Graduate Student, History
Advanced Energy Center at Stony Brook University (aertc.org), Economic Development
Ph.D. Candidate/Instructor
Thesis Title: “A Tale of Two Movements? Gay Liberation and the Left in West Germany, 1969-1989”
About
Ron Van Cleef received his A.B. at Syracuse University and his M.A. at City College of New York. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Modern German History at Stony Brook University where he has taught courses on Modern Europe, Modern Germany, Sexuality, and the Holocaust. His research interests include national identity, sexuality, social class, transnationalism and youth activism in twentieth-century Germany. He has published an article on "Anti-Nazi Youth Resistance," and is working on his dissertation “A Tale of Two Movements? Gay Liberation and the Left in West Germany, 1969-1989.”
Research Interests
national identity, sexuality, social class, transnationalism and youth activism in twentieth-century Germany
Publications
Ron Van Cleef, "Anti-Nazi Youth Resistance," in Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia, ed. Lonnie Sherrod (Westport, Connecticut and London, 2005), pp. 71-77.
Ron Van Cleef. Continuing the workers' movement: Communist activity in Bremen, 1919-1935. Thesis (M.A.)--City College of New York, 2003. (Dept. of History).
AWARDS
Jackson Turner Main Award (Stony Brook University History Department, 2006) for best seminar paper: Ron Van Cleef, “Uncovering the History of Homosexuals under the Third Reich: An Intergenerational and Transnational Dialogue.”
Hugh Cleland Award for Innovative Teaching (Stony Brook University History Department, 2007)
PRESENTATIONS
Ron Van Cleef. “Youth Resistance in the Third Reich: Identities for a New Generation.” Paper presented at the William T. Grant Foundation’s Staff and Trustee Education Committee Meeting (March, 1999).
Ron Van Cleef. “A Transnational Perspective on Homosexual Identity in West Germany.” Paper presented at the International History Workshop at Temple University’s Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy June 2, 2006
Ron Van Cleef “The Holocaust: Why Are We Not Learning?” Invited Talk at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University October 5, 2011.
