published in paperback in 2008 (ISBN 1847062733)
- Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism: Terrorism's Fifth Wave (2010). Published in Abingdon, Oxon, and New York by Routledge as a 235-page hardcover (ISBN 0415453380) and e-book (ISBN 0203857526).
- Radical Religion and Violence: Theory and Case Studies Published in New York by Routledge as a 496-page hardcover (ISBN 0415814146)
References
- ^ a b "Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory – Board of Academic Advisors". Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Religious Studies Faculty". University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Revolutionary millenarianism in the modern world from Christian identity ..." Online Catalog of the Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Kaplan, Jeffrey; Bjørgo, Tore (1998). Nation and Race. p. 260. ISBN 9781555533328. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "The Emergence of a Violent Euro-American Radical Right". Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
- ^ "North American Studies – Bicentennial Fulbright Chair in American Studies". University of Helsinki. Archived from the original on 15 January 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2015.