Thomas Berger
Thomas Berger
Department of International Relations
156 Bay State Road
Room 303
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
(617) 353-5351
(617) 353-5350 fax
tuberger@bu.edu
Associate Professor of International Relations. (BA, Columbia College; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Specialization: German and Japanese Politics, International Relations and Comparative Government in East Asia, Political Culture.
Thomas Berger joined the Department of International Relations in 2001. Previously, he taught for seven years at the Johns Hopkins Department of Political Science in Baltimore. He is the author of Cultures of Antimilitarism: National Security in Germany and Japan and is co-editor of Japan in International Politics: Beyond the Reactive State. His articles and essays have appeared in numerous edited volumes and journals, including International Security, Review of International Studies, German Politics and World Affairs Quarterly.
Professor Berger teaches the following courses:
Europe and International Relations (IR 250)
Introduction to International Relations (IR 271)
International Relations of the New Europe (IR 420)
Politics and International Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany (IR 549)
Politics and Society of Post-War Japan (IR 570)
International Migration and Diaspora in World Politics (IR 718)