Andrei Markovits is currently an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author and editor of many books, scholarly articles, conference papers, book reviews and newspaper contributions in English and many foreign languages on topics as varied as German and Austrian politics, anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism, social democracy, social movements, the European right and the European left. Markovits has also worked extensively on comparative sports culture in Europe and North America. Andy's newest book is his memoir entitled The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness published by the Central European University Press located in Budapest, Vienna and New York.

News Update: A Celebration of Andy's Retirement

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Twenty of Andy's doctoral students from the United States, Australia, Canada and Germany descended upon Ann Arbor to celebrate Andy's retirement from 50 years of university teaching in a daylong AndyFest on March 8, 2025! It was magical!

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Andy enjoys a lunch with his friend Greg.

News Update: Germany Awards Andy Markovits with Highest Civilian Honor.

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Award Winning Books by Andy Markovits

• From Property to Family
  2015 University of Michigan Press Book Award

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• Press Release of the German Consulate General in Chicago
• The University of Michigan Coverage
• Announcement by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences of Stanford University
• Read the Ceremony Speech
• Andrei Markovits Honored with Major Prize