Thomas Gijswijt joined the American Studies department in 2012. He received his PhD in American History at the University of Heidelberg and previously taught at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He is the author of Informal Alliance. The Bilderberg Group and Transatlantic Relations during the Cold War, 1952-1968 (Routledge, 2018) and is an expert on American foreign policy, transatlantic relations during and after the Cold War and US politics and presidential elections. He also teaches courses on songwriting and the Beatles and America. He has appeared on ZDF Heute, Deutschlandfunk, SWR Info,MDR Aktuell, SWR 2, Radio 1 (Dutch national public radio), and a number of local tv and radio broadcasters.
Emotions and positive anti-communism during the early Cold War: the case of the Bilderberg Group. J Transatl Stud (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057
"The Kennedy Administration, Alliance Politics and Informal Diplomacy during the Transatlantic Crisis of 1962/63," in: Johannes Großmann and Helene Miard-Delacroix (eds.), Deutschland, Frankreich und die USA in den 'langen' 1960er Jahren. Ein transatlantisches Dreiecksverhältnis, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2018, 147-163.
Chapter 'Parteien und Wahlen' in: Länderbericht USA, Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, 2021.
Review: Klingst, M. und Goldman, G.: “Transatlantic Bridge Builder. Translated by Brian Hanrahan. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2021.” Central European History, 56.3 (09/2023), 505-506. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008938923000626
Review: Die Schutzmacht. Die Amerikaner in Berlin 1945-1994. By Stefanie Eisenhuth, in: Central European History, 53, 2020.
Media Appearances
Kennedy - Schicksalsjahre eines Präsidenten.SWR-Documentary, 10.11.2023.
Interviews on President John F. Kennedy. HR-Info und HR-1, 22.11.2023.
2020 Presidential Elections: Im Gespräch mit Thomas Gijswijt. Klarner Medien, 18.11.2020.
