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Keith Brown conducts qualitative research which aims to highlight the social and cultural dimensions of political and economic processes. His work centers on Macedonia and the Balkans, but increasingly explores international and transnational linkages that run through the region. Current topics of research include the evaluation of democracy promotion programs, identity politics in diasporic communities, and what the US military learned about culture from its experience in Bosnia and Kosovo.
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Keith Brown is a sociocultural anthropologist specializing in the study of twentieth-century Macedonia. Professor Brown received his doctorate from the University of Chicago and taught at Bowdoin College and the University of Wales before joining the Watson Institute. He also spent 1999-2000 as a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C, and 2005-6 as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute. His research into how different communities construct history in Macedonia, Greece, and Bulgaria led to his book The Past in Question: Modern Macedonia and the Uncertainties of Nation as well as a number of articles on the culture, history, and politics of Macedonia. He is also the editor of Transacting Transition: The Micropolitics of Democracy Assistance in the Former Yugoslavia which came out of ongoing research on the politics of U.S. democracy promotion programs. His other projects focus on identity politics in diasporic communities, and how the US military thinks about culture.
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 KEITH BROWN http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Keith_Brown On The Web: Once again, a crossroads in the Balkans At Brown (GSJ of March 26, 2004) Principle, Pragmatism and Political Capital: Assessing Macedonia's Leadership 1992-2004 The King is Dead, Long Live the Balkans! Insider Perspectives on US democracy promotion in the Balkans History repeats itself with US surge plan Baltimore Drowning- March 2007 Brown collaborators:Collaborators at other institutions: Are you Keith Brown? Click here to edit your research profile. |
