John Deak

Assistant Professor
Department of History

Degrees

BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MA, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Research Profile

Deak is broadly interested in the history of modern European political culture, bureaucratization, and the expanding purview of state authority. His research focus is on the constitutional and political history of central Europe, particularly the Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states. He is currently working on a book manuscript that examines the interplay of democratic development and bureaucratic authority in the Habsburg Empire and the Austrian First Republic.