Gregory Freeze

March 9, 1945

Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States

Gregory Freeze was an assistant professor at the Brandeis University from 1972 to 1977 and served as an associate professor from 1977 to 1983, then became a professor of history in 1983, and a head of department from 1990 to 1996. In 1972 he was appointed a research associate of Davis Center for Russian Studies at the Harvard University. Freeze was a guest professor at the University of Tuebingen from 1986 to 1987. Freeze served as a scholar at the University of Helsinki from 1989 to 1990. He was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley from 1989 to 1990. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg from 1991 to 1992. In 1997 he was a guest professor at the University of Goettingen. Freeze served as a lecturer at educational institutions, including University of Cologne in 1993, University of Washington, Seattle in 1996, and Free University of Berlin in 1997. He conducted research in Germany, Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Ukraine. Freeze was a member of advisory board at Hoover-Rosarkhiv On-Line Archive Project. Freeze is also very active in international scholarly activities. He regularly presents papers at international conferences, most recently a 2006 conference in Moscow (on the Stalinist repression of 1937), a June 2007 conference in Urumqi China (on post-Soviet Central Asia), and a 2007 conference in Moscow (on nineteenth-century Russian Church history). He has also taught extensively in Germany, including the universities in Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Göttingen, where he offered lecture courses and seminars on Russian religious history, on Imperial Russian and Soviet history, and on a variety of specialized subjects.

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Russian Levites: Parish Clergy in the Eighteenth Century

1977

The Parish Clergy in Nineteenth-Century Russia: Crisis, Reform, Counter-Reform

(This volume attempts to put the clergy in the context of ...)

1983

Description of the Clergy in Rural Russia: The Memoir of a Nineteenth-Century Parish Priest

(Religious life has been perhaps the least explored and mo...)

1985

From Supplication to Revolution: A Documentary Social History of Imperial Russia

(Of all the dimensions of modern Russian history, it is th...)

1988

The Orthodox Church and Serfdom in Prereform Russia

1989

The Russian Far East: An Economic Handbook

(An analysis of, and factual details on, the economy, natu...)

1994

Russia: A History

(This book cuts through the myths and mystery that have su...)

1997

Pariahs, Partners, Predators: German-Soviet Relations 1922-1941

(This revealing study sheds new light on the long-term rel...)

1997

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Background

Gregory Lee Freeze was born on May 9, 1945 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. He is the son of Paul M. Freeze and Mildred F. Freeze.

Education

In 1967 Gregory Lee Freeze graduated from the DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1968 he received a Master of Arts degree from the Columbia University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1972.

Education period of Gregory Freeze in The Columbia University

Career

Gregory Freeze was an assistant professor at the Brandeis University from 1972 to 1977 and served as an associate professor from 1977 to 1983, then became a professor of history in 1983, and a head of department from 1990 to 1996. In 1972 he was appointed a research associate of Davis Center for Russian Studies at the Harvard University. Freeze was a guest professor at the University of Tuebingen from 1986 to 1987.

Freeze served as a scholar at the University of Helsinki from 1989 to 1990. He was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley from 1989 to 1990. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg from 1991 to 1992. In 1997 he was a guest professor at the University of Goettingen. Freeze served as a lecturer at educational institutions, including University of Cologne in 1993, University of Washington, Seattle in 1996, and Free University of Berlin in 1997. He conducted research in Germany, Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Ukraine. Freeze was a member of advisory board at Hoover-Rosarkhiv On-Line Archive Project.

Freeze is also very active in international scholarly activities. He regularly presents papers at international conferences, most recently a 2006 conference in Moscow (on the Stalinist repression of 1937), a June 2007 conference in Urumqi China (on post-Soviet Central Asia), and a 2007 conference in Moscow (on nineteenth-century Russian Church history). He has also taught extensively in Germany, including the universities in Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Göttingen, where he offered lecture courses and seminars on Russian religious history, on Imperial Russian and Soviet history, and on a variety of specialized subjects.

Achievements

Gregory Lee Freeze is best known as the author of books on modern Russian history with a particular focus on religious and social aspects.

He is a recipient of numerous fellowships and grants. He was a Fulbright fellow from 1974 to 1990, a fellow of International Research and Exchanges Board from 1974 - 1994. He had an American Council of Learned Societies fellowships from 1977 - 1978 and 1996 - 1997, and a grant from 1983 - 1984, etc.