Kevin Axe
Cohort 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Tobias Rupprecht
Topic of PHD-Thesis: Goulash with Hapukoor: Adaptations of Hungarian Market Reforms in Late Soviet Estonia
Freie Universität Berlin
Project Doctoral Researcher, Junior Research Group "Peripheral Liberalism"
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Education and Work Experience
- 08/2013 - 06/2015: University of Tartu. Tartu, Estonia. MA: Baltic Sea Region Studies
- 05/2009- 08/2009: Archival Processing Internship, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center, Madison, WI, USA
- 08/2007 - 05/2011: Beloit College, Beloit, WI, USA. BA: History, German
Fellowships, Stipends and Awards
- 2015: Council of Baltic Sea States Summer University, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
- 2014: Erasmus semester, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- 2013-2015: Tuition waiver, DoRa 9 MA stipend, Achievement Grant, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- 2007-2011: Dean’s List (every semester), Clarence S. Pellet Endowed Scholarship, Robert H. Irrmann Endowed Scholarship, Charlotte Ingersoll Morse German Prize, Royal Bronson Way History Award, Phi Sigma Iota modern language honorary society, Phi Beta Kappa general honorary society, History departmental honors, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, USA
Research Interests
- Baltic Sea Region Relations and History
- 20th Century Estonian History
- 20th Century CEE History
- Transitional Politics and Economics
- Interwar CEE Politics and Military History
- Small State International Affairs
- Media in Authoritarian States
BOOK CHAPTERS
- Axe, Kevin 2025: Elastic Estonia. Late 1980s Economic Debate in a Small State, from Self-Management to Independence, in: Brisku, Adrian / Gumiela, Martin / Stöcker, Lars Fredrik (eds.): Varieties of Economic Nationalism in Cold War Europe. Small State Responses to Economic Changes, 1960s-1980s, London: Bloomsbury Academic, 197–220.
- Axe, Kevin / Rupprecht, Tobias / Trinkle, Alice 2024: Peripheral Liberalism. New Perspectives on the Liberal Script in the (Post-)Socialist World, in: Börzel, Tanja A. / Gerschewski, Johannes / Zürn, Michael (eds.): The Liberal Script at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Conceptions, Components, and Tensions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 297–316.
- Axe, Kevin 2022: Neoliberal Resilience. Lessons in Democracy and Development from Latin America and Eastern Europe, Journal of Baltic Studies 53(4): 635-637.