David Art

Comparative Politics, European Politics
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004

Biography

David Art's field is comparative politics, with a regional focus on Europe. Professor Art's research interests include extremist political parties and movements, the politics of history and memory, and comparative historical analysis in the social sciences.

He is the author of Inside the Radical Right: The Development of Anti-Immigrant Parties in Western Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria (Cambridge University Press, 2006). His articles have appeared in Comparative Politics, German Politics and Society, Party Politics, and West European Politics.

Professor Art is Co-Convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research's (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy.  During the 2008-2009 academic year he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute.

Courses:

Introduction to Comparative Politics
European Politics
The Politics of European Integration
Globalization
Fascism and the Far Right

Publications

• "The Organizational Origins of the Contemporary Radical Right: The Case of Belgium", 2006.
• "The European Radical Right in Comparative-Historical Perspective," paper delivered at the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September, 2006.
• The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria (Cambridge University Press, 2006)

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