David A. Hollinger Preston Hotchkis Professor    of American History 3229 Dwinelle Hall 510-642-6822 / 1971 Fax: 510-643-5323 email: davidhol@berkeley.edu On leave 2007-2008 Recent Papers Available Electronically: "Obama, Blackness, and Postethnic America," Chronicle of Higher Education, February 29, 2008, B7-B10. "Separation Anxiety," London Review of Books, January 24, 2008, 15-18. [Review of Mark Lilla, The Stillborn God] "Rethinking Diversity,"California Magazine (July/August 2006), 47-49. "From Identity to Solidarity,"Daedalus (Fall 2006), 23-31. "The One Drop Rule and the One Hate Rule," Daedalus (Winter 2005), 18-28. "Jesus Matters in the USA," Modern Intellectual History (April, 2004), 135-149. "Damned for God’s Glory: William James and the Scientific Vindication of Protestant Culture," in Wayne Proudfoot, ed., Re-Experiencing Varieties: William James and a Science of Religion (New York, 2004), 9-30. "Amalgamation and Hypodescent: The Question of Ethnoracial Mixture in the History of the United States," American Historical Review (December, 2003), 1363-1390. Curriculum Vitae: Download and view complete CV in PDF format Books: Cosmopolitanism and Solidarity: Studies in Ethnoracial, Religious, and Professional Affiliation in the United States (University of Wisconsin Press, 2006) The Humanities and the Dynamics of Inclusion Since World War Two (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006). [Edited for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences] The American Intellectual Tradition: A Source Book (Oxford University Press, 5th ed., 2006) [co-edited with Charles Capper] Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism (Basic Books, 1995; paperback edition, Basic Books, 1996; Fifth Anniversary Edition with "Postscript 2000," 2000, Japanese translation by Fumiko Fujita, (Akashi Press, Tokyo, 2002); Tenth Anniversary Edition with "Postscript 2005," 2006). Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections (Berkeley, 2005) [co-edited with Cathryn Carson] Science, Jews, and Secular Culture: Studies in Mid-Twentieth Century American Intellectual History (Princeton University Press, 1996; paperback edition 1999) In the American Province: Studies in the History and Historiography of Ideas (Indiana University Press, 1985, paperback edition, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989) Morris R. Cohen and the Scientific Ideal (MIT Press, 1975) Recent (since 2002) Articles and Selected Reviews: "Enough Already: Universities Do Not Need More Christianity," in Andrea Sterk, ed., Religion, Scholarship and Higher Education (Notre Dame, 2002), 40-49. "The Historian's Use of the United States and Vice Versa," in Thomas Bender, ed., Rethinking American History in a Global Age (Berkeley, 2002), 381-395. "Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics in American Philosophy," Philosophical Studies (March, 2002), 173-181. Review of Hugh Davis Graham, Collision Course, in Reviews in American History (June 2002), 346-354. "Why are Jews Preeminent in Science and Scholarship? The Veblen Thesis Reconsidered," Aleph, (2002), 145-163. Review of Gregg Herken, Brotherhood of the Bomb, in New York Times Book Review, September 15, 2002. "Why Is There So Much Christianity in the United States?" Church History (December, 2002), 858-864. "A View from the Margins," in Reginald Zelnik and Robert Cohen, eds. The Free Speech Movement Reconsidered (Berkeley, 2002), 178-184. "Cultural Relativism," in David Lindberg and Ronald Numbers, eds., The Cambridge History of Science, Volume VII (New York, 2003), 708-720. "Religious Disestablishment in Western Europe: An Undervalued Step" Responsive Community (Spring, 2003), 25-30. “Amalgamation and Hypodescent: The Question of Ethnoracial Mixture in the History of the United States,” American Historical Review (December, 2003), 1363-1390. “Jesus Matters in the USA,” Modern Intellectual History (April, 2004), 135-149. "Rich, Powerful, and Smart: Jewish Overrepresentation Should be Explained Rather than Mystified or Avoided," Jewish Quarterly Review (Fall 2004) 595-602. "Identity in America," in Nadia Tazi, ed., Keywords: Identity (New York, 2004), 27-45. “Damned for God’s Glory: William James and the Scientific Vindication of Protestant Culture,” in Wayne Proudfoot, ed., Re-Experiencing Varieties: William James and a Science of Religion (New York, 2004), 9-30. "Among the Believers: The Politics of Sin and Secularism," Harper's (November, 2004). "The One Drop Rule and the One Hate Rule," Daedalus (Winter 2005), 18-28. "Profession and Politics: Zelnik as Campus Leader," in Reginald Zelnik, et. al., Perils of Pankratova: A Memorial Volume (University of Washington Press, 2005), 108-116. "Life in a Force Field: J. Robert Oppenheimer," American Scientist (January-February 2006). "Race and Politics in the U.S. Census," Chronicle of Higher Education (March 17, 2006). "Rethinking Diversity," California Magazine (July/August 2006), 47-49. "From Identity to Solidarity," Daedalus (Fall 2006), 23-31. "American Ethnoracial History and the Amalgamation Narrative," Journal of American Ethnic History (Summer, 2006), 153-159. "American Intellectual History, 1907-2007," Magazine of History (April 2007), 14-17. "Religious Ideas: Should They be Critically Debated or Given a Pass?," Representations #101 (January 2008). "Separation Anxiety," London Review of Books, January 24, 2008, 15-18. [Review of Mark Lilla, The Stillborn God] "Obama, Blackness, and Postethnic America," Chronicle of Higher Education, February 29, 2008, B7-B10. "The Unity of Knowledge and the Diversity of Knowers: Science as an Agent of Cultural Integration in the United States Between the Two World Wars," In Geert Somsen and Harmka Kamminga, eds., Pursuing the Unity of Science: Ideology and Scientific Practice Between the Great War and the Cold War (forthcoming 2008). Selected Current Professional Service: Editorial Boards of Comparative Studies in Society and History, Modern Intellectual History, and Journal of the History of Ideas Trustee, Institute for Advanced Study Miscellaneous: Born April 25, 1941 (Chicago, Illinois); B.A. 1963, La Verne College; Ph.D. 1970 UC Berkeley. Appointments: SUNY/Buffalo (1969-1977); University of Michigan (1977-1992); UC Berkeley (1992- ). Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, and Harmsworth Professor of the University of Oxford.