Dr. Peter Holquist, an associate professor of history, has been appointed Ronald S. Lauder Endowed Term Associate Professor of History. Dr. Holquist is a leading scholar of Russian and European History. He served as founder and editor of the journal Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History from 1999 to 2010, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Modern History. Dr. Holquist is the author of the book Making War, Forging Revolution: Russia’s Continuum of Crisis, 1914-1921. His research has received support from the Social Science Research Council, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.