James J SheehanJames J. Sheehan is Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History emeritus at Stanford University. He is the author of six books on German and European history; his most recent work, "Making a Modern Political Order: The Problem of th Nation State," will appear in 2023. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Orden pour le Mérite. In 2005, he was president of the American Historical Association. Read More Read Less