Professor Andrei S. Markovits published a major book on European anti-Americanism. Entitled UNCOUTH NATION: WHY EUROPE DISLIKES AMERICA (Princeton University Press, 2007), the book has garnered much -- largely favorable -- attention both in the United States and abroad. Lectures and readings pertaining to the book have led Markovits to venues all over the country. An Italian edition with the title LA NAZIONE PIU ODIATA: L'ANTIAMERICANISMO DEGLI EUROPEI was published by EINAUDI in May 2007 and a Korean translation by EELEE in 2008 with a much different German version preceding the English publication in 2004 under the title AMERIKA, DICH HASST SICH'S BESSER. ANTIAMERIKANISMUS UND ANTISEMITISMUS IN EUROPA (Konkret-Literatur Verlag). The German book is currently in its third edition. In addition to focusing on the contemporary situation of anti-Americanism in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria, Markovits also delves into the history of this phenomenon reaching well into the 18th century. In order to analyze -- and demonstrate -- the pervasive nature of this resentment that extends well beyond the area of political rivalry and disagreement, Markovits has concentrated his research on such "non-political" fields as language and sports, among others. In addition to these books, this project has yielded a number of published papers in the United States and abroad. Together with David Smith, a fifth-year graduate student in the Department of Political Science, Markovits published a study of sports culture among varsity student athletes and "regular" students at the University of Michigan in The Michigan Journal of Political Science. A reprint of this article will also appear in a large sports anthology to be published by Routledge in the fall of 2009. During the academic year 2008-2009, Markovits was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) of Stanford University where he commenced a project entitled "The New Discourse of Dogs" which analyzes how humans have come to reshape their relationships towards dogs (and animals in general) since the early 1970s. An empirical study on this changed situation in the state of Michigan was presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Boston and will be published in the fall of 2009 in the academic journal Society and Animals.
As of July 1, 2009, Markovits also holds the title of Arthur F. Thurnau Professor which was awarded to him by the University of Michigan for his exceptional achievements in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students in five units across the campus. In 2007, Markovits received two prestigious teaching awards. From the Department of Political Science, he was bestowed the TRONSTEIN AWARD for "exceptional undergraduate teaching". And from Students Honoring Outstanding University Teaching (S.H.O.U.T.) Markovits received the GOLDEN APPLE AWARD for being the best teacher on the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. This award requires that its recipient deliver her or his "ideal last lecture" which Markovits did on April 11th, 2007 under the title "Sports Cultures on Two Continents: Metaphors for My Life" with well over 500 students and faculty in attendance.
Professor Markovits was bestowed an honorary doctorate -- Dr. phil. honoris causa -- by the Leuphana University of Lueneburg in Germany on the Fourth of July 2007.