T. David Curp is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Ohio University. He teaches courses in contemporary European history, with an emphasis on Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He has a B.A. in Russian language and literature from Boston University, an MA in history from Ohio University and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

His publications include:

§           “Roman Dmowski Understood”: Ethnic Cleansing as Permanent Revolution in the European History Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, 2005: 405-427.

§         “The Politics of Ethnic Cleansing: The PPR and Wielkopolska’s Nationalist Revolution, 1944-1947.”  Nationalities Papers vol. 29, no. 4, 2001:575-603.

§         “A Healthy Revolutionary Spirit?” The Catholic Church in Wielkopolska, Polish Catholicism, and Poland’s postwar transformations, 1945-1947. Polish Review vol. 46, no. 2, 2001:173-193.

He is completing a book entitled, A Clean Sweep: The Politics of Ethnic Cleansing in Western Poland, 1945-1960. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the International Research and Exchange Board and the Baker Fund of Ohio University. Dr. Curp is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies as well as the Polish Studies Association.

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