Alex Finn Macartney
About Alex Finn Macartney
Alex Finn Macartney is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, specializing in the history of radical politics in 1960s and 1970s West Germany and Japan. His dissertation examines protest movements against the Vietnam War and he is currently developing a book manuscript on activist networks supporting Vietnam.
Current Role at Yale University
Alex Finn Macartney serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, a position he has held since 2020. His work is based in New Haven, Connecticut, where he engages in advanced research and scholarship. The role allows him to further explore his interests in radical politics and historical movements.
Education and Academic Background
Alex Finn Macartney has an extensive academic background in history. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Georgetown University, specializing in Modern German History, Modern Japanese History, and Global 1960s History from 2012 to 2019. He also holds a Master's degree in History from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Japanese Language from Lawrence University, where he studied from 2006 to 2010. Additionally, he spent time studying at Freie Universität Berlin and Waseda University.
Research Focus and Dissertation
Macartney's dissertation, titled 'War in the Postwar: Japan and West Germany Protest the Vietnam War and the Global Strategy of Imperialism,' examines the protest movements in Japan and West Germany during the Vietnam War era. His research interests include the radical politics of the 1960s and 1970s in these regions, particularly the legacies of fascism and the transnational imagination of the time.
Previous Academic Positions
Prior to his current role, Alex Finn Macartney held several academic positions. He worked as a Teaching Assistant in the History Department at Georgetown University from 2013 to 2018. He also served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow and a Teaching Professor at Georgetown University in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Earlier, he was a Research Assistant at the Lawrence University History Department in 2009 and at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University in 2013.
Ongoing Projects and Publications
Currently, Macartney is developing a book manuscript that focuses on the history of activist networks that supported the Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War. This project aligns with his broader research interests in political violence and radical politics during the 1960s and 1970s.