Michael B. Limmer

Advisor
Linda Reeder
Research Area
Modern Europe and the United States
Education

University of Missouri, M.A., 2021

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, B.A., 2018

St. Louis Community College, A.A., 2015

Research Interests

I research American soldiers and emigrants in Italy during and after the Second World War to understand how war and occupation shaped U.S.-Italy relations and postwar globalization. 

Recent Publications

Book Review of Anthony Scambray, Italian Immigration in the American West, 1870-1940 in Nevada Historical Society Quarterly Vol 65, 2022

Awards/Fellowships/Grants

Editorial Assistant, The International Journal of Conflict & Reconciliation, 2023-present

Graduate Research Assistant, Peace Studies Department, 2023-2024

MU Graduate School Professional Presentation Travel Scholarship, October 2023

Online Teaching Certificate, University of Missouri, August 2023

Kinder Institute Graduate Summer Assistantship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, July 2023

Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy Research Grant, May 2023

William A. Wilcher Bequest Research Fellowship, 2020-2023

Italian Diaspora Studies Certificate, John D. Calandra Institute, October 2022

Donald K. Anderson Teaching Assistant Award, department nominee, 2022-2023

Italian American Studies Association Graduate Student Award, October 2022

Kinder Institute Graduate Assistantship in Corpus Christi College, Oxford, July 2022

Alexandra De Luise Fellowship, John D. Calandra Institute, June 2022

Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy Research Grant, June 2022

Kimball, McAfee & Riddleberger Award, June 2019

Additional Information

Editorial Assistant, The International Journal of Conflict & Reconciliation