Martin R.

Menke
3 Cobble Hill Road
Nashua, NH 03062
(603) 598-9877
mmenke@rivier.edu
mobile: (508) 728-9805

Department of History, Political Science,

and Criminal Justice
Rivier University
420 South Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060
(603) 897-8603

Education
1996.
1996
1992
1987-1990
1990

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Ph.D. in Modern European History.
Master of Arts.
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude.

Honors
2014

Participant, Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education, Boston College.

Offices
2015-2020
2015-2016
2014-2015
2011-2012
2010-2011

Executive Secretary, New England Historical Association

Chair, Program Committee, American Catholic Historical Association
Member, Program Committee, American Catholic Historical Association
President, New England Historical Association
Vice-President, New England Historical Association

Administrative Experience -- Rivier University

2015 Chair, University Curriculum Committee
And various university-wide and departmental leadership responsibilities
Teaching Experience
1997Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire.
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of History.
1997Woods College of Advancing Studies, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Publications
Articles and other Substantive Publications
2015
2013
2013
2009
2007
2005
2001

The Complexities of Ludwig Kaas New Research on the Ermchtigungsgesetz,

Hermann Beck and Larry Eugene Jones, eds. (forthcoming)
The effect of the Lateran Accords and the Reichskonkordat on Jews: A Comparative
View. Proceedings of the Primo Levi Center (forthcoming).
Faith, Politics, and Nationalism: The Bavarian Peoples Party and Its German Identity,
1918-1933. Proceedings of World Catholicism Week, 2013 (DePaul
University, forthcoming).
Misunderstood Civic Duty: The German Center Party and the Enabling Act Journal of
Church and State 51(2009), 236-264.
Good Catholics Good Germans Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte 14(2006), 1-16.
Thy Will Be Done: Nationalism and Faith in German Catholicism. Catholic
Historical Review, 91(2005), 300-320.
Interactive Assets for Chapters 15, 29-33 in Divine, Breen, et al. America Past and
Present: Flexchoice Edition. New York: Longman.

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with John L. Heineman, William E. Scaring, and James K. Bidwell, Discussion Guide
and Historical Atlas for Readings in European History, ed. John L. Heineman.
Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt, 1994.

Encyclopedia Entries
Nine encyclopedia entries.
Book Reviews
Many reviews in various German and English-language journals and on H-Net.
Presentations
Regular presentations at the ACHA, German Studies Association, New England Historical Association,
usually on an annual basis, as well as at the AHA and in the UK.
Courses Taught
US history survey, world history survey, methodological courses, advanced electives in German and
religious history, graduate courses in content, methodology, and in pedagogy.
Study Excursions
1999
Greece
2000
Switzerland and Germany
2004
Italy
Personal
U.S. citizen born in Berlin, Germany, fluent in German and English, working knowledge of French,
reading knowledge of Italian.