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Nick Blackbourn
Education
PhD (Candidate), The University of St. Andrews, Modern History, 2010-
Planning for Victory: The Committee on the Present Danger and Mobilising America for the ‘Second’ Cold War, 1976-1980.
MLitt, The University of St. Andrews, Modern History, 2009-2010
A Failure of Leadership: Margaret Thatcher and the Response of Great Britain to German Unification, 1989-1990
BA(Hons), The University of Manchester, Modern History with Economics, 2004-2007
Soviet Defence Spending Estimations in the US and the USSR, 1981-1989: The Importance to Policy Creation Under Reagan and Gorbachev
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst Exchange Student, 2006
Awards/Honours
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Research Travel Grant (2011)
Grant awarded in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library.
Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The Schools Competition Act Settlement Trust (2010-2013)
Three-year research grant awarded following panel interview with Trustees.
MLitt Award (2009-2010)
Full tuition scholarship awarded by the University of St. Andrews History Department to complete Master’s degree.
Additional Experience
2011-present: ‘H-Grad‘ H-Net Listserv Editor
2011: Certified Interpretative Guide, National Association for Interpretation, Baker City, OR
2007-2008: Associate, Corporate Finance Service Line, Big Four Accounting Firm, London
Professional Affiliations
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Society for Historians of Foreign Relations
British Association for American Studies
National Council on Public History
Northwest History Network
Languages
Basic German
