About Myself

I am a historian of modern Europe and the global world at the University of Michigan. My teaching and research interests span a broad range of topics including borders, economic life, ethics, humanitarianism, informal exchange, mobility, and natural disasters. My research on "private humanitarians" in the period of socialism in Cold War Europe connects multiple conceptual threads such as globalization, state welfare, social unrest, and transnational solidarity practices through historical as well as multi-sited ethnographic analysis.

I invite you to learn more about my research, teaching, and ongoing academic projects.

Email
​​ccapotes@umich.edu
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Phone
(734) 764 6305 (Dept)

Address
​University of Michigan
Department of History
1029 Tisch Hall
435 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003
© 2018 Cristian Capotescu
​Photo Credits Dimitris Michalakis